Monday, April 12, 2010

"Colombe" Poem

For this assignment, I was supposed to write a stanza of a poem that followed the form of Kamau Braithwaite's "Colombe". Here it is:



I
once walked up
A mountain, to see what I would find
I saw ships, seas and flying machines
From every age, and
Every Time
T
ools of war from empire' past
All rusted and burnt out
Hulks, Trojan horses tanks and guns
I sat and started to
sulk
God ask-
ed why I was crying so
i turned to him and said
"These ruins of man for struggle and trying
Whats the the use if they're all dead?"
A testament to the glory of man?

1 comment:

  1. I like how you were able to effectively mix both past present and future. The last 'stanza' added a very intuitive look into the mindset of the society. NICE!

    ~Brandon Rousseau

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