3 poems due on 2/7/12

1. Artwork poem:

*Written from what I think Edgar Degas was thinking when painting Conclusion of an Arabesque (in post before)

When I imagine a ballerina
Thump Thump

Against the wooden planks of the stage

Swoosh Swoosh

Her hands moved across the stage

The other girls in the back whispering quietly

Like a team getting ready to get on the field

Her dress is a beautiful yellow

While my clothes are just a plain grey

The crowd is at awe by her perfect arabesques

And her hair done in a neat braid

She’s what comes in my mind

When I imagine a ballerina.

2. What is _________?

What is poetry?
Poetry could be something shared or something kept to themsleves.
It can make someone laugh
Cry
Or
Die inside.

Poetry could be written or spoken.
Poetry is a story that your heart writes.
Poetry has no rules or boundaries, unless you make them yourself.

Poetry could make people fall in love or fall apart.
It can show sides of people that you never seen before,
A shy side
Or
Outgoing side.

Poetry could be shown in a song,
It can be short
Or
Long.

It can be about something you truly care about or something really random.

3. What happens to__________?

What happens to a dream?
Does it flourish and blossom like a sunflower in the sun?
Or
Does it die and wither away like a sunflower without the sun?

Does it grow to be an adult giraffe?
Or
Does it shrink to be a shirt washed in cold water?

Or maybe in the end it’s something not worth fighting for.