Week 4 Quick Writes Week 4 Quick Writes

August 1- August 5

Quick Write #16Quick Write #16Monday, August 1, 2011Monday, August 1, 2011

Don’t You See

“It’s just a drink,” he says.But it’s really bottled-up rage,

Waiting to explodeAnd drown my world

In delirium and hatred.When unleashed,This simple drinkDestroys families

Shatters livesAnd etches nightmares

That beg to be forgotten.

At least 5 sentences =

•Take 2 minutes to write all that this poem brings to mind for you.

•Borrow any line, and write what that one line means to you, letting the line lead your thinking.

Quick Write #17Quick Write #17Tuesday, August 2, 2011Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Watermelon Day

It’s watermelon day.Nothing left to do but soak up the summer.

Feel the sun up and down your spine,Warm and tingling in a reassuring way.

Laze around and dream of cool water down your back,Cold lemonade down your throat,

And juicy sweet watermelon on your tongue.Lie in a hammock and sway

In a breeze you conjure in your mind,Imagining a checkered blanket beside a cat-tailed

pond.The blanket is covered with pickles and pasta and

ants,And slightly burned pork chops.

Think about catching your imagination’s fireflies,While you lie in a freshly mowed field.

Listen to the crickets as they sing their August song.Watch as the watermelon day passes you by.

And love life while you have it.

At least 5 sentences =

•Take 2 minutes to write all that this poem brings to mind for you.

•Quickly write all of the sounds, sights, smells, tastes, and touches that come to mind when you think of summer.

Quick Write #18Quick Write #18Wednesday, August 3, 2011Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Buttermints

It doesn’t get much better-buttermints on a wind-blown day,when the iced October airmingles them in your mouthand makes you want to live forever.

Against the sapphire sky,when bright leavesfall like embers from the trees,reach out and catch just one leafbefore it hits the ground.Then make a wish.

There is so much to ask for-a hundred prismed diamonds,a team of stallions,or a ladder to the moon.

Yet all you’ll wish foris another autumn day,just like this one,and one morepocketful of buttermints.

At least 5 sentences =

•For 2 minutes write as quickly as you can about all that this poem brings to mind for you.

•Borrow any line, and write what that one line means to you, letting the line lead your thinking.

Quick Write #19Quick Write #19Thursday, August 4, 2011Thursday, August 4, 2011

A Hollow Smile

My street filled with peopleGlancing my way.

My school filled with studentsWhat will they say?

I look at my life.Will this be my last breath?

When my friends look at meThey see inescapable death.

Once people know my illnessThey pretend that they care.

So, I smile, I laugh,But my heart is not there.

My hopes, my dreams, my lifeThey slowly all fade.

Life is not easy With HIV/AIDS

At least 5 sentences =

•For 2 minutes write as quickly as you can about all that this poem brings to mind for you.

•In what way has life not been easy for you or someone you know?

Quick Write #20Quick Write #20Friday, August 5, 2011Friday, August 5, 2011

The Unwritten Pages

I know That somewhereAre the words that remain invisibleThey would love to singBut they have no voiceThey would love to breatheBut they have no airSo they wanderUnheardLike music without a staffAnd I knowSometimeI will find those wordsHelp them sing and help them breatheMy pen will no longer remain still My soul no longerUnwritten

At least 5 sentences =

•For 2 minutes write as quickly as you can about all that this poem brings to mind for you.•Borrow any line, and write what that one line means to you, letting the line lead your thinking.