Ambivalent to the critics Recreating identities in the forge The master of one’s own image Youth that will live forever
Enthusiasm is common, endurance is rare* Make to break and embrace mistake Public gestures; look upon this fool! The larger-than-life, the clown despite Years of training to teach otherwise
An acrostic formed around a quote from *Angela Duckworth
A petulant contrarian takes his bat and ball Play by his rules or don’t play at all You’re welcome to sit at the children’s table Your membership card is purely a label
Majorities are a democratic dream Sold the fantasy to the extreme Somehow claiming the moral high ground But where only the minority is found
Now as the world turns slowly burning Eyes open to the virtues returning Consign the child to go play at home Where he can wonder why he’s all alone
Written as reward Benevolent monarch hands Meaning to illiterate minions Clinging onto every word
Posted in advertisement The philosophical sword Hangs on a single hair Virtue is written in sunlight
Submitted to AllPoetry’s ‘An Expression of Yourself’ course – Brevity. With this assignment, I would like you to use metaphor and simile. Focus on the ordinary but make it something more expansive to where your mind cannot find the outer walls of the images.
As an extra idea, I also put this through the N+7 machine and used (mostly) the results from N+14
The Monogram Handlers
Written as rhythm Benevolent monogram handlers Medic to immigrant misanthropes Clinging onto every works
Posted in affair The philosophical synagogue Happenings on a single half-life Vision is written in superlative
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