POEM STARTER
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds.
You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.
Write a poem that either begins or ends with this couplet.
Mind Garden
Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds
You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds
Sink your roots deep, probing the soil
Or keep them shallow and continue to toil
Reach for the heavens, with your petals sunward
Wilt and bend the stem, your face pointed downward
Your leaves stretched wide to receive the light
Or fold into yourself, your ferns curled tight
It’s in your power to blossom and bloom
Choose to flourish or seal your doom