Saturday, February 13, 2010

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I wrote this poem when a girl at my school got beaten up by other girls after daring to go for a night out to another village near her own.

I left the house looking for fun
My mum shouted out 'Don't be long.'
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Lesley Merrin
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Mark Sellen 29 January 2012

I like the use of repetition in this poem too, plus the use of 'you don't belong' and 'don't be long' - a nice play on words. It also appears to be a bit of a social history lesson of what it was like to be a teenage girl living in a village some 45 yrs ago? Get out of our village and keep your dirty hands off our menfolk!

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John Fieldson 19 February 2010

very nicely written you capture all of the emotions.

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Rose-marie Mitchell 14 February 2010

Thank you for reading my poem and for your comment. This is my favorite poem in all you have written. I like the repetition- 'You don't belong, you don't belong' I thought in this poem it was very effective. I guess the other girls were jealous. Keep writing! Rose-Marie

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