Thursday, April 28, 2011

Personal Sound and Form Poem

Faces of Emotion


Eyes dance with happiness and lungs burst with laughter from every simple smile.

A smug look of pure satisfaction conjures a sense of victory for sure.

Heads shake, hearts pulse, hands clench in the face of denial.

Prim, proper, and prestigious people, prove to be quite mature.

Hearts bleed after being wounded in the battlefield of love.

Arms crossed, eyes roll, and lectures are given as you challenge and defy.

Honest and truthful, pure, innocent, gentle as a dove.

Salty, sticky, tears flow like a never ending river as you cry.

Screams of frustration causing crimson colored cheeks and blood to boil.

Sly looks and playful smiles, acting mysterious and oh so coy.

The world turned upside down and spinning around, causing great turmoil.

Exclamations of bliss and pleasure! Excitement and jubilance! Bursting with joy!

You cannot fly without wings or catch every fish in the ocean

Just as you cannot change each and every emotion.



Imitation of "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare

4 comments:

  1. You have successfully hit many of the elements of sonnet writing. This is a good take of the sonnet provided in a modern context. Each line should contain 10 syllables, though, that are in iambic pentameter. If you are able to achieve this, repost for us all to see!

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  2. This poem is really good. Your vocabulary is exquisite. Everything flows and sounds like it belongs together. The way you put this poem together is perfect. Out of all the poems I have read so far this one stuck out. The feelings you describe are so real. Great job!

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  3. I agree with both Midas and Ms. B. You cafefully thought about your vocabulary which makes the poem fit together perfectly. While I was reading I could remember a time that I have felt this emotion. They are so realistic, I could see it happening in my mind. Amazing ob!

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