Poem 5: Medusa

Medusa

Misunderstood

Thats the word I would use

I, the stone masker

The daughter of Phorcys and Ceto

The life I had was the one of a Goddess

Perfect

But then all hell struck loose

Athena, Goddess of Wisdom

Ever since

I can never look through a mirror

Face soft as a rose petal

Eyes shining in the summer day

Hands like a delicate leaf

Floating down from the sky

Hair like a waterfall

Feelings of beauty

I will never feel again

All day and all night

I hear the serpents hiss

Medusa!

The friends I had

Can never look at me

The way they did before

Why??

Why has my life come to this?

Poseidon, God of the Sea

Did nothing

Left me there

To suffer at the hand

Of the wisdom goddess

Not very wise this time

Overthrown by hatred

Never feeling guilty

For the pain

She caused me

Poem 4: Ode to Rain

Ode to Rain

The sound sweet

as spring rain

The evil sound

of a huge typhoon

The tears of sky

fall with happiness

go with sorrow

full of emotions

A gentle drizzle

A violent tempest

A spring shower

A winter hail

Stand in the rain

Whisper in the rain

Cry in the rain

Dance in the rain

By Saana Hickling

Poem 3: A river and music

A river and music

A river is like music

Twisting and turning

A sweet melody whispering through the reeds

Nates splashing on the banks

It rushes fast with an angry tune

It flows slowly with the whistle of a flute

It sings us a song

With a quiet breeze

A rhythm drums with the current

Silent voices canon through the tumbling pebbles

Like the keys on a piano

The waves make tiny hills on the water

By Saana Hickling

Poem 2: The Dolphin

The Dolphin

What is a dolphin?

It’s tail, tearing through crashing waves

Its eyes, are as warm as sunlight

Its body, moves swiftly as light

Its snout, poking in every nook and cranny

At night - its senses flair

In the day - its like a bullet

When jumping up, its a graceful dancer

Like a playful child, joy swims with it.

  By Saana Hickling