POEM STARTER
Compose a pastoral poem that describes a meadow full of wildflowers.
Pastoral poetry focuses on the human connection with nature, and often idealises simple country living.
Pebbles
If one ugly pebble
Taken from the beach
Where it once was surrounded by others just a like it
Just a little less smooth and a little less perfect
If it was tossed into the sea
To join the other fallen stones
Would anyone really notice?
Would it even make a sound?
I’m sure there’d be a plop as it hit the water
Maybe a few rings would radiate from the impact
But after the fact
After that pebble has passed through the surface
No difference would be made to that shore
The same beach
Minus one ugly pebble
I like where you took the pastoral! It’s really deep. Just one note, you start with an if and don’t really finish that thought. Maybe if you said “Was taken from the beach” it would make more sense? Keep up the good work!
You ate this up! It’s really unique. I like how you went in a different direction then the prompt but still kept the center idea. It makes the writing seem more personal and individualized.
There would be such a difference. There was no other pebble like it. It was different, it was special, it was important. That’s the one they decided to pick up, that’s the one they held. Maybe you couldn’t tell the difference in that whole shore, but in that spot, there’s empty. It’s just sand, no more rock. An empty gap without it. I would notice, I would notice right away. You would make the loudest sound in my head. There would be such a large gap left in my heart. I need you
