What do you think of my poem?
Posted in A Lange & Sohne on Jun 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Here it is:
The Difference
Laughter echoes across the field,
Sun warms the metal swings.
A girl sits on a wooden bench
By the playground,
Stuffing her new shoes in the woodchips
As she awaits an arrival.
A gleaming Mercedes rolls smoothly
Into the parking lot,
like a raindrop down glass.
Springing up, the girl
Sprints to the car,
Excited to share the events
Of her school day.
Across the street,
In the world of Dorathea Lange,
Another girl hugs her tattered jacket
Round her frail body.
Her nails are painted
With dirt, unwanted,
Yet permanent polish.
The silver Mercedes slides down the street.
The girl under the tree looks up,
Catching sight of another girls’ face in the window.
Her shoulders slumping, enveloped in the tree’s shadows,
The girl realizes what could have been.
Answer by Beth Holland
It’s good