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

8 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