Wednesday, March 31, 2010

All Alone

Author's Note: this is a poem about when the main character Novalee in Where the Heart Is is left by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart


Left all alone
With no way to get home
Out on your own
In a strange new place
Scared and confused
Wondering what to do

Wandering the streets
Unsure of what comes next
Searching for someone
Searching for anyone

Along comes help
A family, a home
People who are there for you
Through the good and the bad

Thinking about the times
When you used to be on your own
Remembering the day
When you found a home
And didn't feel all alone

3 comments:

  1. Alex, I really liked this poem. The meaning behind it was very cool and the way how you broke it up into different parts that meant different things made it very interesting to read. You might want to add a little bit to the part at the beginning where you explained about the book you were reading because I didn't know a lot about the book.

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  2. Wow Alex.. This was fantastic:) great job. You split it up perfectly. I've read so many poems lately about such deep subjects, i love it. They make me think a lot about life and different situations that i'm involved as well as situations that im not involved in. You are such a great writer. Great Job:)

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  3. This is a really nice poem. It expresses a lot of feeling, and even though I have no idea what the book is about, I can still relate to it. But, in the beginning, the first three lines rhyme, which made me think it was going to be a rhyming poem, but when it wasn't, I got a little confused. But, other than that, this is an awesome poem!

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