I was gonna write a poem about soap But I’m no good at poems, so I lost all hope Aristotle should not run for the role of pope I would be better, I hope Even if I continually slip down that endless slope I am made clean by the dirt and mud. The earth’s hands […]
Faith Guttman '23
Sun around the world finds me Moon around the world hides me My dog stepped on a bee And then came after me Still, there’s more that I must be Stop. Silence is all the noise I need. Note: This poem was written as part of an activity where members of The Fourth Floor […]
Wind against stone Naught pushing back Rage in the bone All fading black Dreams drifting ‘way Goal kept in mind Thoughts locked at bay Dark cloud to find Lost in the storm Sound cracking close Light taking form My chosen dose I scream and shout To no avail Wind brushes stone As rock beats gale […]
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“Daddy, wait,” I pleaded, pulling the delicate string on my nightstand lamp to counter the darkness in the room. “What about a bedtime story?” He stood in the doorway, his hand still on the doorknob. The warm glow of the lamp illuminated his face in such a way that he appeared more tired than I […]
Little boy Billy was sent far away To a country of Germans and bombs and dismay. He lived in a haze as he traveled through time And he thought about death as I think about rhyme. A rhyme is in passing, a glanced over sound. Death is a moment, only once found. Why should you […]
