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Poetry was the focus of the first quarter of College Writing, and this portfolio has a total of seven poems.
Quarter 1
The object of this prompt was to write an object poem. The thing I chose was my old alarm clock.
Treetop is what is considered a "stolen poem" where a certain part of it was similar to a published poem, be it a line, a topic, or the way it's formatted. I used the formatting and single-sentence style of "The Lily" by Mary Oliver.
This place poem takes place at the desk I had in high school, a big old drafting desk my great-grandfather made for my own father back when he was in high school.
This is a memory poem, based off of the many times I had books taken away in elementary school because I was forever reading under the desk. Don't make a funny face—they were always more interesting than the lesson.
This poem's narrator is, if you couldn't tell, a daydreamer, who spends their days letting their mind wander to impossibly fantastic places.
This poem is a sensory poem. It cuts off all senses besides that of hearing. No sight, no feel, just sound.
This is the much-edited version of "A Cloak of Wolf Skin" which can be found on the home page. It's a twisted version of "Little Red Riding Hood" where the wold gets his much-deserved revenge.
