Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Best Laid Plans Often Go Awry - Of Mice and Men

Write a short poem (no less than 5 lines, no less than 5 words per line) expressing what happens when you have a dream and it does not come true.  Your poem does not have to rhyme, but it can! 

It must be posted by 10 PM on Thursday, January 22nd for 20 points!

"...The best laid plans of Mice and of Men,
Often go awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
for the joy we expected!..." - translation "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns

9 comments:

  1. When I have a dream,
    It consumes my mind.
    No matter how big it is,
    I hope it to be mine.
    But when it comes to me and fails,
    It fills me with remorse
    Because that dream I hoped for so,
    Has left and will not return.

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  2. Life is like a dandilion
    The wind blows it everywhere
    But it doesn't know where to land
    My dreams are like dandilions
    They done know where to land
    Its up to me to make me dreams land

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    1. I love how it paints a picture. I really like the analogy "Life is like a dandelion." Good job.

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  3. I gotta a dream so far way that I can't seem to reach.
    So I get up and try again.I learn and grow and reach up.
    I rather shoot for the moon,
    and miss than shoot for the gutter and hit.
    Don't care if I try a hundred times.

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  4. When a dream don't manage to come
    True it's scary the things well do
    To get the closest to it even
    If it means meeting doom
    Subconsciously knowing well never have
    The dream come true

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  5. Oh, long days and nights with no sleep. The days become dreadfully monotonous. but when i am blessed with a dream, it is grand. I see my brighter future, the one i must attain. but, for now, I must continue on with this rut if have made.

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  6. Is It Real?
    I once had a dream
    I was in love
    It was romantic and beloved
    Our relationship did not last
    It was only a dream

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  7. Kelsea Morris
    Life keeps passin me by
    I think of my dreams
    What will come true
    Life keeps goin
    As I'm in a fog

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    1. That is how I feel like this year. Like where has the time gone. It 's our last year and I feel like i'm in a fog or in chaos. Being pulled in almost every direction.

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