Gilbert

Submitted by KatieSara on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 18:54

(Another one of those poems I wrote for that thing my friends and I do where someone picks a word and we write a poem about, inspired by, and/or using that word. This time it was "stare".)

She stares at the stars
With a starry-eyed stare.
A bunch of small star flowers
Adorn her red hair.
In her new pale green dress,
All trimmed with fine lace,
She's perfectly lovely;
The picture of grace.
As she watches the stars,
He sits beside her and stares;
But it's not at the stars
That he's staring.

Author's age when written
17
Genre

Comments

 Gilbert is one of those boy characters in a book that you can't help falling in love with.  I absolutely love this poem, especially the ending.  It's so abrupt, but it's perfect. :)

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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -Bilbo Baggins [The Lord of the Rings]

No way.

I'm rereading Anne of the Island right now after having watched an Anne miniseries. Just as I'm reminded how much I love Gilbert, you wrote this wonderful poem!

I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief

I've never read Anne of the Green Gables, but this poem makes me want to :) it's so sweet. I want to hang it on my bedroom wall!

"You were not meant to fit into a shallow box built by someone else." -J. Raymond

Gosh, thanks guys! I'm glad y'all liked it. :)

Sara Libeth: Gold star for you! Although a c t u a l l y I kinda mixed things up, she's wearing the outfit that she told him about the day before this scene.

Katie:-)

"Are all humans like this? So much bigger on the inside?"
-Idris/TARDIS