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Disaster

March 2, 2012
By Taconut7 GOLD, Cohasset, Minnesota
Taconut7 GOLD, Cohasset, Minnesota
17 articles 1 photo 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life&#039;s challenges are not to bring you down, they are to help you become a stronger and better person! -Me<br /> <br /> &quot;If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will forever live its life believing it is stupid.&quot; - Albert Einstein


A catastrophe is a hard thing to bear
Like having a best friend say goodbye
Life sometimes is so unfair

A wave approaches without any care
As it crashes on land causing people to die
A catastrophe is a hard thing to bear

The old man stares at a young bird soaring with flare
Wishing that he too can fly
Life sometimes is so unfair

There is movement in the air as the ground starts to tear
A big cloud of dust rises up into the sky
A catastrophe is a hard thing to bear

A model strokes her long glamorous hair
As a victim of bulling runs off to cry
Life sometimes is so unfair

A newlywed widow looks down at the casket to stare
At her husband whose skin is all dry
A catastrophe is a hard thing to bear
It makes life sometimes seem so unfair


The author's comments:
The purpose of this poem is to highlight the tragedies of the world and the personal struggles of everyday people. Since at the time I was going through a tough time, I though writing about this would help relieve some of the trouble. (P.S.: I am fine now)

This is a villianelle which I wrote for my creative writing class.

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on Apr. 20 2012 at 9:58 am
amahzing_grace GOLD, Prattville, Alabama
12 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
I pay no attention whatever to anybody&#039;s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. <br /> -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

this is really good  (:

butterfly123 said...
on Apr. 18 2012 at 11:11 am
butterfly123, Banglore, Other
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hey! nice one. good comparions. i like the irony and dark humour in the phrase "newly wed widow". the title sums up the whole poem very well. it has a good flow ....but after a point the rhyme scheme feels a little forced . also, i think you mean 'bullying' and not 'bulling'. :) don't worry about all that though, i tend to make the same mistakes. on the whole: great work and keep writing XD oh and i'm happy to hear that you are fine now :D

Taconut7 GOLD said...
on Apr. 16 2012 at 9:35 pm
Taconut7 GOLD, Cohasset, Minnesota
17 articles 1 photo 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life&#039;s challenges are not to bring you down, they are to help you become a stronger and better person! -Me<br /> <br /> &quot;If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will forever live its life believing it is stupid.&quot; - Albert Einstein

Well, a villianelle is kind of hard to explain. It basically has a very complex rhyming scheme invovling only two rhymes, like A and B.

on Apr. 16 2012 at 4:07 pm
HoldingFast GOLD, Plano, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If I wasn&#039;t meant to fly, I wouldn&#039;t have these wings&quot;

I like this alot. btw whats a villanelle???? i feel like a nub asking that but yeah.... I espically love the newlywedwidow line, it really embodies the pain in my mind.

on Apr. 15 2012 at 7:10 pm
snowleopard100 PLATINUM, New York City, New York
33 articles 1 photo 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, but I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.&quot;

ItS A little too straightforward for me and the rhyming makes it seem kind of childiish in relation to such a serious topic. Nonetheless I love the comparisons you make and the overall message of the poem. Keep it up