So WHo Are You????

So who are you? What makes you tick? What's under the hood? What makes you - you? Let us know. Write a poem with each line beginning with the the words listed below/



I am
I wonder
I hear
I see
I want
I am


I pretend
I feel
I touch
I worry
I cry
I am


I understand
I say
I dream
I try
I hope
I am

Here is my entry as an example...


I am just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell.
I wonder if I'm competent enough to do it well.
I hear my friends encourage me to take up pen and write
I see imagination's gleam to fill my mind with light.
I want my words to have the strength to weave a magic spell.
I am just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell.


I pretend my fantasies are real. People think they are.
I feel that in one's inner mind can one achieve full power.
I touch a chord of melancholy with the tales I write
I worry that I will not dream when I turn out the light.
I cry to think senility may one day still my bell
I'm just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell.


I understand that nothing last forever. Nor will I
I say that there are things that I must tell before I die.
I dream of writing tender things to touch somebody's soul.
I try to make enlightenment and joy as my main goal.
I hope that when one thinks of me, he'll think "He did it well".
I'm just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell.

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Wow! Great challenge! I started thinking about who I was and there seem to be 2 things that centrally define my life right now, so I just plowed ahead and wrote 2 for this one! Thanks for posting such a unique challenge!



I am battling this raging disease every day.
I wonder how long I can continue this way.
I hear the ‘snap!’ as each joint dislocates again.
I see that this will require far more than aspirin.
I want this pang of agony to take a holiday.
I am battling this raging disease every day.

I pretend my patience has not already run thin.
I feel that my hope may shatter like porcelain.
I touch the pills in my hand gently with a grimace.
I worry the medicine may in time be dangerous.
I cry as small movements force my wrist the opposite way.
I am battling this raging disease every day.

I understand and accept the pain will get worse with time.
I say I can handle this harsh agony, but I lie.
I dream, ceaseless and futile, for some kind of cure.
I try to minimize the anguish that will occur.
I hope my dear daughter never has to feel this way.
I am battling this raging disease every day.


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I am truly blessed to have a daughter such as Grace.
I wonder where she’ll go in life, once she finds her place.
I hear excitement in her voice as she learns new things.
I see spirit as she dances and the joy it brings.
I want her to have the tools to catch the dreams she’ll chase.
I am truly blessed to have a daughter such as Grace.

I pretend not to panic at every little sneeze.
I feel honored to kiss bruised elbows and scraped knees.
I touch her cheek and match her loving smile with my own.
I worry what may change when she hits the teenage zone.
I cry tears of joy when gazing at her sleeping face.
I am truly blessed to have a daughter such as Grace.

I understand now how my mother feels for me.
I say ‘I love you’ to my girl each day happily.
I dream of a wonderful life for her, so full and rich.
I try to teach her it’s better to pray than just wish.
I hope she feels the warmth in each and every embrace.
I am truly blessed to have a daughter such as Grace.

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Ok, I'll give it a try, (I am channeling a 16yr old for this one) lol

I am not who I always thought I was
I wonder if you knew that all along?
I hear the whispers
I see the faces
I want nothing more than to shock them all
I am really going to enjoy this!


I pretend for their benefit not mine
I feel for their intentional delusions
I touch upon nerves stretched tightly
I worry that I've gone too far this time
I cry in outrage and frustration!
I am determined to just be me!


I understand their comfort zones
I say what they need to hear
I dream of breaking molds
I try or am I just trying?
I hope.. I wish.. I pray
I am a teenager!

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simoneaugustus, thank you so very much for joining in. Your poems, and life, are extraordinary. You display grief, pain and sorrow, tempered by hope, fight and determination. You battle where many would simply give up. You show others that life is worth fighting for and the importance of family and support. Your poem to your daughter is touching, indeed, caring for her and putting her needs first in your mind, as true mothers do. Your hopes and dreams for her to have what you do not, and placing her happiness above your disabilities,makes it clear that you are both very fortunate to have each other. I salute you in your fight and wish for you the very best.

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saVySam, I'd say you have the teen mind down pretty well! (Could that be from personal experience?)

You certainly pegged me in my teenage years...putting on the front, pushing the envelope, balancing on the boundaries!

Thank you for your participation

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I am a simple jolly honest fisherman,
I wonder not that my life is so hard,
I hear the song of distant tide,
I see the ocean fair and wide,
I want to see my guardian star all night.
I am a simple jolly honest fisherman.


I pretend my canoe is a big ship,
I feel I am the captain and the crew.
I touch the foam and taste the salt,
I worry not for drink nor meat.
I cry not for lack of wealth but health,
I am a simple jolly honest fisherman.

I understand the fishes in the deep,
I say a prayer my pots with them to fill.
I dream not of castles in the air,.
I try my best my simple life to care.
I hope one day to beach my boat,
I am a simple jolly honest fisherman.

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I am not what I seem to be
I wonder if others can truly see
I hear their words of approval
I see their sneering grins
I want simply to be me
I am not what I seem to be

I pretend all is well, smile through the tears
I feel as if my emotions only skim the surface
I touch deep with in feelling nothing there
I worry for me it may be too late
I cry for this lost sense of being
I am simply wanting to make sense of me

I understand what it is that needs to be done
I say one thing however while I do another
I dream now only in black and white
I try to live realistically with in my means
I hope one day for sure things will be moderately alright
I am still just trying to find what is best about me
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It's hard to guide someone else new to the world when you never
found your own way in the first place. Difficult to pave the way while you
are learning things alongside someone. That is the root of my dilemma about me I've found.

