a very grumpy monk<\/a>. The Summer 2008 issue of Poemeleon furnishes many more great examples. So pick a character to inhabit \u2014 a person from history, an imaginary or mythical person (like Snow White or Zeus), or just someone you\u2019re not (an Olympic marathon champion, perhaps? I know I\u2019m not one of those), and write in their voice.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWell no big persona speaking here, just more in the month’s series and a flash of something for NaNoWriMo.<\/p>\n
16.<\/p>\n
You can ignore me if you want.
\nYou can pretend I’m just not here.
\nI won’t do that to you,
\nNo, I won’t do that to you.
\nBecause you’re real to me
\nno matter what you think
\nno matter if you don’t
\nif you don’t believe in me.
\nI believe in you.
\nYou’re real to me.
\nAnd you can trust me
\nwhen I say
\nI’m just as real
\nI’m just as here for you. <\/p>\n
17.<\/p>\n
I wish I knew
\nif they were real
\nSometimes at night
\nI see a flash
\na tip of wing
\nbut I don’t trust my eyes
\nit’s the half-light
\nthe coming night’s slumber
\nI hear a note or two
\nI think I do
\nis it down the road?
\nis it in my dream?
\nThere’s something more
\nI hope there’s something more
\nthan the darkness.
\nSomething light in the darkness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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