poem for college assignment HELP!

[loukr]

when i walked into my classroom the other day there were mannequins everywhere and even hanging on bars on the ceiling. We had to create an A1 piece of art which showed a slice of what we saw and then add words to the piece, this could be a story, an atmosphere or maybe even a poem. i really liked the idea of a poem to set the atmosphere because it was quite strange walking into a room full of still pale mannequins. has anyone got any ideas of what I could write, and poems or quotes? and also how I could apply the text to my work, it has to be mixed media, i.e. not painted directly onto the work..? thanks! x

[DaSwede]

Wow! How about the words

It's not the bullet that kills you, it's the hole

It's the title of a Laurie Anderson song. I think those few words are... well, anyways, they came to mind. Good luck on this one!

[loukr]

thanx, is a good idea i thnk i'll use that! but it's A1 so pretty big.. any other ideas? xxx

[DaSwede]

Or Ulalume (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulalume) by Edgar Allan Poe... If you may set your piece of art to music, Jeff Buckley reads this poem fabulously on the Poe double-cd Closed on account of rabies (compilation.)

And there is so much by Nick Cave you might use that I don't even know where to begin... Check him out.

[DaSwede]

(Sorry 'bout the link, just remove the last parenthesis, the red one, and it will work.)

[loukr]

thankyou that's very inspiring :-) will check out Nick too! thanks x

[Sphinx_Svens]

You will never get anywhere by using someone elses answers

[loukr]

it's not someone elses answers it's lyrics and poems for inspiration. in the end I used lyrics from pink floyds breathe, comportably numb, a couple more of their songs, breathe me by sia lyrics and colourblind lyrics by counting crows. I wasn't particularly asking for 'answers', just inspiration to set a scene.

[Toni1962]

This is the first and only poem I wrote (whilst I try to think of something more appropriate for the mannequins...) you may be able to use it for something else if it doesn,t fit these requirements...


Do not stop to wonder what will be around the corner
Because time has no regard for the constant mourner
Take the present fully - see it how it really is
Do not try to understand it, because the truth will conquer this.

Yes, the truth stands out perfectly
Although silent and unkempt
For those who truly see it
Know that it is heaven sent.

Where is our childlike innocence
Whence before it shone?
Have we really covered it up so much
That it has all but gone?

Time and patience go together
Just like love and freedom do
But there is no hidden meaning
No long hard and cryptic clue.

It stands right in front of us
Perhaps too close for us to see
And so in the darkness we wander in
A blindness that's hard to free.

[warpig1]

Toni1962. Just browsing the answerbank and came across your poem.. I am no poet nor do I know anything about iambiac pentametres (o level english blah blah blah) but I know what I like and I liked your poem. Thanks.