POEM STARTER
‘All in a golden afternoon, under the skies of cloudless blue.’
Write a poem that begins or ends with this line, adapted from Alice in Wonderland. Don’t feel limited to the themes and images of the book – see where else you could go from these words.
A day in childlike wonder
A little jay flew up too soon
tumbling down from the sky to you
he began to sigh and croon
singing a song of endless blues
the wind joined the jay’s little tune
thumps joined from the burrows afar
Hares had joined bringing beat
they did not have bones or bars
only did they have strong two feet
among the winds and chrips and cries
a string was plucked with rigor
a lyre lay not to far played by a sorrowful foxes
then in tune the world laid bare
a thousand birds, foxes, and hares
all playing in perfect harmony
then came the question
who started this song for?
the Answer lies with to thy and a jay
and to the grave it goes for eternity.