Experimental Poetry

In my English class we wrote experimental poems where we chose random words and strung them together trying to make sense of the madness. Mine was picked out of Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl, one of my favorite books. It's an action and reaction kind of poem. In my mind, Stargirl is acting a certain way, and the school population is reacting in their own way. 

Stargirl

Moved, dramatic, giver, watcher, ukelele, sunflower

Summer-tanned faces, staring, buzzing

Marooned, Hot Seat, interesting, strumming, singing, bobbing

Boggled, stone silence, single

Marching, strutting, twirling

Disbelief

Freckles, no makeup, doe eyes

Unreal, actress, scam, nutcase

Bold, smiling, strumming, singing

Plant, expose, hoax, fake

Unchanged, survive, dancing, moonlit hour, REAL

Carraway