Poems

Poems

Aidan Delisle

The theme I chose is that death is an inevitable part of life that cannot be escaped.

No Escape

30 lines

Open form

An oxymoron is used in "bitter sweet"

Like a Clock

15 lines

Open form

Onomatopoeia is used

A simile is used

Apostrophe is used

There is one bitter sweet truth to the world

There is no escaping death.

No matter how hard one tries

There is no escape

to the ever-present,

looming, reality that we will all die.

This constant drives some people mad

worrying about it,

Others embrace it.

Live life to what they believe the fullest

so when they die, they can be satisfied.

Some people choose not to think about the invisible clock

ever slowly ticking down till when they die.

After all, everyone has a coping mechanism.

Everyone finds the thought of not waking up one day unsettling.

The possibilities of what could happen?

How it could happen?

What happens once you die?

People spend their whole lives thinking of what happens to them when they die.

Is there an afterlife?

What might it be like?

Some get consumed

So focused on the fears and avoidance,

The what ifs and afterlife

They do not live their current life.

Others choose to think that this is not all just one big trial

Before a final judgment is cast upon us for the afterlife.

No matter your thoughts, there is one constant

one day you will die and there is no escaping that.

Tick tock, tick tock,

goes the clock

Slowly counting down till the end.

Everything you do to try to keep ticking

To never stop, does not work.

You can only hope to keep it going a little longer but never preserve it forever.

Tick tock, tick tock

Life is like a clock.

Eventually, it will come to a stop.

There will be an end to its function.

You may delay it, but you cannot stop it.

Tick tock, tick tock

goes the clock.

Counting away, till its last day

Eventually, the clock no longer goes tick tock.

Bibliography

http://joannabefree.blogspot.com/2017/06/winding-down.html

Journey

Cat and Mouse

https://www.ted.com/topics/death

Open Form

7 lines

Metaphor is used

https://www.petful.com/behaviors/why-cat-bring-dead-animals-mice/

Closed Form (Acrostic)

8 lines

Hyperbole is used "speeding train" most peoples death's aren't coming at them hundred of miles an hour

Onomatopoeia is used

Death is a persistent cat hunting a mouse.

Unfortunately, you’re the mouse.

No matter what you do

There is no escape.

It is patient, willing to wait for the perfect moment to attack.

You will be caught eventually.

All you can do is hide to give yourself more time.

No one want to think about their death

Oncoming as quickly a speeding train

Everyone arriving at the same destination

Some just have a different journey then others to get there

Crashing down in loud booms or... maybe...

Almost unheard or unnoticed

Proud and content

Everyone has their own method.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/important-things-the-bible-says-about-death.html

https://haveagreatdream.com/blog/death-and-dying-in-dreams/

Closed form (acrostic)

10 lines

Oxymoron is used "harmonious madness"

Closed form (acrostic)

5 lines

Death

Here and Now

Death is a seesaw of emotions, while facing your own mortality.

Emotions running rampant,

Anger at leaving the world and your life behind .

Terrified of the unknown that lies ahead, the unanswered questions

How will it happen and when will it come for you?

In the end there is one certain thing,

Now is all we know.

Everything else that comes after, is pure speculation. No one knows.

Very possibly, there could be much more, or maybe this is it.

In the end all we know for sure is that the harmonious madness that we live in today is real

To some, this time is to prepare for the afterlife

All the while others choose to believe that this is it and live for the now like there won’t be anything else

Because everyone is different and finds comfort in their own methodology

Like anything, it’s a highly debated topic

Everything comes back to the one certain thing , we have the present to live our lives.