Poetry Challenge Days 14-16
Day 14 Today, we were challenged to write a Love or Anti-Love poem. I tried to combine the two: Love Sucks Love sucks Like a sour lemon The initial taste is sweet But it soon turns bitter. Love bites Like a horny mosquito Looking for sweet nectar Instead drawing blood. Love breathes Like wind through the trees Softly at first Then harsh like a storm. Love lives In my heart and my soul For my family and friends For the departed souls. Day 15 For this poem, we were challenged to take a famous poem and rewrite it as our own. Much acknowledgement goes to Mr. William Shakespeare for his beautiful sonnets and especially for the one which inspire my rewrite: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? - Sonnet XVIII Shall I Compare Thee to a Winter’s Night? Shall I compare thee to a winter’s night? You aren’t more lovely than new fallen snow: Cold temperatures do chill the morning air of December, And winter’s lease is much, much too ...