POEM STARTER
You are out walking when you see a person sitting alone on a bench under a Willow tree, crying. Write a poem about them.
This could be written as though you are observing the person but not interacting, or as though you have approached the person and offered to help.
Crying Child
Oh, there
Over there I see
A crying child
Beneath that Willow tree
Why are they crying?
Are they just sad
Or is someone they know
Dying?
Is it someone
I killed?
Is it someone
I’ve tasted?
Oh, crying child
Why do you weep?
You look like a cherry
Your cheeks so red, sweet
No, keep crying
Don’t pay me mind
Keep crying for something
While I come from behind
Shh, child
Do not weep no longer
Oh, the choking sounds
That escape you, fonder
The crying child
Is no more
All limp in my arms
Fitting right in the car door
No one was there
Except that Willow tree
But it will never stop crying
It will always weep
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(Uhm. So, it’s kinda rhyming but NOT. Thank for reading.)
