Poems that I am proud of
In Humanities, we have been learning about a lot of poetry. Here are three of my favorite poems that I wrote:
Though we have come far
Though we have come far,
We have much farther to go.
For one’s gender must not decide one’s pay.
Or one’s talent.
For we should come so far,
That we laugh at the insane and distant thought of certain genders having certain jobs
Laugh at the horrid thought of gender inequality
Just being a distant memory
Too far in the past
But something to learn from
While going in the future
For it’s so unbelievable to think,
That there are so many instances where gender is a limit,
And though we’ve come far,
We can’t stop until every gender is equal.
My inspiration behind this poem was I wanted to write a poem that was more of a speech, and less poetic. I decided to write about a topic that I really care about, which is sexism. I think my poem has repetition, and is a narrative poem. I’m really proud of this poem because I think it sends a message.
The Glass Ceiling
They’re standing up there,
Triumphantly
I wonder,
How did this happen?
If I had been born differently, would it be different?
Would I be triumphant?
Instead of sitting here,
Watching their success.
Their happiness.
Their non-existent sorrow.
Why are they standing there?
Not even breaking a sweat,
While I’m down here, sweating hard,
Earning 79 cents to their dollar.
I would raise my voice if I thought it would make any difference.
But as I look up at them, and they work unseeingly, I realize,
They feel no remorse for me,
Or anyone else down here.
They only care for their own prosperity,
That should have been mine.
They say I’m not working hard enough,
Deep down, I’m wondering if it’s true,
If they really are working harder than I am,
And as I sit beneath them,
I ask myself why
I’m looking up at a glass ceiling, while they look at the sky.
My inspiration for this poem was that I really wanted to write a poem about gender inequality. I think it doesn’t have very many elements of poetry, except for imagery. I am very proud of this poem because I think it is very powerful, and I also just really love the way it sounds.
Pages
Pages,
Some of plenty,
Some, quite lacking color,
Some, tasty, deep and meaningful,
All loved
My inspiration behind this poem was I really wanted to write a poem about books, and it happened to be on the same day that we wrote Cinquains, so I decided to write a Cinquain about books. In my poem, there is a lot of repetition. I think my poem turned out very well. I really like how it lists the different qualities of books.