Welcome to the Kenwood English IV Poetry Blog!

Students from Kenwood's Honors English IV classes have written poems inspired by the poems, poets and poetic forms that they've studied during this term's poetry unit. Some students wrote Ballads and Sonnets while others responded to the work of poets like e.e. cummings, Sylvia Plath and Rainer Marie Rilke. Many poems are profound, heartfelt and deeply insightful. Others are fun and lighthearted. But, all of the poems illustrate the students understanding and appreciation of the genre of poetry. We invite you to read this work and offer your comments. Thank you.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

THE POISONOUS GENTLEMAN

Such an amazing thing you are,

You are strong enough to make a man fall,

While staying cool as you took him out in a bar.

You show no fear, as how short you are to how the opponent can be so tall.


It is odd how you can make a woman face red,

With just a few kisses, with lips that can taste so bitter.

It is amazing you can get the women so easily, without a word being said.

After one good night and that is all they wishes.


Children don’t like you cause of your bad smell that couldn’t get worst.

But when the children never met you, they have the curiosity to know you.

For you who wear a shining armor that make the sounds of million soft bursts.

The armor you wear not only shiny, but sparkle beautifully too.


As much of an amazing thing you are,

Children should never meet you, for as they touch your cold skin,

You will poison them if they see you in a full jar.

Let just hope if the children ever meet you, you will be in a armor of tin.


Inspired by “The Panther” by Rainer Maria Rilke

By, Eddie Yeung Class period 5th

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