POEM STARTER
Silver Lining
Choose any negative topic and write a poem about its silver lining.
Delayed
There is nothing worse than a delayed flight.
You sit staring at the letters on the board until they go fuzzy, until you go fuzzy.
They finally change! You rush to the gate!
Only to be sat on the tarmac for hours and hours.
God forbid a child is encouraged by an over zealous mother to sing a rendition of a Disney song for the chance of some internet fame.
There may be luxury to air travel now with a nice lounge and business class seats, but time is a commodity that no man gets back.
Yet this time you're lucky as you wait for takeoff.
No child sings.
Everyone remains firmly in their seats, and the stewardess presents you with a cup of tea.
She looks every bit as drained as you feel.