Poetry Jessie Carty — February 6, 2012 12:51 — 2 Comments
10 Reasons Why I Am Ending Class Early – Jessie Carty
1 – Before I arrived on campus, I saw lightning cradling the sky like a crescent.
2 – The theme to Reading Rainbow is stuck in my head, incessantly humming “I could fly twice as high!â€
3 – During my dimly lit drive, I saw a tree breaking like a twig with no apparent “one†to do the bending.
4 – Someone in the room says “Not Me!†as if the storm was playing tag, going “clap on, clap off†with staccato power.
5 – There are no windows.
6 – It is an evening class.
7 – Someone says their weather app notes a tornado watch.
8 – Too many of us are wearing flip flops.
9 – “Take a look†at the rain on the windshield.
10 – Consider that rainbows don’t exist without first this.
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What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- Richard Kenney
Thrilled to be a part of Monarch Review! I shared this poem with some 9th grade creative writers on a classroom visit recently and they went on to write their own list poem :)
I remember this one Jessie! So glad to see it published here!