writing prompt # 15

Some aspects of coming of age are pain, loss, disappointment, and disillusionment. Write about 1 experience you have had that relates to one of these aspects.




papá luis


He's dead
Gone
Gone forever
I cant believe it
And neither can my mom
I've never seen her like this
My father doesn't know what to do 
There is nothing he can do now
Its too late 
He isn't coming back
Not ever
It's not fair
I loved him
I love you
I miss you
Papá Luis




This poem is about my grandfather's death. I was old enough at the time to know that I never was going to get to see him again. I thought that it was unfair. I was going to visit him in a few years again. The first time, I was only 9 months old, and I lived with him and with my grand mother until I was 2 years old. My first words were; papá luis. Its Spanish for dad Luis or daddy Luis. When I was reunited with my real parents, they were complete strangers to me. i learned to call my real father 'dad'. But whenever I talked to or about my grandfather, he was always papá luis to me. He still is.

Poem to Promt #7

PINK                                                                 PURPLE

I want to be a princess                                I want my own apartment

and live in a castle                                       I want my own paying job

a pretty pink castle                                     Then i could finally buy that purse 

pretty and big                                             I've been dying for

with pink flowers                                       And that purple shirt I saw

I want pretty pink dresses                          I should get new purple shoes

with hearts on them                                   To wear with that purple shirt

I want a little sister                                     I could get my sisters something too

so she can live with me in my castle          And my little brother

and we could share dresses                       Maybe if I save enough,

and flowers                                               I could also get a car

but her color can't be pink                         When I'm old enough to drive it

I like pink                                                  It could also be purple

pink is mine                                               I like purple

What are the main similarities and differences between childhood and adulthood?

I chose to write both of these poems in response to this question because, since Pink is written from before the coming of age, and Purple is after, they kind of compare and contrast childhood and adulthood. both of them together, show that although you become more mature, and your wants and hopes also change, you are still you. you might not be a child in your mind, but you could could still be a young child in your heart.