POEM STARTER

Compose a poem based on a tarot card of your choice.

Tarot cards contain deep meanings and allusions to Greek/Roman mythology that can be used as a base for a poem.

The Fool

Why welcome young man

I’ve been expecting you

Call me the future

What lies ahead


You’ve been called to this here path

With nothing but a small sack

Of simple belongings


You have no wits

No intelligence

But curiosity beyond any I have seen


You are ready

Aren’t you?

Well let’s see


You come upon

A forked path


What lies at the end of the left path is riches

Greed

You’ll never be content

But you’ll be safe


What lies at the end of the right path is unknown

But to get there will be painful

You might find passion

Or burnout

Happiness

Or heartbreak


So what about it?

Right or left?

Left or right?

Adventure or riches?

Greed or curiosity?


Well off to the right you go

You choose adventure

Spontaneity

Recklessness

Stupidity


You chose a path

You could very well die on

Without reaching the end


You chose this because you choose to believe you have free will

But humanity is inherently selfish

It’s a survival trait

And nature plucks out those who think different

Think of who has come before you

Happiness is money

Success is money

Survival is money

Life is money


And you, a simple fool

Chose death

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