POEM STARTER
Write a Pantoum on any topic you like.
A pantoum is a poem where each stanza is 4 lines, and the second and fourth line of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next. As this creates a lot of repetition, try to pick a theme that would benefit from emphasis of certain lines.
‘There Is No Beat, No Melody’
(Sorry i was gone so long everyone, but i should be posting pretty normally from now on. And yes, the title is a Hamilton reference.)
You told me
The world would move on
Without you
Without us.
The world would move on
Without our parents, our children
Without us
The music would continue.
Without our parents, our children
There would still be a consistent beat
The music would continue
We can’t control the melody.
There would still be a consistent beat
I believed it myself
We can’t control the melody
Now I know that.
I believed it myself
Until you left
Now I know that
It was wrong.
Until you left
There was song
It was wrong
You were wrong!
There was song
Now there’s no melody
You were wrong
And you are gone.
