Thumbtack

by Justagirl

Published March 4, 2011

In Lyric Poetry

Spoiler! :
Hey there everyone.. I haven't posted anything for a while so I thought I'd post this... I wrote this for my Language Arts class. I'm a horrible rhymer - rip it to shreds if you feel the need :wink:


Thumbtack

My lizard has been speared with a thumbtack.
I don’t know why my little sister did that,
Maybe she was feeling a little out of whack.
All I know is that as I sat.
I saw my little lizard with a black tack
In his fat back.
He is a human to me,
Why couldn’t she let him be?
I thought, “My poor little Rick.”
Good thing he’s plastic.

Comments & reviews · 3
User avatar
StoryWeaver13
Review
StoryWeaver13 wrote a review Review · Mar 4, 2011

This was entertaining to read, just kinda cute and funny and quirky, with its own simple little personality. I think it's kind of lacking in something that I can't put my finger on, but it's not too important anyway. Just work on your punctuation, because you put it in some funny places now and then.

Random avatar
libertine Review
libertine wrote a review Review · Mar 4, 2011

My lizard has been speared with a thumbtack.
I don’t know why my little sister did that,
Maybe she was feeling a little out of whack.
All I know is that as I sat. (Enjambement- no stop- could have been used).
I saw my little lizard with a black tack In his fat back.
He is a human to me, (I do like this idea, it adds some kind of emotion to the poem)
Why couldn’t she let him be?
I thought, “My poor little Rick.”
Good thing he’s plastic.

It is a fairly random subject, and it is easy to read in its simplicty. However perhaps better choice of punctuation and a more subtle style of rhyme could have been used.



That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can fly.
— Rick Riordan, The Ship of the Dead