Here is a poem you might enjoy.
It's free-verse (duh) and for a project I'm doing for writing class.
The Candy-Man.
The Candy-Man
Wore gumdrop pants, a candy-corn hat,
And silver bells on his shirt.
The Candy-Man
Had the stars in his eyes
And a fairy that lived in his hair.
The Candy-Man
Lived in lollypop land
And spoke the language of mice, and dwarfs.
The Candy-Man
Taught us about snowflakes
And fairy-tales, and holding hands.
The Candy-Man
Was taken away
Hugging himself in a nice white coat.
The Candy-Man
Now lives in a soft room
And talks to his fairy (so he’s never alone.)
The Candy-Man
Takes magical pills
(And shares with the fairy and the mice and the dwarfs)
The Candy-Man
Gave me a mouse and his candy-corn hat.
Maybe, if I’m lucky,
I’ll get his nice white jacket, too.
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3 comments:
Oh, bravo, Molly dear.
I think it's interesting how here in your poem you've used sweetness, and in your screenplay you used darkness, to navigate the trials of mental illness and the fear that maybe it's contagious. If it could be contagious, is sanity even more contagious? Or love? Is love contagious?
You are such a great writer!
-Summer
Thanks, Summer! :)
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