The Deceiving Moon (English Project)

The Deceiving Moon

The moon is bright,

Yet so full of deception,

It lightens our night,

But it’s only a reflection,

Under the brilliant moonlight,

We forget the sun’s contribution

We live in a society,

Understanding the fake reality,

Blinded by the beautiful sights,

Forgetting the pain of the poor labourers,

Forgetting their importance,

And living our lives in abundance

In a distance of only few hours of flight,

People are in starvation,

Wanting only a bite,

Of the food of our population,

Working all their might,

For a single ration

Poetry Project

Poetry Project

My poem is about world hunger and poverty. I used the moon as an analogy in the first stanza to explain the meaning of the rest of my poem. The other stanzas compare the lives of ourselves and the poor. A rhyme scheme is used throughout the poem to add more smooth flow to it while reading and also make it more interesting. I posted my poem on three famous poetry websites (allpoetry.com, powerpoetry.org, and poetfreak.com). My objective was to inspire people who read my poem, and allow them to gain more awareness of the issue.  I was able to get a few great comments within a day, and here are the comments. 

I also decided to post my poems around my neighborhood to spread the awareness of the issue. The first picture is the Carey Centre building, and the second one is a tree in a park. I put poems in several trees.

Later in the week, I thought of a better idea. I decided to make a donation box out of a interesting cardboard box that I had and place it in front of my poem so that people can read my poem as they pass by and donate money. 

First, I put my poem on the Totem pole, since it is a very visible place and likely for people to notice it. However, I was asked to remove it. As a result, I decided to put it by the side entrance of the theology building instead.

I was able to make total of approximately $40 which was little below the amount I have expected.  Perhaps the place I chose to put the box was not the most visible place. However, I was glad to see that a person donated a 20 dollar bill after reading my poem. I was happy to find out that my poem was read and ultimately helped the poor. It was an amazing feeling to realize how a single piece of paper can change a person's or even several people's lives. All the money will go to UNICEF after the last day of collecting on Wednesday. 

The Impossible Test : Inspired by "Sweet Like a Crow" by Michael Ondaatje

The Impossible Test 

Inspired by "Sweet Like a Crow" by Michael Ondaatje

The test was as hard as playing basketball with a bowling ball

Like trying to watch a live stream soccer game with school wifi

Like playing flappy bird for the first time

Like singing along a song you never heard of

Like getting rid of an annoying adware called conduit

Like trying to get a broken phone charger to work

Like playing a drum roll with only one hand

Like running 6-laps with a cramp

Like saying fried chicken in Chinese

Like sailing with a broken sail

Like having a roommate who never wakes up

Like playing an electric guitar solo without a pick

Like doing a bicycle kick on a concrete floor

Like diving head-first from 10m

Like eating an apple in one bite

Like reading a boring book

Like catching my sister’s frisbee throw

Like memorizing a snare drum piece

Like erasing a crayon with an eraser

Like trying to break a window with a balloon

Like doing a hole-in-one in golf

Like swimming 2 km

Like removing a jammed paper from a printer

Like cramming for three tests in one day

Like untangling a fishing line

Like trying to find a penguin in the desert in Egypt

Like catching a fish with bare hands

Like passing a yarn through a needle hole

Like riding a bike on a steep hill

Like keeping a flower alive for more than a month

Like getting a baby to stop crying

Like writing this long poem

A Shining Spanish Guitar: Inspired by "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams

"The Shining Spanish Guitar" by Noah Kim

So much depends

Upon

A shining Spanish

Guitar

Beautiful resonating

Sound

Fills the empty

room

"The Dandelion" by Noah Kim, a Poetic Response to "The Metaphor"

"The Dandelion" by Noah Kim

A Poetic Response to "The Metaphor" by Budge Wilson

Miss Hancock was a Dandelion.

The flower was so beautiful with its bright yellow colour.

It was always happy to spread its pollen,

And the pollen always flew merrily.

The otherwise boring process was so magically amusing.

But nobody would have known,

That this flower was so fragile.

As soon as cold days came,

The flower withered, and it was dead.

Nothing was left. Everything was gone.

"A Misconception" by Noah Kim, a poetic response to "The Sound of the Hollyhocks"

"A Misconception" by Noah Kim

A Poetic Response to "The Sound of the Hollyhocks" by Hugh Garner

I thought love would last forever,

but it was heartlessly betrayed.

I thought I was superior, 

but I was absolutely powerless.

I thought I was important,

But I was just a tiny piece of the world.

I thought I was living for a purpose, 

but I was striving for nothing.

I thought people were smart,

but they knew nothing.

The Hollyhock was the only thing

that knew the truth.

I thought I could trust it,

but at the end,

It betrayed me.

Poetry Response to "Gentleman Your Verdict"

The Justified Murder
by Noah Kim

Stranded in the middle of nowhere
Are 20 people
With very little air
All so fearful

But only five can survive
And decision has to be made
people with wives
Are chosen to be spared

Many innocent people were sacrificed
But this was only done for greater good
Everyone would have died
If nobody was killed

Though this might seem immoral
This was the right decision
Many people were saved
From uttermost sorrow