To Kill a Mocking Prof
Get a pen and a paper.
Write down three question marks
and an exclamation point, in order ↓.
What do you see?
— Three question marks
and an exclamation point.
Now, rotate the paper 90°, counterclockwise ←.
What do you see?
— Sky limiting
three eroded mountains,
while the blamed rain —
still falling.
Turn the paper again ↑.
What do you see?
— Yourselfleading
three crooked characters;
your body proudly differs,
yet all your heads are similar.
Turn it once more→.
What do you see?
—The ground restricting
three unparalleled excavations,
while the aimed treasures —
still hiding.
And now back to the original position ↓.
What should you see?
—Nothing more, nothing less
Three rhetoricals
and a symbol that is enraged.
Ø title came from the award-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Ø originally written for a creativewriting class (GE) – 03/17/2008, revised – 09/30/2008
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Good poetry! Keep up the
Submitted by jonsdmur on October 1, 2008 - 1:31pm.
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Smartly done.
Submitted by Pmel on October 1, 2008 - 8:08pm.
There are many ways for us to see things when we look at them from different angles. What puzzles me is the last line,
"and a symbol that is enraged."
Why would the symbol be enraged when after its been analyzed in different ways? Is it because those analysis are rhetorical? If so, by looking at things in various ways, it's stating that that doesn't change anything? I don't know, but, cool poem. I can't believe you wrote this for a creative writing class ... unless, you were making fun of your proffesor. Ha ha ha ha! Kidding!
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i very much like the title...
Submitted by bittersweet on November 5, 2008 - 2:05pm.
i like the title very much much. this may have no connection to the content of the poem pero it reminds me of my profs wayback college. bagay sa knila un title. for all of us who experienced terror profs, this one's for us. LOLZ!
hehehe!
"if your love were a speck of sand,
mine would be a universe of beaches."
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Mayat daytoy! (Maganda ito!)
Submitted by ruth_mostrales on November 5, 2008 - 2:12pm.
Bespreni1,
Nagtaraki daytoy insurat mo ah! (Ang pogi nitong sinulat mo ah!)
Kuma makaaramidak met ti kastoy kapintas. (Sana makagawa din ako ng ganito kaganda.) Keep it up! :)
Ruthie
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???!
whoah, this is good.
Welcome aboard.