More poetry.

Okay, today's Thursday, which means I've just had my creative writing lecture, so this means today's an easy one as I actually wrote in my lecture. Here we go:
The first is a poem based on a picture of screaming fans. There was a kid in this picture so I wrote from his perspective and thought of those clips of people screaming at The Beatles.

The day I saw John Lennon,
His glasses so lilac and pale.
I heard the shot and saw him fall
As his heart began to fail.

The crowd was hushed to silence
And then the screams, they started,
No longer joy at fever pitch
But shock and sorrow for our departed.

Imagine all the people,
I soon heard in my mind,
So lost without their icon
Taken before his time.

I'd never heard his music much.
I went there with my Mum.
But even I could understand
The horror just been done.

And then the next thing we had to do was come up with something we were passionate about, so I chose comic books. We then had to associate a group of people to this topic, so I chose superheroes. We then had to write as a collective mind from their perspective and try and put across a political viewpoint.

Worshipped as gods
High in our heavenly watchtower.
The world cries out for heroes
Because it cannot save itself.

We are the agents of justice,
Spandex clad warriors of hope.
But do we not cause harm,
Interfering with this world and
Fuelling complacency?

We cannot live forever.
Our time someday shall come.
And what then of those who we protect?
Who'll be the first to raise a gun?

So that's it for today folks. I'm now going to take part in a local ghost walk as a tour guide. Fun times!!