Week 4 Quick Writes
August 1- August 5
Quick Write #16
Monday, August 1, 2011
Don’t You See
“It’s just a drink,” he says.
But it’s really bottled-up rage,
Waiting to explode
And drown my world
In delirium and hatred.
When unleashed,
This simple drink
Destroys families
Shatters lives
And etches nightmares
That beg to be forgotten.
•Take 2 minutes to write all
that this poem brings to mind
for you.
•Borrow any line, and write
what that one line means to
you, letting the line lead your
thinking.
At least 5 sentences =
Watermelon Day
It’s watermelon day.
Nothing left to do but soak up the summer.
Feel the sun up and down your spine,
Warm and tingling in a reassuring way.
Laze around and dream of cool water down your back,
Cold lemonade down your throat,
And juicy sweet watermelon on your tongue.
Lie in a hammock and sway
In a breeze you conjure in your mind,
Imagining a checkered blanket beside a cat-tailed
pond.
The blanket is covered with pickles and pasta and
ants,
And slightly burned pork chops.
Think about catching your imagination’s fireflies,
While you lie in a freshly mowed field.
Listen to the crickets as they sing their August song.
Watch as the watermelon day passes you by.
And love life while you have it.
Quick Write #17
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
•Take 2 minutes to write all
that this poem brings to mind
for you.
•Quickly write all of the
sounds, sights, smells, tastes,
and touches that come to
mind when you think of
summer.
At least 5 sentences =
Buttermints
It doesn’t get much betterbuttermints on a wind-blown day,
when the iced October air
mingles them in your mouth
and makes you want to live forever.
Against the sapphire sky,
when bright leaves
fall like embers from the trees,
reach out and catch just one leaf
before it hits the ground.
Then make a wish.
Quick Write #18
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
•For 2 minutes write as quickly
as you can about all that this
poem brings to mind for you.
•Borrow any line, and write
what that one line means to
you, letting the line lead your
thinking.
There is so much to ask fora hundred prismed diamonds,
a team of stallions,
or a ladder to the moon.
Yet all you’ll wish for
is another autumn day,
just like this one,
and one more
pocketful of buttermints.
At least 5 sentences =
A Hollow Smile
My street filled with people
Glancing my way.
My school filled with students
What will they say?
I look at my life.
Will this be my last breath?
When my friends look at me
They see inescapable death.
Quick Write #19
Thursday, August 4, 2011
•For 2 minutes write as quickly as
you can about all that this poem
brings to mind for you.
•In what way has life not been
easy for you or someone you
know?
Once people know my illness
They pretend that they care.
So, I smile, I laugh,
But my heart is not there.
My hopes, my dreams, my life
They slowly all fade.
Life is not easy
With HIV/AIDS
At least 5 sentences =
The Unwritten Pages
I know
That somewhere
Are the words that remain invisible
They would love to sing
But they have no voice
They would love to breathe
But they have no air
So they wander
Unheard
Like music without a staff
And I know
Sometime
I will find those words
Help them sing and help them breathe
My pen will no longer remain still
My soul no longer
Unwritten
Quick Write #20
Friday, August 5, 2011
•For 2 minutes write as
quickly as you can about all
that this poem brings to
mind for you.
•Borrow any line, and write
what that one line means to
you, letting the line lead
your thinking.
At least 5 sentences =