Monthly Archives: April 2011
Freedom – A Diamante for Poetry Month
Freedom
resolute, chainless
evolving, liberating, emancipating
innate, generous, restricted, controlled
regressing, falling, dying
hopeless, broken
Prisoner
Diamante
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape.
The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains
two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line
contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject.
The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject
and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. In the fifth
line are three more -ing words describing the ending antonym/synonym
and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending
antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun's antonym
or synonym.
To make it a bit simpler, here is a diagram.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about
the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject
For Once
For once
I just want you to believe in me
For once
I need you to forget about our reality for a second
and believe I can do it
For once
I want you to quit reminding me
of all the people who tried, but fell short
or the barriers in the way of my destiny
or my shortcomings
or all the other reasons
why I will fail
For once in your life
I want you to
believe
support
embrace my dreams
the way I embrace you
love me the way I love you;
in spite of your negativity
For once
I want you to be there for me
the way I’m there for you
without judgment
even when you’re wrong
For once
I need you to sit in the passenger
seat of my spaceship
and shut the F*CK UP!
bop your head to my beat
ride to the rhythm of my pulse
and just enjoy the view,
I hear the weather on the moon
is lovely this time of year
For once
I need you to understand
I’m going with or without you,
but I really want you to see
the nice little loft
I’ve carved out for us
in the milky way
For once
I want you to see
beyond the reality
that has stopped the
flow of oxygen to your dreams
and imagine yourself
existing outside
your mental prison
For once
I want you to come with me
with an open mind
a positive attitude
and the kind of healthy ignorance
that does not allow you to
comprehend the possibility
of failing to reach
your destination,
our destination,
even when the whole world
doubts the place we’re going
exist
For once
I need you to trust me
the way I trust you.
For once…