I have a
wonderful dream
that all have,
all strive
But only some
achieve:
To realize many
more dreams
That’s a fairly
greedy dream,
a fantasy
intending to
light prairie
by striking a
match
The vast prairie
has no border
whereas the
match is a only part of an isle
Future is the
prairie
And university
is the match
flaring for four
years
illuminating the
future forever
Rivers flow
blithely only with the breadth of the land
Birds fly freely
only with the vastness of the sky
And only with
the freedom of a university
students kicking
and alive
Away from
formalism
Rid of zombies’
minds
That’s what a
university should be
It lacks
something:
monotonousness
and inanimation
It is full with
others:
a variety of
thoughts, a diversity of alternatives
and most significantly
of all
the qualified
teachers and students
Teaching is to
lead the way of studying
Studying is to
find the way of discovering
And the object
of discovering
is what I can be
The colour of
the prairie, the shape of the future
is by no means known
unless the match
can create no more than one kind of blaze
and unless a
university is no better than a machine
aimed at
executing a pre-designed program
The prairie is
awaiting
the moment it
makes the change
while the match
is in the offing
I am waiting
and NUS is
approaching
This is a courageous attempt at writing a poem. Excellent effort as you have incorporated famous speeches and writing in your poem. Good use of metaphors. With your permission, we should read and discuss this poem in class.
ReplyDeleteCan't be more glad to do so!
ReplyDeletei am really impressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei gave you the applause with the most respect and i think you have shown your genius in writing a poem!!!!!!!
now i get that why they call you the literature boy.
and i am quite approval of what you have put down about our university life.
hehe
wish you all the best