POEM STARTER
Submitted by Margaret Sok
Rotting flowers can still smell sweet…
Write a poem which centres on this theme.
⭒ we are not the same ⭒
⭒ rotting flowers still smell sweet
⭒ for you
⭒ it’s really quite neat
⭒ the differences of us two
⭒ we are not the same. ⭒
⭒ you look at a wilted rose and think
⭒ ‘look how beautiful it smells’
⭒ while i think
⭒ ’look how many dead petals it expels…
⭒ we are not the same. ⭒
⭒ you sleep in forever
⭒ nice and long
⭒ while i’m on an andeavor
⭒ to fix the world with my palm
⭒ we are not the same. ⭒
⭒ i’m trying to fix myself
⭒ i really am
⭒ but it’s hard
⭒ with no help at all