Poems and Songs

I looked at several pieces of poems and songs.

Below are some of the songs I looked into. I decided not to use songs as I wanted to look more into poems and challenge myself more.

Songs
Ed Sheeran- A Team
Alice Cooper- Poison
The Beatles- Blackbird
John Lennon- Imagine
Emeli Sande- Suitcase
Goyte- Somebody That I Used Yo Know
Jason Mraz- I Won't Give up
And much more.....


I decided not to use songs as I felt that every time I came up with an idea it would be too much like song and would be obvious.

I also looked at several poems such as:

Fiery Love
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fiery-love-2/
Earth Surface
http://www.poetryinnature.com/nature/poetry.asp?poem=1745
Dance of Terror
http://www.netpoets.com/poems/sad/1505001.htm
And much more....


One of my colleagues from work lent me her GCSE English book which was full of different poems for me to look through.

Below is an exam of one of the poems in the book

The Little Boy Lost (Scared of being abandoned)


'Father, father, where are you going?
Oh do not walk so fast!
Speak, father, speak to your little boy (simple statement, love and emotion)
Or else I shall be lost.'

The night was dark, no father was there,
The child was wet with dew;
The mire (mud) was deep, and the child did weep,
And away the vapour flew.

The poem is a metaphor for abandonment and religion and being saved by God


The Little Boy Found


The little boy lost in the lonely fen,
Led by the wand'ring light
Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,
Appeared like his father in white (God found the boy- he died)


He kissed the child, and by the hand led,
And to his mother brought,
Who in sorrow pale, through the lonely dale
Her little boy weeping sought

William Blake
1789

The poem is a metaphor about the love of God. He wouldn't let the boy be lost on his own so reunited him with his mother in heaven


I felt that the poems I found were lovely but I did no connect with them and therefore, continued to look for alternatives poem I could use and find inspiration from.