Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Three Metaphors
“USE ONE OF THESE METAPHORS IN A POEM:
“A COURSE OF SORROW”
“A SPOONFUL OF DELIGHT”
“A KNOT OF HATE”
Abandoned at an early age,
he moved from orphanage
to several different
foster care families,
where his treatment
was largely to be ignored.
As an adult, he was determined
to work and attend college.
His reward was becoming
a teacher. Thus, the course
of sorrow that was his life
came to an end.