Poetreee XD

:P I am going to talk about some poems today because I have read some really interesting poems in my lessons~ I want to share them with you and I hope you will like these poems too! XD

Well, this is the first poem, and it is written by Roger McGough. :D

 40             love

 middle       aged
 couple       playing
 ten             nis
 when         the
 game         ends
 and            they
 go              home
 the             net
 will            still
 be              be
 tween     them

Actually, the way to read the poem is to look at the words on both sides! XD  I think it's quite interesting and I didn't get it at first... I thought it was just a group of meaningless words... XD
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The second one is 'Half Caste', written by John Agard.  It actually contains quite a lot of non-standard grammar but the message the author, John Agard wants to bring out and the way he express his anger is very good.    'Half caste' actually means people who have a mixed race identity and they were suffering from serious discriminations when Agard wrote this poem.

Excuse me
standing on one leg
I'm half-caste

Explain yuself
wha yu mean
when yu say half-caste
yu mean when picasso
mix red an green
is a half-caste canvas/
explain yuself
wha u mean
when yu say half-caste
yu mean when light an shadow
mix in de sky
is a half-caste weather/
well in dat case
england weather
nearly always half-caste
in fact some o dem cloud
half-caste till dem overcast
so spiteful dem dont want de sun pass
ah rass/
explain yuself
wha yu mean
when yu say half-caste
yu mean tchaikovsky
sit down at dah piano
an mix a black key
wid a white key
is a half-caste symphony/

Explain yuself
wha yu mean
Ah listening to yu wid de keen
half of mih ear
Ah looking at u wid de keen
half of mih eye
and when I'm introduced to yu
I'm sure you'll understand
why I offer yu half-a-hand
an when I sleep at night
I close half-a-eye
consequently when I dream
I dream half-a-dream
an when moon begin to glow
I half-caste human being
cast half-a-shadow
but yu come back tomorrow
wid de whole of yu eye
an de whole of yu ear
and de whole of yu mind

an I will tell yu
de other half
of my story
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:3 This is the last poem and it is called 'A Barred Owl', written by Richard Wilbur. :)

The warping night air having brought the boom
Of an owl’s voice into her darkened room,
We tell the wakened child that all she heard
Was an odd question from a forest bird,
Asking of us, if rightly listened to,
“Who cooks for you?” and then “Who cooks for you?”

Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear,
Can also thus domesticate a fear,
And send a small child back to sleep at night
Not listening for the sound of stealthy flight
Or dreaming of some small thing in a claw
Borne up to some dark branch and eaten raw.

This poem is quite creepy actually, especially when it comes to the last line... ><"'''''  However, my friends and I all think that the 'question' asks by the owl is very funny and we can't stop repeating that question... XDDD

Well, this is the end of my post today (>< a bit short)! :D  Thank you for reading it and see you next time! :D