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Poetry A word majestic in its own, Poetry is a tool A path I take to calm down A direction I go when bland sentences alone can never truly express, When the words stay trapped in my throat, Never spoken, Because I am not able to show my true feelings through spoken words. I write. I don’t like to talk. Because talking leaves room open for disagreement Talking, airing my thoughts, seems to ******* me. Leaving me defenseless, a target to aim for. Poetry is my small way of winning when I can’t win elsewhere, Poetry is a battle plan, Poetry is a blueprint A map to my emotions, my feelings, how I view the world. Poetry is like a script When I can’t speak anything from heart, When I’m sometimes trapped in my mind And the unspoken, unwritten words catch me in a web, I write. I can organize my thoughts in a way that makes sense to me. My poetry doesn’t have to make sense to others My poetry doesn’t have to live up to the standards of others My poetry doesn’t have to meet the status quo In my poetry I’m finally free to express To say something in a society that’s gone at ends to keep me quiet To finally tear down the walls that have kept me prisoner in the silence Agree, or shut up, they say. My poetry doesn’t have to agree My poetry reflects back to me, And I’m proud of the sentences made by words strung together Out of the 26 letters of the alphabet, Isn’t it amazing? Get to the point, they say, But how can I describe what poetry means to me using simple words such as Happy, sad, and mad? Give me something to work with here. You don’t have to like poetry But I love it.
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 3:17 PM UTC
Poetry
Poetry A word majestic in its own, Poetry is a tool A path I take to calm down A direction I go when bland sentences alone can never truly express, When the words stay trapped in my throat, Never spoken, Because I am not able to show my true feelings through spoken words. I write. I don’t like to talk. Because talking leaves room open for disagreement Talking, airing my thoughts, seems to ******* me. Leaving me defenseless, a target to aim for. Poetry is my small way of winning when I can’t win elsewhere, Poetry is a battle plan, Poetry is a blueprint A map to my emotions, my feelings, how I view the world. Poetry is like a script When I can’t speak anything from heart, When I’m sometimes trapped in my mind And the unspoken, unwritten words catch me in a web, I write. I can organize my thoughts in a way that makes sense to me. My poetry doesn’t have to make sense to others My poetry doesn’t have to live up to the standards of others My poetry doesn’t have to meet the status quo In my poetry I’m finally free to express To say something in a society that’s gone at ends to keep me quiet To finally tear down the walls that have kept me prisoner in the silence Agree, or shut up, they say. My poetry doesn’t have to agree My poetry reflects back to me, And I’m proud of the sentences made by words strung together Out of the 26 letters of the alphabet, Isn’t it amazing? Get to the point, they say, But how can I describe what poetry means to me using simple words such as Happy, sad, and mad? Give me something to work with here. You don’t have to like poetry But I love it.
This was an assignment from english class. Hope you enjoy it!
lianna-walters
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 3:17 PM UTC
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