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.
Departure To Something Greater
Your life has just started,
the boat has departed
The dock left the sailors, the
Morning alarm is
No longer snoozed
The booze in the air
Says you have nothing to lose
Tie up your shoes,
Your laces are loose
Rope-swing to the river
Let go of the noose
The slimming shiver on
The tip
Of your lunge
The sliver of silver
The glint has begun
Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the trees
The buzz of the bees, gathers round the leaves
As sweet as it can be, each step means you’ll leave
So remind yourself today
It can be flowers, or it can be leaves