POEM STARTER
Write a blank verse poem on a topic that's important to you.
Blank verse poetry doesn't rhyme, but has a very strict structure which builds a melody through rhythm. (One way to create this is to structure each line with the same amount of syllables, and the same syllabic stresses, like you might if you were writing the verses of a song.)
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what’s most important?
you.
what’s most important?
the way you laugh.
i can’t seem to get enough from your laughter
because honestly?
it’s salvation.
what’s most important?
your touch.
electrifying and yet so calming
lifting one up into the highest levels of the sky and yet so grounding.
what’s most important?
your feelings.
if you’re sad and if you’re happy.
if you’re content.
i want to feel the emotions as if they were my own
because yours or mine
what does it matter?
what’s most important?
you.
everything you are, because you are everything.