Experimental Poetry 09/2024 Issue

September 14, 2024

Prompt: Use the 5 words from today’s in-class writing in a POEM. Written in first person. Maximum 8 lines.

• towers N

• glisten V

• grand Adj

• crystal Adj/N

• to sigh V

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Unpredictability of Light

by Julian

With rising towers in the evanescent distance

Rays of light pierce through the resistant,

penetrating light glass

From the sun’s grandiose spars

That diverge into nonlinear paths

The bright spark diminishes itself

Into the crystal clear distance

Lest we must not forget,

To sigh with unrest

that hues of yellow

Can change in life.

Sunrise

by Johnson

A fairie queen stands on top of the crystal tower

And gazes out as far as she could;

She saw the grand land of Elysium Glade

And the rolling up dark clouds;

She bent down her back and sighed,

Until she saw the dew glistening on the green plant

Under the little patch of sunlight,

From a thin crack of dark sky.

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by Daniella

The daunting darkness occupied the tower

just like how fear occupied my heart.

I keep myself isolated in a fragile crystal cage

The one I put all my utopian dreams in

Closing my eyes, I see a glistening world before me

the tiny cage grand with vibrant colors.

A chilling wind shatters the cage and smashes my dreams

Leaving me alone sighing, not knowing where I’m going.

Memory Fragments

by Rachel

I pour golden crystallines into the dawn

Piecing stars again, one by one

My bridge between the tower and the starry sky scatters

Sunrise and glistening tears, I see

Fragrance of citrus, jasmine, sandalwood, tea

Remembering, I sigh

“Rock-a-bye baby on the treetops, when the wind blows, the cradle will rock…”

She bids a grand farewell to my life, I shall embrace.

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By Helen

What I face in life is like high towers that goes up to the sky,

What I reach out for is as far as glistening stars in the night.

What I stand on is crystals of floating ice,

Breaking,

Splitting,

But, my friend, there is no need to sigh!

As a grand, glorious future is in sight!