The Snowflake Chronicles

Having Fun with Poetry

5 Rahmat 163 B.E. – June 27, 2006 A.D.

When I tell people I write poetry, one of the responses I get is “I’m not that creative” or “I wish I could write a poem.” In this day and age any one can write a poem. All one need is a compute, access to the internet, and the cognitive ability to fill in the blanks. I found an interesting site today, it’s ETTC’s new and improved poetry forms. All you do is find the form and then put in the words. The website address is http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm and here are some of poems I created on that site.

I Can’t Write A Poem

Forget it
You must be kidding
I can't think of words that rhyme
Nothing exciting ever happens to me
I've been awake all night
The neighbor's dog keeps barking at my cat
People will laugh at me
I'm not a creative person
I don't know what I'm doing
I've run out of excuses
Time's up? Uh oh!
All I have is a dumb list of excuses.
You like it? Really? No kidding.
Thanks a lot. Would you like to see another one?

This Is The Poem That

This is the poem that laughs
in the woods at midnight,
that walks
because there is no place to run,
because there is no place to hide.

And when happiness
brings tears to the soul of silence
this is the poem that runs
through the naked fields
waiting for the snow of winter.

Yes, That’s Me

Yes, that’s me
Look and you’ll see
My hair is wind tossed
My eyes are sapphire oceans
My arms are ready to embrace
My hands are trembling with joy
My heart ready to love
I’m patience personified
I never laugh at you
My friends are idealism and excellence
I live in unity and love
I hope for self-discipline
I dream creativity
It’s all clear as can be.
That’s positively, absolutely me