POEM STARTER

Write a Pantoum on any topic you like.

A pantoum is a poem where each stanza is 4 lines, and the second and fourth line of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next. As this creates a lot of repetition, try to pick a theme that would benefit from emphasis of certain lines.

Fog

Poetry

The sun rises closer to the new year

A refreshing fog envelops the city

I never imagined that my life would lead here

Intertwined with others and yet so happy.

A refreshing fog envelops the city

Early morning joggers, mothers grasping small hands, security guard nodding

Intertwined with others and yet so happy

Slipping through their days, joyful moments rushing.

Early morning joggers, mothers grasping small hands, security guard nodding

Enveloped in their own lives, struggles of the world forgotten

Slipping through their days, joyful moments rushing

So many lost, so much destroyed, so many names, fallen.

Enveloped in their own lives, struggles of the world forgotten.

And yet, the sun rises closer to the new year

Remembering so many lost, so much destroyed, so many names, fallen.

Through the fog, the sun must rise to the new year .

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Summer Writes

An aspiring writer who has challenged herself to write a story and poem every day this summer. Positive and constructive feedback always welcome!