One of the really cool things that we did during the Poetry Slam was to make group poems.
We passed along a sheet of paper which was folded in accordion style. Each person who received the folded paper was instructed to write one awesome line of poetry, fold the sheet of paper to hide what they wrote, and then to pass it along to someone else. So by the time the evening was over we had three poems written by the group.
I want to thank Janee for coming up with this really cool icebreaker to get the crowd in the mood for some poetry!
Here are the three products of our creativity!
Poem One:
How does one find the answer to life?
The sliding sounds of sunset cluster,
echoing the now empty odes of morning's youth,
then the sound waves collided against my ear drums,
Bring your flame solar, she beacons you!
Poem Two:
In the beginning my destiny was known,
but still I did not accept what I had been thrown.
The hole in my soul is empty with desire,
lost in a cloud of emotions in a succulent sunset.
The glow of the rising sun,
reflected over the still clear lake.
Dying to myself to be able to truly give,
hiccuping through quiet breaths.
Engine steam drifts off the beaten path of a tireless dream!
Poem Three:
Seeing the Eiffel tower in dusk light,
brings woe delight in my hearts sight.
She walks in beauty like the night,
of cloudless climes and starry skies.
And all that's jest of dark and bright,
meet in her aspect and and her eyes.
Take me away distant lover,
the sun shines through every crack of life,
and we all dance through the rays of blazing eternity!
Simply beautiful!
Always,
Cheryl
...where the hummingbird comes like a small green angel to soak his dark tongue in happiness▬
Mary Oliver
