ZEITGEIST - VOL. 5
In this issue, we challenged our contributors to write about "Accepting the past, living the present, and preparing for the future.”
In this issue, we challenged our contributors to write about "Accepting the past,
living the present, and preparing for the future.”
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 A LITERARY MAGAZINE p.8<br />
POETRY<br />
April was National Poetry Writing Month. For this reason, Zeitgeist Literary Magazine published a<br />
prompt-based poem every day on zeitgeistlitmag.com. Here are a few of them, but check out the<br />
website to read them all!<br />
April 28: Write a poem about yourself in<br />
which nothing is true.<br />
Me?<br />
As he stares at the mirror<br />
The mirror stares back at him<br />
The reflection he sees<br />
does not reflect what he feels.<br />
Is he really the happy, smiling boy<br />
the mirror makes him out to be?<br />
Does the reflection reflect the truth?<br />
Or does he want the facade to be true?<br />
Sadness and anger build upon his eyes.<br />
The glass mirror shatters<br />
As he strikes to the reflection<br />
of the boy, he does not consider himself.<br />
- Lotus (anonymous)<br />
April 29: Write a poem based on<br />
your interpretation of abstract art.<br />
Abstraction<br />
When a painter yields colors<br />
When a writer yields characters<br />
When a poet yields rhythms<br />
When a sculptor yields realism<br />
When an artist yields<br />
Control<br />
And all that’s left is<br />
You<br />
Do you run?<br />
Do you look away?<br />
Do you close your eyes?<br />
Do you stare?<br />
Do you... stare?<br />
- Pablo Rubín (12)
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