7.13.2007

Writing a Poem for a Scholarship

I dug this up today, and even after the shock of an Edward quote, thought it was pretty darn worth posting.
Background story: This poem was written, literally, after I'd written five gooey, mushy, deep feeling ones. I hated them all and always ran out of words to rhyme. (As you know, I'm not a poet. Really.) I was trying to write it for a scholarship, which I'm already starting to flip out about -Don't ask me why-, and was irritated to the point of stabbing my computer when out popped this poem. It's dumb, funny, and stupid, but I meant every stupid word of it. :D

Writing a Poem for a Scholarship
By: Lauren Reynolds

This is my fifth and final try
To write a decent poem,
So I had to use a rhyming dictionary
To proceed without anymore proem.

I’ve crossed out lines and pulled out hair
All the while with a banshee-like scream,
Trying to include the imagery and word choice
Wait - What the heck is my theme?!

I can scribble, act, or novel-write,
But poems, you’ve got to be kidding!
The more I write, the more I stink;
The submit button looks very forbidding.

So, pretty much, I’m trying to say
That I suck in writing in rhyme,
But in imagination, I don’t lack
(You could even say I’m ‘sublime’.)

2 comments:

AnnaRose said...

Ohmy. That. Is. Awesome.
Seriously. :P
(Why can't I ask you why? Why? Whyagain?)
Lol.

<3

BeyondTheCrystalShores said...

That ROCKS!
Considering I have never been able to do more than a preschool rhyme such as "The Cat sat on the wall with a bat" ....not that that's a rhyme...well kind...but you get my point rofl.
It's pretty awesome!
I'm still freaking out about this Tuesday at Writing Class...it's gonna be so scary! I don't know what's worse me reading something or Belinda(the teacher) reading it for me! I'm like FLIPPING OUT!!!!!
ON a good note I might be going to see Order of the Phoenix on Sunday yay!