Tag: Song Title Poem

“Day6 – Moonrise” by Briyanna Hymms

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Briyanna Hymms

Day6 – Moonrise

  1. Better Better,
       i liked you best;
       have you come up with an excuse for me?
  1. I Like You
       though i think we keep dancing
    —in circles
  1. What Can I Do
       except stay in my routine?
    —i’m not going to break my own comfort for you
  1. I’ll Remember
       all the missed moments,
    —all the stolen stares
  1. Whatever!
       stop this, you’re leaving soon!
    —he gave no hints anyways
  1. Be Lazy
       be cautious, be careless, be myself
       maybe the cycle will never break
  1. Hi Hello
       yes, it started this way
       you never asked me my name then
  1. I Loved You
       but perhaps its the same way i loved
    —everyone who came into my heart
  1. When You Love Someone
       doesn’t it show in your eyes?
    —i thought everyone could read mine
  1. All Alone
       in this sterile room
    —i have so much space to think
  1. Pouring
       out all my thoughts onto graph paper
    —i’m trying to reach a conclusion
  1. I Need Somebody
       i needed a body
    —it would be unfair if i “loved” you
  1. I’ll Try
       to stop myself from going farther
    —beyond just physical affection

 

 

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Note: Hymms’ poem relies on song titles from Day6’s album, Moonrise. For more on this strategy, view this blog-post:
https://poemsforthewriting.com/2017/01/04/musical-echoes-1/

 

“Fantôme” by Benjamin Teperov

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Benjamin Teperov

Fantôme

Sometimes I stop, peering down the road and trying to make out shapes in the fog.
There is something hanging from the trees. Yellow eyes wide. Watching—
—“What are you?” I call out.
It grins wider, mocking me in my own voice
“Ore no kanojo?” I echo, “Maybe I should bring a bouquet for you.”

I looked away, into the trees and the mist. If I went off the path for a little bit—
just a two-hour vacation—
what would I see there?
A mermaid, twisting through the grey air,
or jewelweeds twined together with their friends?
I could catch a midsummer shower,
run with the wolves in the wilderness,
follow them to the edge of the trees and peer into oblivion—
It might be the best day of my life.

I step forward onto the road, flowing cherry blossoms catching in my hair.

 

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Note: Teperov’s poem relies on song titles from Utada Ikaru’s album, Fantôme. For more on this writing prompt, view this blog-post:
https://poemsforthewriting.com/2017/01/04/musical-echoes-1/