POEM STARTER
‘All in a golden afternoon, under the skies of cloudless blue.’
Write a poem that begins or ends with this line, adapted from Alice in Wonderland. Don’t feel limited to the themes and images of the book – see where else you could go from these words.
Chronic
All in a golden afternoon, under the skies of cloudless blue
In a white room
in a small town
in the middle of a shopping center
Half past two
A mother waits for answers
And a son mourns his youth
And I sit next to someone
I’ll never know
But then
I do
Because in a golden afternoon
under the skies of cloudless blue
I met your eyes wide as my arms could comfort you
Because I knew I was going to die but it never felt as true
As it did
On a golden afternoon
outside a dog cries
and flowers bloom
And under these skies of cloudless blue I pray to gods who comdemn us few
In a white room
in a small town
in the middle of a shopping mall
half past two
If I never leave here by your side
Don’t leave me
In that white room
Take my bones
Home to you