POEM STARTER

Submitted by Maranda Quinn

'Closed mouths don’t get fed.'

Write a poem or short story using this phrase as your central theme. What scenarios does this bring to mind?

Fruit Of Change

Red delicious

Coated in purity

Fresh with desire

Sweet with love.

I hadn’t seemed to learn

From Eve’s mistake

As I bit into perfection

That hid lies of pain.

For even the sweetest of fruits

That shine as bright as stars

And promise truth of heart

Can rot all the same.

Comments 0
Loading...