Why Doesn't Somebody Write a Poem About




Look around you! Poetry inspiration is everywhere. Find your creative rhythm and flow. Write your own special words that express how you feel right now, right at this very moment. Of course, you could write a poem about war and peace. But if you do, it must be an original way of looking at an old subject.

Are you looking for some more inspiration? Check out these ideas:

Getting mad
Eating pizza
It's not fair
Hanging out
The bully
What makes me afraid
Popularity
My sister or brother is a pain
And the winner is
Skateboard blues
Nightmares
Grandparents or Aunts and Uncles
Boy! Was I embarrassed!
Being a great dancer
Music that drives me wild
Laugh, Laugh, and Laugh!
Sniffles and Sobs
School band
The debate team
If I had a million _____
Social Media
Mean Girls
Space Aliens
My best moves
My worst moves



Los Angeles/Boys
by Rachel Sherwood

Two of them
With chests like blond silk
Cornstalk hair
Stalled in traffic
In the awful heat
They smiled

Were they messangers
Delivering through the open window
Promises or lies or invitations?

Boys are everywhere
At noon they glide
Between parched cars
Bare broad shoulders
Color of chestnut colts

In the poison dusk
They catch falling stars
In their silly mouths
For girls
For each other
Their teeth gleam reflections off blue rayon

This town
As large as it is
Has one shimmering boy
In all the cars
And in every phone booth

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