Project 3
Poem #1
a seed was once planted
that has blossomed
into a flower
a flower that is
big
bright
yellow
a flower that eventually
wilts and drops seeds
seeds that will
live to see a new day
that the flower
will not
Poem #2
pitch black
I tried to open my eyes
and all I saw was darkness
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I could feel sand beneath my feet
hot, beating sun on my skin
a muffled ring filled my ears
as my vision became more clear
I noticed that pyramids surrounded me
I could see a small village in my peripheral
where am I?
Poem #3
every morning she got in the car
and went for a drive
no route
no destination
she turned on the music to drown out her thoughts
and to clear her mind
she watched the leaves fall from the trees
and the cars pass her by
with no end in sight
she continued to drive
Artist Statement
When I started Project 3, I knew that I wanted to write 3 poems to demonstrate my knowledge and skills that I learned over the semester. When I started writing the poems, I had trouble figuring out what I wanted to write about. I didn’t turn to any authors or past texts that we have read for inspiration because I didn’t want to emulate any of their writings by accident. I wanted this to be completely original, as the project states, so I waited for different ideas to pop into my mind. I knew that if I thought about it for too long that I would leave my paper blank. So I went with my first 3 ideas. For Poem #1, I wrote a metaphor. I wrote about the cycle of a flower to represent the chapters of life. I wrote about a seed turning into a beautiful flower to symbolize how beautiful a new chapter of life is. I wrote about the flower dying and leaving a new seed to symbolize the end of a chapter of life and the beginning of a new one. When a chapter of our life ends, it can be a sad and scary thing. But with every chapter that ends, a new one begins that will eventually be a good thing. For Poem #2, I wrote in the first-person point of view. I wrote the poem about a dream I had a few years ago that stuck with me. My dream was very realistic; I woke up stranded in a desert and could feel, hear, and see things. I wrote in the first-person point of view to capture my feelings and experience in my dream. For Poem #3, I wrote in the third-person point of view. I wrote about a girl that starts her day off with a morning drive. She goes on this drive to ease stress, clear her mind, and to escape all of her responsibilities for that day. I chose to characterize her as a free-spirit which can be shown by the lines “no route, no destination,” and “with no end in sight, she continued to drive.” Throughout this course, I have learned a lot about creative writing and the various tools that can be used for it. Each tool can be utilized to create many types of stories.
