All Things Poetry

So much depends upon

My faithful running shoes

Fringed with passionate pink

Speckled with luscious lime green

They carry me far away

From the realm of reality

Only me and faithful running shoes remain.

-Ashley J. Adams

Inspired by the earthquake in Haiti 02/01/10
The World
Why isn't the world fair?
A moment of shaking;
thousands dead;
innocent men, women, children
A moment of shaking,
homes becoming rubble;
innocent men, women, children,
wandering in chaos
Homes becoming rubble.
Children left in street,
wandering in chaos,
broken, bruised, abondoned.
Children left in the street.
Why isn't the world fair?
Wandering in chaos,
Innocent men, women, children.

4 Responses to All Things Poetry

  1. Your poems are so descriptive! I want to go put my running shoes one right now! Your second poem is very touching, I can picture the tragedy in my head. Great Job!

  2. I love your poem about your running shoes. By reading this poem I learned that you like to run a lot and love doing it.

  3. Ok, you made running shoes seem so awesome! And I love to run as well!!!

  4. Ashley,
    Your poem titled The World is truly written with a passionate voice. Your use of repetition is effective and you beg the reader to listen…thank you for writing it. You should go back and date the poem and write at the top “Inspired by __________ from (date)”

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