Question

1. CREATING A POEM Look around you. Notice something you’ve never noticed before. How does noticing this thing make you feel? For instance, suppose you noticed the silver underside of the leaves blowing in the wind outside your window. Perhaps the leaves inspire you with their beauty: they make you feel more aware of the joy of being alive. On the other hand, the leaves may depress you because you realize that the beauty is going to exist only briefly. The leaves will fall when the weather turns cold, and this makes you all the more aware of being mortal. Write a few lines of poetry describing the thing you’ve noticed. Make sure to use vivid nouns and verbs. Try to make the reader see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what you experience. In this way, try to make the reader feel what you feel without explaining what you feel. For instance, if you use the leaf example, you may want to make the reader feel joy at being alive, without using those words.

Answer 1

The window spoke of the beyond
Outside the sky blushed with gentle lines of blue and pink
The leaves ride the winds and get ready for their flight
To fall from such height
They see as a sacrifice
To bid warmth goodbye.

Answer 2

Although this is a personal exercise that can only be properly completed based on your experiences, we can look at an example as inspiration.

An example of a poem that relates to an everyday occurrence would be:

The bells rings, and they all run,

the students leave, eager to have fun.

They complain and moan about their classes,

while they wait for their friends and put away their glasses.

Today, their only wish is to go home,

so few of them think of what is going to come.

While right now, leaving is the subject most pressing,

looking back, they'll realize school was really a blessing.

This poem talks about a common subject: students and school. However, it provides a new perspective on this idea. The poem suggests that while students often complain about school, they are likely to miss it when they graduate and move on.