Exceptional Free Verse--Club Challenge/WWII Selections For Book Project : M1 Carbine Musings by michaelcahill

I seek I've not time to talk or listen to your life story or tales of glory I'm here to make gory all I see   I can be patient careful and deliberate choosing my target and zeroing in for the kill   but I can be a roustabout making my presence known with a flourish a spread of doom that makes the masses scatter from the shatter of my fury   three hundred yards away I imagine a picnic with your sweetie maybe a shaggy dog and Betty and Bobby three and four years young bouncing on the hill like marbles dropped from a cloud the glass you use to toast your love splinters into the light in your eyes   a souvenir from my long reaching arm enters the chamber where your memories are stored I take them and insure there will be no more   it's just my daydream to add a little heart to the deadly purpose for which I exist   I am what I am   my purpose singular   a human construct   Recognized Author Notes PLEASE: Feel free to join our little club and take the challenge. All for fun and to gain knowledge. :)) Write a free verse poem on war. Boo (ghost) suggested a write on WWII where your perspective is from someone involved in the conflict, a soldier, perhaps a Jew in a concentration camp, a loved one at home or even FDR or Hitler. I like that idea and recommend it. But, I'll expand it to include ALL wars and give some leeway as well. You can use Boo's approach OR use a different approach if you wish. Your imagination and ingenuity is always WELCOME. The theme is WAR. Whatever that inspires you to write, is correct. Remember, great free verse uses all the poetic tools available. :)) Due: Dec 1st. 19 days left.

© Copyright 2024. michaelcahill All rights reserved. michaelcahill has granted FanStory.com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work.