A Morality Poem
Written by The Donnybrook Writing Academy // April 21, 2011 // Before We Were Cool // 3 Comments
Histrionic diary entries, angsty yearbook scrawlings, and really bad poetry brought back from teenagerhood and the other side of cool. Dates may be omitted and names may have been changed, but rest assured these are legit.
Poem from January 6th, 1991
Once upon a time on a small riverbank,
There were some reeds, and an oak named Frank.
The big mighty oak looked down from the trees,
And yelled to the reeds with some displease,
“I am far superior to you,
You should stand as tall as I do.
Instead you bow at the slightest breeze,
Bending and swaying to the winds please.”
Just then a big fierce strom came on.
The oak thought, “I’ll show them that I’m strong.
I’ll show those little reeds who’s boss,
I’ll stand tall while they turn and toss.”
The oak tree did just that for a while.
Watching the reeds with a big snug smile.
Then, all of a sudden, with a little quiver,
The oak tree was uprooted and thrown into the river.
And the one lesson to be learned, you all,
Is that pride always goes before a fall.
3 Comments on "A Morality Poem"
As embarrassingly corny as this is, it’s way better than anything Maya Angelou has ever written (and with one-quarter the pretension!).
You would take back your pretension comment if you saw how it was originally written: in a journal, in practiced cursive, with curlicues on all the beginning stanza letters. We really need to start scanning the originals and posting them!
NOT that I wrote this one. Just saw the original, is all. Ahem.