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Originally Posted by Balladeer

saVySam, I'd say you have the teen mind down pretty well! (Could that be from personal experience?)

You certainly pegged me in my teenage years...putting on the front, pushing the envelope, balancing on the boundaries!

Thank you for your participation

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cousinoren, your words are exactly what I would expect and how I considered you to be. Your simplicity and honesty shines in everything you do and I admire you for that. May your pots always be full and the breeze gentle across your cheek.

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Mayuna, a very revealing write filled with sincerity one can feel. I have no doubt things will work out for you. At your age the world is still your oyster...embrace it.

Thank you so much for your participation

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I am a stranger in your midst
I wonder if you know
I hear your cries of anguish
I see but cannot show
I want to tell you every thing
I am

I pretend this is new for me
I feel that you will sense
I touch inner feelings
I worry about the tense
I cry when I realize
I am

I understand your point of view
I say that it is fine
I dream of understanding
I try to find the time
I hope you read and know
I am

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Thank you, Drew. I confess that parts are a little too cryptic for me but that could be my failing. I appreciate your participation.

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I am in chains,

I wonder if I'll ever be free,

I hear the screams of my friends outside,

I see the dark figures after them,

I want to save them all,

I am helpless,





I pretend they are safe,

I feel the cuffs hold me up,

I touch the floor where the rats gnaw at my feet,

I worry about the world evils,

I cry happilly safe from the hellish outside,

I am safe,





I understand I can't change what I think is wrong,

I say isolation is better then pain,

I dream that evil will be purged,

I try to sleep life away,

I hope I'll never be awakened,

I am dead,

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I idolize idiots engulfed in bliss
i sip the holy grail of open ignorance
i strive to see the light
i know its shining through me
i feel its soothing essence
i ponder where it went
i search in hollow graves
i think their waiting their
i see their heads afloat
i smell their sudden scares
i contemplate the being
i wonder human meaning
i conjure up the courage
i laugh in their faces
Inside i cry.

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I am
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I am a half-breed alien... a partisan of truth...
I wonder how to tell the story -- Fountains of Famed Youth.
I hear the people crying with confusion what to eat...
I see the people suffering from diets, incomplete.
I want to give them all the chance to heal their bodies and
I am afraid, because sometimes, I'm kept so close at hand.

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I pretend I am wearing normal, blending in the gray...
I feel, when driving on the road, to apathetic bay.
I touch the air, of internet, where ripples move 'cross floors
I worry opportunity will quickly close the doors.
I cry at every death, where poison grew from toxic brew...
I am a female Paul Revere, a glitch in money shrew.

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I understand the change of time is slow to bring us home
I say, ok, I see they've started and we're not alone.
I dream that we're the garden come to bloom with knowledge, soon...
I try to be a signpost, light host, melody-like tune.
I hope to hear the pleasant chorus of the human song.
I am with future, come to plead, the right against the wrong.

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Springsize, I don't know if you're a female Paul Revere but you are certainly a female Poe, Robert Service and Banjo Paterson, all rolled up into one!

Your use of meter is exceptional...and flawless, as is your vocabulary. Loud applause for this one. See you at apathetic bay!

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Dear Balladeer

I like that you see the positive in every poem contribution...

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There is always a positive in everything, miss. Those who don't look for it miss out on a lot. I'm sure you agree

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I am a young girl with two kids
I wonder about them as they grow each day
I hear their laughter and their sadness or pain
I see their smiles and their bad days
I want to love them and protect them as they change my life
I am a young girl with two kids

I pretend to be happy about each of their dad's as each of them put me in pain
I feel that my children loves me sometimes hates me
I touch the pain I have in my inner soul; where there is nothing more but my kids
I worry that they will get older and see that they are different from each other
I cry every night not knowing what I put them through
I am a mother and a father of two kids

I understand that I might not be a perfect mother when I pick shitty fathers
I say things that might be the reason why am treated this way such as am gullible to the bone
I dream nightmares every night about all the worse that could happened to me
I try to stay strong and keep moving each day and night
I hope my two girls are smarter than I am, and strong to say no to men
I am young girl with two kids [/i][/i]

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Very well done, miss! I can read a lot of soul-searching and honesty in these words, which is the object of the exercise. I wish you the very best!

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I am breaking with tired patterns of old
I wonder at what wonders tomorrow yet holds
I hear possibility in all, as was taught
I see that time reveals much in it's folds
I want...oh.. I want all, and why not?
I am expecting no less than my fair shot!


I pretend this will come with no great price
I feel tensions rise with each roll of the dice
I touch upon newly awakened emotions
I worry, hoping this answer will suffice
I cry no more for I've cried oceans
I am factoring all within these notions


I understand the road ahead is long
I say boldly, fortunes favor the strong
I dream of things I dare not speak
I try by giving my all, even if wrong
I hope, because...what else is there
I am imagining new thoughts to share

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