This is day 2 of the ‘Writing 201:Poetry’ course. Our prompt today is the word “journey.” Our form is the limerick. And our suggested poetic devise is alliteration. I used three limericks to tell the story of a journey, and I did manage to throw in a bit of alliteration for good measure. Hope you get a kick out of this one.
ESCAPE
Well, my journey by train has begun.
As for tickets, I don’t have a one.
With police pressing in,
And this shackle ’round my shin,
All I packed was my trusty old gun.
In the baggage compartment I’ll hide,
And my time I will patiently bide.
When we make the next stop,
From this train I will hop
To the next and continue my ride.
It’s a journey to freedom I take.
And I can’t stop; there’s too much at stake.
Since I’m guilty as sin,
In a court, I can’t win,
But I’ve vowed future crime to forsake.
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I like it!
Thank you. Sorry it took me so long to reply. I must have gotten swamped with some other work that day and forgot to come back and check this page. But thanks for reading and letting me know you like it.
You’re quite welcome! 🙂
That’s good, a positive ending!
This could be a folk rock song.
Hey, that’s an idea. I have a friend in the writers/musicians/artists group I belong to who just might like setting it to music. I’ll ask him.