POEM STARTER
Write a Pantoum on any topic you like.
A pantoum is a poem where each stanza is 4 lines, and the second and fourth line of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next. As this creates a lot of repetition, try to pick a theme that would benefit from emphasis of certain lines.
Me Vs Them
Because why should it be fair
Maybe society wasn’t built for me
I _know _it wasn’t
That’s why it hates me so much
Maybe society wasn’t built for me
I don’t have the right kind of power
That’s why it hates me so much
I’m different and it messes up the system
I don’t have the right kind of power
I need to fix all these mistakes
I’m different and it messes up the system
I’m sorry
I need to fix all these mistakes
Before they destroy me
I’m sorry
But I don’t think I can