POEM STARTER
Write a poem or short story about an alchemist.
You could focus on real elements, or take a metaphorical approach to focus on a person who is trying to change something into another.
The Alchemist
Always trying, always failing, mess is everywhere,
Bottle, beakers, tubes, even chemicals in my hair.
Always searching for an answer, never getting far,
Notebooks of ideas, some quite good, some just bizarre.
Always hoping for a breakthrough, but there never is,
The most I ever get is a nice pop or bang or whizz.
Alchemy is difficult, it never seems to work,
Any time I think I'm close, it all just goes beserk
Gold or an elixir, either would be nice,
And both I have worked hard on, so either would suffice.
With all the modern tech, I thought eureka would be easy,
Instead the only gain is feeling really rather queasy.
Maybe it's just not for me, and just not meant to be,
Will anyone achieve it? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Nice little light-hearted poem, Tiffany. I quite enjoyed your simple rhyming couplets and the idea of an alchemist struggling to make headway with their alchemy.
My favourite stanza was about gold and elixir - I think the rhyming felt very smooth and worked well. The stanza after worked a little less well. You put “the only gain is feeling rather queasy”. Perhaps you could replace “gain” with something else as I wouldn’t necessarily refer to queasiness as being a gain. This is a really minor detail though, so no big deal.
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