Thursday, October 8, 2015

I Used to Be Poem


Write an Instant "I Used To..." Poem

Method:


Line   1I used to
Line   2But now I
Line   3I always
Line   4But I never
Line   5 I once
Line   6But now I
Line   7If I could
Line   8 I would
Line   9 I never
Line 10But I might
Line 11I can't
Line 12But I can
Line 13I won't
Line 14But I might
Line 15I used to
Line 16But now I

Sample:

I used to think that summers stretched slow and lazy for a year
But now I know better
I always thought "school one year, summer one year"
But I never counted off the days on my fingers
I once felt hours stretch long and easy
But now I hear a panicky tick-tock
If I could step into a time machine
I would go back and reset the clock
I never gave it a thought before
But I might seriously consider it now
I can't turn life into a sci-fi movie
But I can gobble up every day 'til I'm filled up happy
I won't ever be 16 again
But I might be a teenager at heart
I used to think that summers stretched slow and lazy for a year
But now I know better

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