Freedom.

Freedom is being able to make your own choices.

Freedom is having the right to speak and say what you want to.

Freedom is acting and thinking as you want to.

Freedom is not being easily influenced by others. 

Freedom gives you the power to be who you want to be.

Freedom tells you not to care. 

Little Sister

How can you annoy me so much,

messing things up with one simple touch,

yes, you're my sister and I get that,

but when you borrow my stuff, please put it back!

You don't have to fumble through my drawers,

messing things up with your animal claws,

it's crazy how someone so small can make such a mess,

and while I remember, no you can't borrow my blue dress!

Maybe you'll understand and listen one day,

and finally come to me and say,

"I'm sorry for all the anger I've caused,

one thing you should know, I've just emptied your drawers!" 

Since when has size zero been beautiful?

Since when has size zero been beautiful?

What is beautiful about being unhealthily thin?

When there is nothing there but bones and skin,

The faces of models so emotionless they seem,

Strutting down the catwalk to a melodic theme.

Since when has size zero been beautiful?

The fashion industry is taken too seriously,

Not giving a thought about illness and the severity,

Young girls idolise these models, but why?

Losing weight for a gap between their thighs.

Since when has size zero been beautiful?

The media is silly and society is mad,

Since when is a size 14 seen as so bad?

I would like to see more models with more width on their hips,

And go back to the “normal” time we must have skipped.

COMMENTARY

I was inspired to write this poem after reading an article that I had found on the internet, saying how models are too thin. I came up with a lot of ideas about the ways in which models are presented, and why are the certain girls chosen to present beauty and fashion. I have used the title at the beginning of each stanza, in order to keep going back the question asked at the start. Each stanza ia based on a different factor of models. The first is based on models being too thin, the second stanza highlights the seriousness of being thin and how these models have an impact on younger girls who strive for perfection, finally, the last stanza is going back to when being skinny was frowned upon and being a healthy size 14 was not. The poem highlights different areas of models and the fashion world. I have used a higher frequency of lexis in this poem, as I have tried to make it more serious and easier for people/readers to relate to. It is a very broad topic and people have different views, I used examples everyone can understand and interpret. 

Nose Picker

A homeless person was sitting

Finger up his nose he was picking,

In the middle of town,

Didn't care who’s around,

As the old man was sat there now spitting.

COMMENTARY

I was inspired to write this limerick when I was walking through the town centre, and I saw an old man who was homeless, sat on the floor under a closed down shop door way. He was picking his nose vigorously and did not try to be discreet in any way. I thought it could not get much more vulgar, until he began spitting on the floor as well. I thought that this character was unusual, and decided to put my attitudes towards him into a limerick. I intended to create a visual of this homeless man to the reader, as I described what he was doing and where he was, it is then left up to the reader to create their own interpretation of the character. The style and register of this limerick is informal and the language I have used is quite silly and humorous. This is an example of a different style of poetry I have written. 

Autumn

Autumn leaves whirling

Crunching as they are stepped on

Seasons come and go

COMMENTARY 

This haiku is based on the season autumn and the imagery of the leaves crunching as they are being stepped on, and the leaves whirling around in the autumn breeze. I was inspired to write this haiku whilst I was walking through the university, I was alone and it was very quiet, it gave me a chance to take in everything that was going on around me, and what I noticed the most was the weather. I wanted the image to be created of a typical autumn day, and the two key concepts that autumn is associated with. I redrafted this haiku and added the final line about seasons in order to make the haiku more relatable and to give it another meaning as well as just focusing on autumn.