POEM STARTER

Write a poem about an apology.

What is the apology for? How is it received?

YouTuber Apology.

Camera upright,

Lighting is perfection,

Tears fall freely,

Thanks to those cut onions atop my desk.


Lines memorized,

Fame woven, kept in mind,

Money might burn before my eyes,

Heavens know that can’t happen…


Camera records,

And deeply, I sigh,

Apologizing,

Using bullshit lies,


“I’m sorry”,

“This is hard for me to make”,

“I didn’t know”,

“This video is sponsored by—“


Tears fall more—

Damn, I cut too many onions,

Aw man…** **I can’t fix it,

I can’t even rub my eyes,


I speak as minutes stroll,

And it drags for what feels like years,

Spewing words with half-baked blame,

Selling it as well made apology cakes.


I finish recording,

I sigh, with relief instead,

Name the recording something plain,

And see the lukewarm reactions,


Well, at least I didn’t use my ukelele.



(Might make another poem for this prompt but oh well. I wanted to make something silly!)

Comments 20

Apologies 😡 are for whimps 🫵 be a MAN 🧍‍♂️ and MEAN your insults 💪

Beautifully said 💪🏾🥀🗣️🔥

This is amazing lmao

Not the Colleen/miranda reference tho 😭

I really had to add a reference to the worst apology video ever 😭

I really enjoyed this 😂 it really speaks a lot about society nowadays I guess, as well, although I guess you meant for it to be funny (which it is!!) anyway, great work

Thank you!! 🫶🏾💗✨

Dude this is so creative lmao😭🙏 (also the Miranda reference at the end lol)

Thank you!! ✨ Every time I see this prompt, all I could think of was YouTube apologies 😭