For alive people.
Purdue is home to quite a few extracurricular options, there are over 750 student-run organizations alone. One of these is the Purdue Poetry Society. It’s new and rather small. It’s quaint and cozy. Every week they do different activities to try and spur creativity. This week we had to write from an item’s point of view and to use a surrealist photograph that was provided for inspiration. For each activity we had ~5 minutes.
The first activity I wrote from the perspective of sugar snap peas:
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Warm, unfeeling fingers
Finding their way
Poking, prodding
Tearing my insides out
No more secrets
It’s all on display
My shell, my carcass
Discarded nearby
Laying in the ever-so-far
Proximity.
And that kids is why you should eat the whole thing. Not for nutritional value, but out of mercy.
For the second activity we were shown a picture. (I failed in being able to find said picture):
I am like the teddy bear
Of brighter days I’m hoping
And to your blank, idle stare
I’m nothing more than stuffing
Could it be
That I once was your night-time companion?
Could it be
That your fondness for me has lessened?
I have been outgrown
Your feelings had matured
Now I’m on my own
With only memories
Of when I was your world.
It’s an interesting concept and I enjoy participating. These weren’t the most well-written pieces, but, nevertheless, I’m still proud of them.
Ashley Kirtman 