American writer’s cramp America faces a choice A choice of embracing democracy At last a choice of standing up Against the forces of neo-fascism As the election season comes to an end Although it is too close to tell Americans will make the right choice Nov 8 is election day in the US - so write your story or poem about the experience of someone who is voting in an election. Be creative - it can be a local, state, or federal election, or an election for class president or homecoming queen and king, or voting to discontinue Daylight Saving Time or create a new holiday celebrating butterflies, or ...? Choose POLITICAL as one of your genres. Pleiades Form This poem has a title with a single word. The poem itself has seven lines. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title. Example Train Ticket to a treasure-trove of memories Traveling through a tapestry of scenery Trudging and trundling over tough terrain Tirelessly towing tourists and boxcars full of freight Tooting horn in tunnels, tippy-toeing through sleepy towns Tickling childhood fancy with a comfortable chug, chug Think I can, think I can, the wheels sing round and round |