POEM STARTER

Write a poem in which every line begins with the first letter of your name.

While this isn’t a conventional poetic form, it is interesting to play around with constraints. See how many words connect to your name!

You And I

At times I know I can be careless,

At times I don’t really think,

And maybe I’m not perfect,

And maybe nobody is.

Almost everything you do,

Almost everything you say,

Amazingly, it brings a smile to my face,

And a weird joy to my day.

Actually, you aren’t perfect,

Actually, nor am I,

And can we be imperfect together?

Just you and I?

At times I feel like I hate you,

At times I feel like I love you,

Even so please just know,

That I actually really love you.

At times we can be careless,

At times we don’t really think,

And maybe we’re not perfect,

And maybe nobody is.

Comments 1

botfly

6 months ago

This is RLLY good!! I feel like I’d find this in a book somewhere.

I do have one tiny suggestion, maybe switch places of the lines:

“At times I feel like I hate you” and

“at times I feel like I love you.”

That way, the resolution of the next line (Even so please just know..) is clearer— that even though sometime the narrator feels hate, he/she actually really loves the person.

(also you don’t have to take this advice as this is not my piece but great work!)

You And I

Moon