Elsewhere
Teenage strife
clashes with parents
tomorrow lurks beyond the moon
and life
seems about to happen
elsewhere….
CLA
Poetic Asides, Day 27
Prompt: write a poem about longing
About the author
Quilly is the pseudonym of Charlene L. Amsden, who lives in the Pacific Northwest and is currently working on writing the next great American novel. You may visit her writing blog at http://charlene-amsden.com.
I think you just captured every novel about teen life in 17 words. The movie version of The Outsiders might have been tolerable if S.E. Hinton had been that concise.
teenage angst captured perfectly
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This sounds like me when I was a Teenager, Oh so many centuries ago. Thank you for sharing.
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Doug — high praise! Thank you.
Juliana — more high praise! Thank you, too!
Bill — you were a teenager?
Great poem.
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