I tried to write a poem about time moving onwards

2nd place in the SULS Writing Competition 2021

By Ariana Haghighi (LLB 1)

she’s a toothy trap[1], a thug and thief[2]

a flowing river[3], dying reef[4]

a coin[5], some cash[6], some promised note[7]

all that she is, the Writers wrote

 

hungry fire burns through the night[8]

the tailor sews a dress now tight[9]

some Writers hate, some Writers dote

all that she is, the Writers wrote

 

why should I begin to try?

when it’s been done by those on high?

her ticking hands and face their muse

there is no art style left to choose

 

the writer’s job is harder now

through tended garden they must plough

with every moment that i waste

the Poets move, they’re making haste

 

they’ve built a gallery, her enshrined

I stand in empty space. Behind.

 

why do no images come to mind?

 

pen hits the table, thoughts resigned.


[1] Margaret Atwood

[2] Joseph White

[3] Bernard Asuncion

[4] Chris Martin

[5] Carol Ann Duffy

[6] James Campbell

[7] Kay Lyons

[8] Delmore Schwartz

[9] Faith Baldwin