Thursday, May 1, 2008

English Creative Writing Assignment

The assignment was to write a poem illustrating what Emily in Our Town meant when she said, "They don't really understand, do they?"

And... I wrote it in 15 minutes so... I know it's not the best. I only really like the last stanza.

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And I hear the sounds
Of rustling papers—to and fro
With all those precious words
I’ve written, those priceless words I’ve written
None of which records a precious day

And now I’m forgetting
Slowly forgetting—night and day
With all the warmness of the sun
I’ve lived, those hurried hours I’ve lived
Never “wasting” a moment of a precious day

And now I’m regretting
Each moment taken for granted—here and there
With all the unspoken love
I’ve forgotten, those rainbows . . . I’ve forgotten
Now time has left me no precious day

To relive, relive again
Would I forget again?
These things separation alone have
Reminded me, and painfully
Displayed how numbly
I once lived;
Yet never once did I live

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