POEM STARTER

"She dropped her dress, and her inhibitions, at the door."

This is an example of a syllepsis, where the meaning of a verb (here 'dropped') is both physical and metaphorical. Write a poem that includes a syllepsis (do not use the example).

Writing

Poetry

I want to tell you something

I want to tug heartstrings

I want to learn

I want to be good again

I want to be the person I was

But he's dead

I was doing OK

Like not amazingly but

Good enough

I want to go back

I want it to be the holidays again

I want to be by myself again

I want to be able to write again

I want something

Something indescribable

And even more so

I want to be able to describe it

To have to words and the energy to

I want to write

But I'm tired

And not in the aesthetic way

Or the way i was before

I just cant

I'm _tired_

You know?

Sorry I haven't been posting

I'm back at school😃

Gonna kms istg

Jk I actually just hate that place

Anyways love you guys wish you the best

Also

I know literally no one cares but I'm gonna dye my hairrr

Like it's been too long since I last dyed it

Last time I did was February

And my hair was getting too healthy (said no one ever) for my liking so I gotta destroy it🤭

But yeah skl sucks

Like I had literally forgotten

What else

It was my bdayyy

it was vv nice

I feel new and refreshed

All the mental illness went away😃

Cured yall

And then I went back to skl😔

Got humbled fr

So live laugh love

Slay the days

Be kind idk

Vote!! If u can

Bro I wish I could vote

It's such a tease studying politics

Like wdym I can't vote

But I can know everything

More so than the average person

What else??

Guys I'm literally like serenading you with my thoughts

Like yall r so blessed rn🙄

Idk I wanna do something

Someone say something rlly controversial in the comments

I feel like debating

Idk

Or don't

I really don't care [as]

Jesus Christ I am chronically online

I apologise

So so sorry u had to witness that

I'm literally going insane

Comments 11

Eva Smith

7 months ago

Thank you- I'm glad others feel the same😭

I'm dyeing my hair red bc my friend got me some for my birthday, and I usually make her do my hair lmao like I'll go for a sleepover with her and come back with a new hair cut/colour. It's rlly fun and even if your hair doesn't take well its still a fun experience for example in Feb u tried to dye my hair red but it faded in like 2 weeks but the experience and having the colour was rlly fun

Yeah honestly I used to semi like school because it was my safe space but then stuff happened and they demonstrated that they actually didn't give a Crap abt me sooo I hate that place (some of the people have my heart tho❤️❤️) also I'm leaving in like a month so I have sm nostalgia 💔

I'm a dog person, I can't really describe why (like I have a dog and a cat) my dog is just idk happier? Like I love my cat but she Lowkey annoys me

Ooo that's a good one. I have loads of opinions abt ai. Firstly, I think it's definitely going to bring the change we need to the education system bc everyone is writing their essays and stuff with ai and it's like why are you making us write essays anyway if ai can do it? Secondly I think the only reason we aren't leaping at these opportunities is because of capitalism, if we were in a socialist or even communist society people would be more exited that we don't have to do these things but because we're in this late stage capitalism (and in the UK in a recession) people will die (or can't afford to live) if they lose their jobs. Thirdly, ai could easily take the boring kind of admin jobs or yk jobs no one wants to do but it's not really, it's talking the creative jobs for example writing, art and film making so now all the artists/ creative industry (which is the biggest industry in the UK) are being forced to either continue and not be supported or to leave for something that ai can't do (at least for a couple of decades) but the thing is, even manual labour is being taken by ai, for example, my dad builds sets for movies which you would think isn't something that a robot/ai can do right? Because not only is it heavy lifting but it's intricate design too BUT if ai can create whole movies now then that eliminates the need for not only him but millions and I'm talking millions of people. Fourthly, I think it will be good for things like medicine and stuff and will for sure progress our society but all good things come at a cost eh? Wether that's our productivity or our creativity we won't know

I think it's a bit scary but most people hate/are scared of/ reject change that's just the way we are and yeah it will inevitably cause some problems but it will also create a ton of good things that can't be ignored

Lysalei🫶

7 months ago

Normal things first: the poem was really good, I totally get it. There’s just so much to want but it’s too draining to actually go after those things.

(I’m not going to bother to reread this, so fair warning it’s insane. Read with caution😂)

Non-normal things after:🤪 WAIT WHAT that emoji wasn’t on my recent emojis…😱 The crazy feeling is contagious… Anyway, the post! I’ve never dyed my hair before, cause it’s too, like… idk. It just doesn’t dye well, so it’d be a big production to make it happen. So that seems so fun to me! What color are you dying yours?

Also… yeah school sucks. It takes all motivation and energy and locks it in a room, and then your just banging on the door so you can freaking get you it, but it’s a lot more fun to just bang your head on a wall until the world is like “OKAY CHILL OUT.” But something the world doesn’t care…

Umm… something controversial… *me using all my remaining brain cells thinking about that* **no seriously, I’m making a funny face rn to maximize brain power** The product of all my thinking: which is better, cats or dogs?

Okay, no. Something serious… Oh- nope that’s too serious and I’m feeling fun rn so I don’t wanna depress myself. Um… controversial… OH OH OH. Idk if this is actually controversial but what do you think about AI? Like, everyone says it’s scary and will cause negative impacts, and I get that people still need to know how to function on their own, but it seems super helpful and could really make a lot of things better soooo

Yeah I should probably stop talking…

Have a good day/night/morning/evening/life

🤪😂🙃

Eva Smith

(name is a reference, I never use the prompt, he/they/she)