The assignment that I had to complete was to choose a handful of poems to mirror. I chose three that I liked and attempted to "mirror" the style and mood/tone of the poems.
There are four sets of two poems; the first one being the poem by an author, and the second one by me.
I need help matching and mirroring my poems after the first poems, suggestions please!
I Am He that Aches with Love
I am he that
Aches with amourous love;
Does the earth gravitate?
Does not all,
Matter,
Aching,
Attract matter?
So the body
Of me to all
I meet or know.
-Walt Whitman
I Wonder
There are things out there
That make me
Ponder,
Inquire,
To question,
To wonder.
So exquisite are the things of
The world.
There are those who
Seek
Those who
Listen
Those who study.
But I am not one of those
That is why
I wonder.
-Natalie Fong
Swahili Love Song
If only
The heart had a lid
I would have opened it
And shown you my grief,
And you would have known
If I am
The one for you
-Anonymous
Forbidden
If only
There was a way
For my mouth to speak,
I would have revealed
My adoration
And you would have seen
That she is
Not the one for you.
-Natalie Fong
Bees
Every bee
That
Ever was
Was
Partly
Sting
And partly
...buzz.
-Jack Prelutzky
Felines
All the cats
That
Ever lived,
Were
Partly
Hiss
And partly
...purr.
-Natalie Fong
The Mindful Scholar
Hour after hour.
Tome after tome.
It is despised now though proven
Advantageous when time come.
Despised yet inclined to
The dues of hardship be paid.
And now receives
The passing grade.
-Unknown Author
The Pianist
Note after note.
Key after key.
Practice makes perfect
That, I have heard.
When the recital approaches,
The fingers will fly,
And melodies sound.
Without a mistake,
The last chord rings.
Out in the crowd,
The audience applauds.
-Natalie Fong
This is an interesting assignment!! PLease please tell your teacher that Kevin at EssayForum admires her for this inspired exercise.
You should mirror some Poe.
I especially like what you did with the bee poem, "was" for "fuzz" and changed it to were for furr.
:-)
