In honor of National Poetry Month, YARN is hosting another Poem Drive!
The rules are the same as our popular Halloween Candy & Cookie Poem Drive: Compose a 3 or 4 line poem about the theme, “Why Virtue Isn’t Everything,” the title of a chapter from “Dress For Success,” the fashion manual that inspired Poetry Editor Colleen’s recent blog, “How to Be a Left-Brained Writer.”
Starting April 1, post your poem on the YARN Facebook page, Twitter page, or right here in the comments section. Tell your friends, and get them in on the fun!
To get you started, YARN’s editors and poetry readers have written a few such poems, to give you examples/inspire you/thrown down the gauntlet 😉
By Cathy Parilla, Poetry Reader:
Too Swiftly
By Lourdes Keochgerien, Reader & YA Consultant:
Albus
He fell off the highest tower
and I fell with him down into
the void Chaos. I hit the
dark with nothing but questions.
Human
You’re not a robot and it isn’t always easy to choose between a yes and a no,
A stay and a go.
The right way isn’t always the best way.
The truest word isn’t always the kindest.
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Virtue’s the road—everybody knows—of long and narrow fame.
But if you take it step by boring step, you get nowhere.
Fill your lungs–whooping, running, heart on fire
Aren’t you glad the road is lined with flowers?
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(sent to the YARN Poetry box)
Judgment
by Mary Simone Astarita
You may be smart,
but everybody knows
that you are judged everyday
by people you don’t even know.
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Virtue is a Keeper
She lost her virtue
to a man not to handsome
Regret comes into play,
and she wishes she could have it back.
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A blush bruised my cheek
as our legs intertwined like
an intricate pattern of lace
His breaths are even with content
**I posted one on the Facebook fan page, but it’s not showing up on my end so I apologize if I entered twice.
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Oh Virtue
How will you
Warm my feet
At 10pm?
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Virtue gets you nowhere
When the Devil comes to play.
So sell your soul for instant satifaction
And save your morals for another day.
(Inspired by our recent production of Damn Yankees!)
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Although we just met,
I admire your strength, spirit and courage.
Now that your here to share my days and nights
Virtue isn’t everything- I’ll give it up, just to have you beside me
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