Snow on the mountain
Disclaimer: this was inspired by Colleen Hoover’s ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”
Maybe she flew away
Got lost in the snow
If she’s gone gray
We’ll never know
Did his love catch fire?
Did he go insane?
He was admired
But was he in pain?
Why did she run?
Where would she be?
They had lots of fun
I guess she could see
The man that he is
Who he’d became
A puzzle, a quiz
It’s all a game
The weapons will try
He has somewhere to be
She yells from the sky
“You can’t catch me”
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An interesting poem inspired by Hoover! This read well down the page and was very well crafted, Olivia!
I like the quatrains! Did you mean Suzanne Collins instead of Colleen Hoover?
Yes! I’m so sorry! I was talking with my mother about authors before this, I don’t even know any books by Colleen Hoover, the correct author is Suzanne Collins I think I got the names mixed because ‘Collins’ and ‘Colleen’ are similar.
Very cool! Nice use of form and rhythm.
The last two lines are staying with me! Nice work.
I will echo Eric, this is a very well-crafted poem, Olivia, and I too like to write in four-four-line quatrains. Keep writing!
Give us more of yourself, Olivia…
Thanks for sharing this piece, Olivia – I didn’t see it in June but love discovering more pieces to tie over until next June. This piece feels so effortless, light, and deep at once, and it reminds me of how easy it felt to me at your age to write in rhyme, which now comes to me as often and easily as Halley’s comet :D. Beautiful work – thank you! I look forward to reading lots more of yours whenever you wish to share them. Take care this year!