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Poetry Based on Characters
What poetry have you written that you have written about a character in either one of your own stories or a story you are reading.
MINE
I think I do.
I know I do.
I think I want to know I do.
But how can I know I do.
When I can't think or do.
This poem is based on Maureen in Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down. She is in her early 50's. She has had sex once in her entire life. She got pregnant that one time, and the man who got her pregant ran off. Her child is very mentally retarded not as in he's a tosser, but he actually is mentally handicapped. She has had to take care of him her entire life, alone. she thinks she has a life, and she goes so far as to try and prove she has a life, but essntially realises that she doesn't. And she would like to have a life, but she is always so busy with Matty (her son) that she can't think or do any of the things she'd like to.
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Quote:
Thoughts lead onto purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
- Tyron Edwards
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