
try your hand at writing a poem that could be a section or piece of one. Include rhyme, include unlikely and dramatic scenes (maybe a poem about a bank robbery! Or an avalanche! Or Roman gladiators! Or an enormous ball held by mermaids, where there is an undercurrent (hee) of palace intrigue!) Basically, a poem with the plot of an opera (evil twins! Egyptian tombs! Star-crossed lovers! Tigers for no apparent reason!)
I can’t rise to this prompt.
I am tired, so I will post one I have worked on
Ruining play grounds for other children:
another unruly Jaquan…
Destroying the classroom environment,
Always increasing the strife and lament:
another unruly Jaquan…
Obsessed over sneakers, using silly slang
Behaving like he on a gold chain gang
Acting like he thank he wuz KANG:
another unruly Jaquan…
Product of low-info single moms
Slowly exploding afro-bombs
Chanting infantile urban psalms
(They make one want to relax to some Brahms):
Another unruly Jaquan…