Description
A selection of poems that describe the essences of life that makes you remember the ups and downs and the smiles and frowns we had that we have forgotten.
Synopsis
A selection of poems about distant memories.
Life is Fine By Langston Hughes
Requiescat By Matthew Arnold
The City By C.P Cavafy
The Hand By Mary Ruefle
The Swing By Robert Louis Stevenson
Playgrounds By Laurence Alma-Tadema
“When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.”-Mark Twain
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Beach
Glistening under the
setting sun
It charges up
under and over my feet, bringing powder,
shells and other marine
objects to the earth. It feels
cool. Like the cold floor
after the rain. It hugs the powdery ground
like a blanket, my toes wiggling in delight
making small circles on the chalky
floor.
Hopping out, I catch a glimpse
of my footprints, before the aquas drag them
away into the ocean
where they will float down
awaiting the next time
they will rise up
again.
setting sun
It charges up
under and over my feet, bringing powder,
shells and other marine
objects to the earth. It feels
cool. Like the cold floor
after the rain. It hugs the powdery ground
like a blanket, my toes wiggling in delight
making small circles on the chalky
floor.
Hopping out, I catch a glimpse
of my footprints, before the aquas drag them
away into the ocean
where they will float down
awaiting the next time
they will rise up
again.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Literature Acrostic
Laying my head on the lunch table, my eyes in the level with my sandwich in the shrouded light of shadows, I around my friends. They are smiling. They are laughing like the flowers have finally bloomed.
Instantly I thought of what I'd miss from all of these laughters. Will I ever hear these soothing sirens again? Can my ears still echo them ?
Too much to think. Too much to ask.
Everyone's thoughts are linked by a single thread of beads that hold the reason why we are together in the first place.
Running out of time, with every second ticking away, the beads of the the threads begin to dwindle in the light.
As the bell rang, I snapped out of my conscience. The shadows over my sandwich started to disappear from my sandwich.
Taking a last bite I tossed my sandwich in the bin and started swimming in the endless pool of students.
Under that pool, I thought, are the feet of a girl that is worried she might forget where her footsteps have gone.
Reluctant to let go, I pushed away what I came up with into a corner where I would pass it someday and answer these unsolved questions,
Etched up in the sky
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tanka
It had mystery
Ghosts and getting swung through time,
a little kid lost
a crowded street of people
a dream someone got lost in
It may not sound as well as my acrostics but I really had this urge to write this dream I had today.
Ghosts and getting swung through time,
a little kid lost
a crowded street of people
a dream someone got lost in
It may not sound as well as my acrostics but I really had this urge to write this dream I had today.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Hairs Acrostic
Heaping cascades
Altering stone
I nundating gracefully
Reawakened afresh
Seemingly everlasting
Altering stone
I nundating gracefully
Reawakened afresh
Seemingly everlasting
Monday, April 12, 2010
Clouds Acrostic
Clusters of cotton
Loose with the wind are
Oracles of rain
Upon the blue
Dancing in the day
Saturating the evening
Loose with the wind are
Oracles of rain
Upon the blue
Dancing in the day
Saturating the evening
Friday, April 9, 2010
Poetry Acrostic
P assionate writers express themselves by stringing together imagery, art, and wisdom with their own splash of style--these are the artists of literature, these people write poetry. Petry describes loneliness like the empty seats of a ferris wheel dancing alone with the air at an abandoned amusement park. It describes joy, with every line shaping a smile on your face. And even envy and anger that is wrestling out to end the poets' misery in each stanza.
O ften hard to decode, the beauty of these handpicked words usually disappear unheard--deafened by the lack of listeners. But those who listen, find the key. And those who put them together, are left spellbound. Just like the dove that appears from the magician's hands. Just like magic.
E loquent could be what we say. But it's the way our heart, mind and soul reacts to the impact of the words that makes us say that: your heart skips beats, your mind in a cloud, your soul finding peace. This is the black and white that pulls you into another world.
T o express these feelings they used metaphors. To draw the picture the poet is trying to depict, he used repetition. They're the painters of the masterpieces in our head that makes us wonder.
R eading poetry once only lingers in your mind. Read it twice, you'll hear the voice of the poet narrating his story. Read it once more, and it'll inspire you and stay in your heart.
Y es, yes, this is poetry to me. Yes, yes, poetry comes from the heart. The mind. Yes,yes, it comes from the soul.
O ften hard to decode, the beauty of these handpicked words usually disappear unheard--deafened by the lack of listeners. But those who listen, find the key. And those who put them together, are left spellbound. Just like the dove that appears from the magician's hands. Just like magic.
E loquent could be what we say. But it's the way our heart, mind and soul reacts to the impact of the words that makes us say that: your heart skips beats, your mind in a cloud, your soul finding peace. This is the black and white that pulls you into another world.
T o express these feelings they used metaphors. To draw the picture the poet is trying to depict, he used repetition. They're the painters of the masterpieces in our head that makes us wonder.
R eading poetry once only lingers in your mind. Read it twice, you'll hear the voice of the poet narrating his story. Read it once more, and it'll inspire you and stay in your heart.
Y es, yes, this is poetry to me. Yes, yes, poetry comes from the heart. The mind. Yes,yes, it comes from the soul.
Balboa Acrostic
Boy, do all days start like this.
A bus ride to school, a short stroll to the entrance, and through the doors we see life. I like it when the people I know are there--we always have something to talk about, something new, unexpected.
Laughter can be heard in every corner, songs are sung, and time seems to fly so fast, you'd think you have just arrived. You feel like you're on a cloud.
But sometimes, when you had a bad night, drowsiness takes over and the sounds are all muffled and your cloud feels heavy.
Our school bell rings and a stampede forms towards the door.
And the start of hell--I mean classes--begins.
A bus ride to school, a short stroll to the entrance, and through the doors we see life. I like it when the people I know are there--we always have something to talk about, something new, unexpected.
Laughter can be heard in every corner, songs are sung, and time seems to fly so fast, you'd think you have just arrived. You feel like you're on a cloud.
But sometimes, when you had a bad night, drowsiness takes over and the sounds are all muffled and your cloud feels heavy.
Our school bell rings and a stampede forms towards the door.
And the start of hell--I mean classes--begins.
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