Write a poem that incorporates at least one of the following: (1) the villanelle form, (2) lines taken from an outside text, and/or (3) phrases that oppose each other in some way. If you can use two elements, great – and if you can do all three, wow!
GLOPOWRIMO #5
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
Framed by street-lamp or in candle-light
Why do they think you are the killer, by right?
Framed by street-lamp or in candle-light
Why do they think you are the killer, by right?
When a lamb goes missing, in the night
Or some calf, chick or turkey, they shout in a trice:
"Tiger, Tiger, burning bright!"
Or some calf, chick or turkey, they shout in a trice:
"Tiger, Tiger, burning bright!"
When a boy is heard of as lost
And found torn apart in some far outpost
Why do they think you are the killer, by right?
And found torn apart in some far outpost
Why do they think you are the killer, by right?
When a girl screams in the dead of the night
And her frock is found later, blood-stained, torn, out of sight
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
And her frock is found later, blood-stained, torn, out of sight
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
How dare they pass the buck and the blame
And reach for their guns and get up, you to slay?
Why do they think you are the killer, by right?
And reach for their guns and get up, you to slay?
Why do they think you are the killer, by right?
To me, you are the god of the night black as jet
The other side of light, and the lamb's midnight, yet
Why do they think you are the killer, by right;
Tiger, tiger, burning bright?
The other side of light, and the lamb's midnight, yet
Why do they think you are the killer, by right;
Tiger, tiger, burning bright?
Copyright Koshy AV
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