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These are posts from Juniors at Steamboat Springs High School

The poems were written during our unit on Imperialism in the Middle East - Enjoy!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

A POEMS BURDEN


I am a poem colorful and long
But some days i wish i were a song
I can rhyme or have prose
but its best when it flows
Haku or Limerik I take many forms
Many people hate i am out of the norm
Its hard being a poem and that the truth
step into my shoes and i will show you

7 comments:

  1. Nice poem Ben... i really how you took on the perspective of a poem because i can only imagine how hard it would be being made fun of all the time for being outside "the norm." I also like your use of color, it really adds something. :)

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  2. Ben, you are an artist in true form. Everything you do just makes me want to be your friend even more. your poem made my day and i live to see you everyday.

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  3. Hahaha i agree with jackson, you are truly one of the most influential poets of our generation. I like the rhyme scheme you used and i just think your poem is the bees knees, dont change anything about it

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  4. i like jacksons comment .... but Ben this is really nice i like all the rhymes yo put into it its really nice

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  5. wow. this is inspriational
    the poem itself is touching but then the color adds a whole new dimension of deepness. i like how you invite the reader in and give them something to think about. the ryhme scheme also works very well. good work

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  6. ha ha so true!
    i am in a fan of poems, reading them or writing them. so i am glad someone brought that to light.

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  7. Ben, creative way to address the burden poem assignment - it's kind of funny writing a poem from the perspective of a poem, and clearly many of your readers identify with it. The rhyme works well with it - accentuating the fact that it is from a poem's perspective. A couple pieces of advice...either make all the "I's" capital or lowercase, and Haiku is misspelled.

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