POEM STARTER
Write a poem about something a young child wants very badly but cannot have.
Consider your language use for the chosen age of the child and choose a specific style of poetry that would be suitable for this prompt.
Teenage Angst
My mom said we can’t afford a birthday party but I didn’t ask to be born the day after the New Year.
She said I can’t go anywhere without my little brother but I didn’t ask to be the first one here.
She said I can’t talk like that and I can’t walk like that but I didn’t ask to be born a girl.
She said she wished she weren’t mine but how could I know my existence would shatter her world?
I didn’t ask to need love and I didn’t ask to need freedom. It was all just part of me.
I didn’t ask to need myself more than I needed her, but I do and now I am free.
