Up, down, touch the ground. Exercise!

So, after an uninspired while, we decided to break out of the mold and do something new: a poetry exercise.

This exercise is taken from a wonderful book called Poetry Everywhere by Jack Collom and Sheryl Noethe. So, basically we're given a stanza which we must complete with our own words. But the trick is to not use the first word that comes to mind. For example, instead of saying simply “bird,” we gotta write something like “hollow-boned/ winged creature”. Seems simple enough, right?

Here's the original exercise:

My soul moves like __________
dreams about __________
smells and feels like __________
has been seen _________

there's no right or wrong. we can write anyway we want to... it's just an exercise :)
anyway, here are our versions...

My soul moves like a crippled fairy trying to flutter free
dreams about a wondering little boy questioning a dream
smells and feels like burnt feathers rotting slowly
has been seen struggling against the obvious fate of human touch
--Runi


My soul moves like a broken mermaid in the ocean
dreams about waltzing out of tempo into a lethargic dance
smells and feels like the air of a coming storm
has been seen cursed and confined to the depths of the heavy seas
--Sindrow


My soul moves like the spectrum of gemstones matrix
dreams about the girl that simpers at games of mind
smells and feels like a leaf that bites the ground
has been seen bemoaning and applauding the growing misteries
--Nandia


My soul moves like a broken dream that shattered by the loved one
dreams about an eternity of a childhood where some fairies are waiting in between
smells and feels like hopes that flying away and vanished into the thin air
has been seen laughing matters that no longer there
--Nielam


cheers!