Thursday, 28 April 2011

I Am (Ellen Jaffe prompt)

I am a moose covered in vines
unable to free myself
from my house of ivy

I am a grape with a fear of the underground.
I climb as I grow
and my home follows me as I do.

I am coal with an underground home,
a house of ruin
with holes in the roof leading to the sky.

I am a yellow leaf about to leave my home.
I am about to fall from grace, along with the others,
onto the ground, my new home.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 April 2011 at 16:08

    This is stunning!
    I love the imagery and the way your stanzas flow.

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  2. Gillian Boult29 April 2011 at 15:16

    Amazing how you were able to connect all of these unconnected ideas to make the poem flow. :)

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  3. lauraleh130 April 2011 at 14:53

    I love your second and third stanzas! Beautiful imagery with lines such as: "I am coal with an underground home"

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