POEM STARTER
Paper boats, the scent of lemons, and tears.
Use these descriptors as inspiration for a poem.
Someone New
I’m with someone new now
They don’t smell like you do
At times I smell lemons
Just to be reminded of you
The tang jerks my lips to smirk
And my eyes to well
I used to hate that bittersweet
conflicting taste
Now it is all that lingers on my tounge
I’m with someone new now
They’re not as creative as you
Do you remember
Those oragagomy nights we used to have ?
I still can’t make them
You know those paper boats you used to
create with ease
The ones I would groan about
That I’d hate
I like them now
I sit with folded arms and a soaked face
at my kitchen table
over crumpled pieces of tear soaked paper
I’m with someone new now
And
I wish they were you