Random Poetry

1.
You are the sand
Beneath my feet.

Quick sand.
Sinking feet.

2.
You need me
Like a virus needs a host.

A deadly virus.
An un-expecting host.

3.
I see you like a child
Sees a new toy.

A spoiled child.
A Christmas toy.

4.
You are the breath
That sustains my body.

A deep breath.
A mortal body.

5.
You sooth me like
A lullaby sooths a child.

A quiet lullaby.
A wailing child.

You Are (poem)

You are the knife in my side.
With every move
I feel your blade.
With every breath,
My body shivers
From your piercing steel.

Your are a shroud
Blackening my universe
And engulfing my light.

You are a violent storm
Ravaging my shelter and
Leaving nothing behind.

You are quick sand
Beneath my feet,
And I am losing
The battle.

Sestina

She sat with stooped shoulders a
Wondering if he still found her worthy. b
After several years, their bond was broken. C
She thought she had given her all as a mother. D
She couldn’t deny that something was lacking e
Even after all these years of being together. F

She began to wonder about the meaning of together.
Emotions swept through her and her shoulders
Began to shake. Why didn’t she see what was lacking?
Her children deserved more. They were worthy
Of a comforting family and stable mother.
It was because of them that she felt broken





By her decision. So many hearts would be broken
If she chose not to stay together.
And she could never escape being a mother.
Just then a tiny hand touched her shoulders.
Here was her child standing behind her—worthy.
It was in herself that something was lacking.

The young child stared at his mother. A child lacking
The knowledge of why things may become broken
And why some people are just not worthy
To know the meaning of the word together.
He felt the trembling of her shoulders
And quickly embraced his mother.










It wasn’t fair for a child to see his mother
in this way. His embrace rescued something she felt lacking
from her for sometime. His hands on her shoulders
woke her to reality. She left her broken
memories for a moment to be together
with her son, and she told him he was worthy.

Again she began to wonder if he found her worthy
To stay here with them and remain a mother
Of a family that didn’t know the meaning of together.
A family that only thought something was lacking
Because a family without a father must be broken.
It was a heavy weight to bear on her shoulders.

She embraced the child while lacking
Hopes of knowing what together meant for a mother
Of a broken family and a worthy child at her shoulders.

Found Poetry

Some links for found poetry:

http://foundpoetry.wordpress.com/

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5780

Slam Poetry

Some links for slam:

http://www.virtualpoetryslam.net/main/

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetryslam.html

http://www.slampapi.com/new_site/background.htm

Poem Using Found Words

Shrouding
Martyr
Cozening
Omnipotnece
Jettisoned
Anomaly

Poem- An Apathetic Existence

An Apathetic Existence

What an apathetic existence
Without his omnipotence radiating beside me
My intentions are weighted with complacency
Where is my martyr?
Won’t you help me believe in this anomaly?

This is a poem I wrote by choosing words first and then creating a poem with those words. I chose words that I had heard mostly in song lyrics that I was unsure about their meanings. After looking up the meanings, I chose words whose meaning had the most importance to me. Then, I started with one word- omnipotence. I put fragments together, such as His omnipotence, apathetic existence, and consumed by complacency.
I used the fragments as part of each sentence and connected the meanings to create the poem. Connecting the fragments was actually very simple because to me they seemed meant to fit together.
Using the words that I had gathered made the process seem very easy. The poem came together without force and with my unconscious intentions.