This was written off of a prompt from Simply Snickers, a site with prompts for poets. The catch? You must rhyme in some way. (I thought I had to rhyme, but I guess you don’t. Oh well. Still, I like this poem.)
I chose the Chaucerian roundel, again (easy use of forms is why I intend to master more of them) to do this thing. The prompt was to write a poem using the words “roller” and “coaster” in it. So I took the metaphoric meaning of a roller coaster instead of the literal. Enjoy.
-Nicole
You were a roller-coaster ride
taking my heart up and down
until I thought I’d drown
in a ocean created when I cried
from your cavalierness. I found
that I was easily tossed aside
when you felt unable to decide
to commit or not to be bound
to me – such a sophomoric clown!
You were a roller-coaster ride.
Written 6/8/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
