poem 10 (wordplay), poetry workshop

[wellownedbkup]

"wordplay." it's supposed to be puns, spoonerisms, malapropisms, etc. basically you taking on the english language. i set out to do something completely insane. look up "contronyms" on your google. you'll get a couple of websites about words that have their antonym AS ITSELF. examples include "cleave," which means both to adhere to and to separate from; "left" as in to leave or what remains; "bolt" and "fast" which both have to do with leaving and with standing still. are we clear here? good.  shape based on the word "cleave".  Discursive means to move from topic to topic coherently... or to move from topic to topic randomly. Discursive

This is my final apology:	I cleaved from my parents
I sought to consult the wise,	Screening my inner motives,
As if their words could fix	My need for a life on a grade…
This lack of ability to stand fast…	So I gave it all up and left home.
With their oversight, I saw myself	Skinned of the protections offered,
Weathering the storm of peer pressure	Unbending in the face of oppression,
Slow through these raveled problems	Until all that was open to do was bolt.

Quite torn between quests, it became transparent what I must do.
Now, bolted here with this slow raveling,
Staying unbent, even as pressure weathers me,
Skinning myself in protection and not oversights…
When home is all that’s left, straining fast along
This steeply graded life that right words could fix…
I’m screening my motives to wisely consult…
I choose to cleave to my parents and I don’t apologize.