Human Interest by Carol Ann Duffy
Narration
Different peoples views you could write as:
- From the mans point of view
- From the woman's point of view
- 'The other mans' point of view
- Written as the knife
Story Ideas
"She turned away. I stabbed. I felt this heat burn through my skull until reason had died."
Different genres you could base creative writing around:
- Romance
- Fantasy
- Thriller
- Tragedy
- Write as someone with a mental health disorder
- Widowed man/woman
Subject Matter
The poem is about a man who has killed his girlfriend because of the jealousy he felt as she was having an affair. It was a moment of madness.
He is grief-stricken and still loves her and claims at the end of the poem he isn't a violent person, which creates irony because he killed her.
The Poem
Human Interest
Fifteen years minimum, banged up inside
for what took thirty seconds to complete.
She turned away. I stabbed. I felt this heat
burn through my skull until reason had died.
I’d slogged my guts out for her, but she lied
when I knew different. She used to meet
some prick after work. She stank of deceit.
I loved her. When I accused her, she cried
and denied it. Straight up, she tore me apart.
On the Monday, I found the other bloke
had bought her a chain with a silver heart.
When I think about her now, I near choke
with grief. My baby. She wasn’t a tart
or nothing. I wouldn’t harm a fly, no joke.