The Iain Sharp Poem

In class this week we were working on the Iain Sharp poem. We read it a couple of times and were finding out about how to write it and follow his methods. This is the original poem made by Iain Sharp.

Iain Sharp Poem

Iain Sharp is a fat parcel

of mixed groceries

tied with a clumsy knot.

Iain Sharp is a black kite

adrift on changeable winds.

Iain Sharp is a pile of scoria

tricking softly to the sea.

Whenever I peep in mirrors

Iain Sharp frowns back at me.

It’s terrifying.

Iain Sharp is a runaway tramcar.

Iain Sharp is a chunk of moon rock.

Iain Sharp is nine letters

wrenched from the Roman Alphabet.

Look there and there!

Bits of bright confetti

blow from chapel to chapel.

I chase them with outstretched hands.

After some inspiration from Iain Sharp we decided to make our own poems. This is mine.

Tali is a humble and fast Ford Ranger with a big engine used to hard work

Tali is a tall tower filled from every corner  with cheekiness and sportiness

Tali is a lucky but dirty hundred dollar bill that you would find on a sidewalk

Tali is a sweet dessert that has lots of things to it but can have a bitter after taste if

not made properly

Tali is a muddy and bloody shirt with the number thirteen on his back

Whenever I look into mirrors I see Tali standing tall and proud it makes me feel jealous

Tali is sharp shards of steel that whizzes along rugby fields and makes the opposition run away.

Thank you for reading my poem.