poetry Flashcards
who wrote mid term break
seamus heaney
a four foot
box, a foot for every year
- mtb
in the porch
i met my father crying
-mtb
the baby
cooed and laughed and rocked the pram
- mtb
who wrote the rose that grew from the concrete
tupac shakur
funny it seems,
but by keeping is dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air
-trtgftc
proving nature’s law
is wrong, it learned to walk without having feet
-trtgftc
“Long live the
rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.”
-trtgftc
who wrote the thickness of ice
liz loxley
at first we’ll
meet as friends… secretly i’ll be hoping that we’ll become much more
-ttoi
the creeping cracks
will be ignored… when the ice gives way
-ttoi
and one day when the
ice gives way we will scramble to save ourselves and not each other
-ttoi
if i were
feirce and bald and short of breath
-bd
puffy
petulant
-bd
guzzling and
gulping in the best hotel
- bd
i’d toddle
safetly home and die-in bed
who wrote base details
siegfried sassoon