POEM STARTER

Write a poem in a different genre to your usual comfort zone.

This poem can be in any style and with any theme, but try to write in a genre that you wouldn't normally try.

My Voodoo Doll

Her skin is rough white cloth

Any moment, she can fall apart

She has thousands of colourful pins

Sticking out of her heart


Used for worrisome purposes

A form of dangerous revenge

Just stick a pin in and wish

And you’ll never see your foe again


Little voodoo doll, hanging up so high

You were once a child’s play toy

You hold the most power in the world

The pain you cause, do you enjoy?


Dolly so pale, dolly so calm, I need a favour

I must stick a pin right through your heart

And make the most gruesome wish

If you prefer, I can throw a few darts


Dear voodoo doll, all I ask of you is this

As soon as I stick the pin, make her writhe in pain

Make her regret everything she has done

That’s hurt me and left me crying in the rain


I understand it’s wrong, and it never will be right

But for now you’re my precious pearl

And you’ll do as I write, no matter the result

Now I’ll stick the pin in you, my dear voodoo girl

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