I found my favourite poem I've ever written today!
I wrote it in Grade 12, for English. Based on a scene in the book Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Somewhat a disturbing scene, actually, but it was an awesome book. You should all read it.
Here's my poem:
Four knocks pounding.
A door flies into the room
Like a bat from the fire.
With unsmiling jaws and iron thighs,
They enter.
Icy eyes pierce my soul.
Careless feet march past her body: limp, broken.
Arms like cannons grip me,
Arrest me.
His words resound in my thoughts:
Not me -- an echo -- oh, no, not me.
He, a murderer! I, without a pass,
Trapped in this web of injustice.
Her empty eyes call to me;
There's only one catch.
Now back to studying...
I wrote it in Grade 12, for English. Based on a scene in the book Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Somewhat a disturbing scene, actually, but it was an awesome book. You should all read it.
Here's my poem:
Four knocks pounding.
A door flies into the room
Like a bat from the fire.
With unsmiling jaws and iron thighs,
They enter.
Icy eyes pierce my soul.
Careless feet march past her body: limp, broken.
Arms like cannons grip me,
Arrest me.
His words resound in my thoughts:
Not me -- an echo -- oh, no, not me.
He, a murderer! I, without a pass,
Trapped in this web of injustice.
Her empty eyes call to me;
There's only one catch.
Now back to studying...
3 comments:
But you didn't say who the poem was about! How are your readers suppose to guess?!?!
If you have read the book, you should know. It happens in the chapter when they are in Rome. It's something that happens involving Arfy and Yossarian. That's all I'm gonna give out.
P.S. If you STILL don't know what scene this is from, the descriptions I used: unsmiling jaws and iron thighs... were both taken directly from the book (and I think the arms like cannons MIGHT have been taken from Mr. Heller as well, but a part of me thinks I made it up).
Also, "Not me. Oh, no, not me," is a direct quote as well.
I didn't want to put quotation marks in my poem- it looked funny. Though perhaps I should have creditted Mr. Heller better.
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