Visit my home Visit my Parents Parents are shaky Parents are old Old and crippled Old and afraid Afraid of life Afraid of death Death is real Death is coming Coming of age Coming and going Going for broke Going to try Try to behave Try to shine Shine and sparkle Shine my shoes Shoes to fill Shoes are big Big, but belittles Big and bad Bad little boy Bad wooden cane Cane or crutch Cane for Dad Dad is old Dad is limping Limping too much Limping from Karma Karma is debt Karma is old Old and battered Old and grey Grey brings fear Grey and blue Blue on blue Blue but free Free as wind Free as snow Snow and snow Snow must go Go back home Go from fear Fear and tears Fear is past Past is gone Past is insane insane.... past...
*Blitz Poem Line 1 should be one short phrase or image Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48 Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47 The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47) There should be no punctuation