please remember, i'm an amateur

I turned both of these in to my Intro to Poetry class. Mind you, I am no poet. Although, the professor particularly enjoyed the first piece, and my second piece gets workshopped on Friday. i'm pretty excited about it all. i really am having to start a greater appreciation of poetry, even if it takes me days and hours to write one (pretty short) poem.

Our first assignment had to have a reference to music in it, and the second one was a free -- our choice -- poem. I haven't sat down to revise the first one, which i fully intend on doing, so i can get a better grade in the class. please remember that poetry is not necessarily about the author, and that there is always narrator of the poem. (but seriously, who are we kidding. we know that these are about me 'in a way').

Never Ahead

David is home
turns on the game
and I roll my eyes,
turn up the HiFi
I am trying to write,
I yell
I AM – he turns it off
and I can hear him whistling
over the guitar fuzz
and I twist down the dial
and the room belongs to him again
his team is winning
but my paper is still blank


Please No Diamonds

I have a key
for when you aren’t home
because I’m afraid
you’ll think I’m silly
staring at the blue
in your bathroom
the turquoise tile
better than any ring
you could give me

I’m never here
when you return 
¶ 8:31 PM |