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Of Chickens

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:38 pm
by crait
I wrote a poem recently titled Of Chickens and today I read the poem infront of a large crowd at a bookstore as part of open mic night.
Here's the poem for you guys to enjoy/hate/flame/critique.
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Of Chickens

Chicken go cluck, cluck
go cock-a-doodle do!
They are my friends
and friends of you!

They flap their wings but do not fly,
In the early morning, they screech a loud cry.

Chickens are in my heart and in my yard,
and sometimes in my stomach when they are chard.


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If you want to use this poem for something like presenting it in your classroom or to other people, my name is Jonathan Holmes, just so you know! ;)

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:02 pm
by DarkPacMan77
I would change the line "In the early morning, they screech a loud cry" to "they screech and cry", for fluidity regarding spoken syllables. Also, "chard" is misspelled. The correct spelling is "charred".

-DarkPacMan77-

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:35 pm
by ace
I'd have to disagree with dpm about the screech and cry part, I really like it :) I like the fact that it increases in syllables, if you just say that short line after the previous it sounds like you just wanted to add a rhyming word as opposed to creating a thought out sentence, but that's just me. I think it sounds great :) Maybe if you could make the last words of the first and third sentence rhyme then it'd definitely be on point.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:30 pm
by AdventWolf
*Tear* it's beautiful. Next write one about cows.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:21 am
by The Cookie Monster
haha nice poem..

(as soon as i saw chicken in the name, i was sure it was by crait :P)