Copycat Poem of Emily Dickinson

by Lia Bernhard

I look

            In the mirror

            And I see

            A hideous girl looking back at me.

            Who could know I was so ugly?

            I must dress me up

            And cover up…

            I wake with a scream.

            Thank God! Just a dream?

A Wrinkle in Timeline

A poem by Lia Bernhard

An unexpected encounter

A meeting with Who

A hand with homework

An angel Mrs.Whatsit

A flattened out world

A joyful battle won

An unpleasant meal

Antagonistic punishment to youth

A giant sadist brain

A girl turned to stone

A beast emanating love

AND LOVE OMNIPOTENT

Bounce

   Bounce

     Bounce

        Bappity-bap

           Bappity-bap

                        BALL

ROCK

By Lia Bernhard

I’m stuck

At the bottom of this lake

With, Oh, such an ache,

 To be free

like a bird,

 Or even a fish,

But noo-oo

 I had to be a rock.

Artimas

 Moonlight touches down

      Highlighting a beautiful maiden

     Brown hair

  Fair eyes

   The willows whisper her tale

  As she slumbers

  A maiden forever

   No husband

  No children

  No love life at all

Hunting,

   Laughing

  Playing

  Dreaming

  Carefree and careful

   Days

  Spent in

  The

  Shade with

   Her

  Huntresses and

 Hounds

  Flying into battle with monsters

  Opposite of her twin

   The moon is her bow

      The shining stars her arrows

            All girls

Admire her

And long for

Her presence

Artimas

GRADES

My grades are

Sinking, lowering, dropping

My parent’s tempers are

Shorting, shrinking, vanishing

My freedoms are

Going, going, gone,

Like the cool breeze on a hot summer day

I’m trapped! Nowhere to run! Nowhere to hide from my

Parents!

Grades!

Teachers!

Report cards!

My own crushed dreams!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

I’m failing!

THUMP!

I’m in bed?

I was dreaming?!

I’M NOT FAILING?!!

Wait there’s my progress report,

What’s that?!

Is that an…

F?!

Arachnophobia

By Lia Bernhard

I was young

Fearless

Ignorant.

And then I got bitten.

Large, swelling bump

Standing on a table

Something tiny on the floor

Screaming

Little legs crawling towards my hand

Screaming

Spider in my face

Shrieking like a banshee

The nightmares

Giant tarantulas

On my face

My stomach

Unable to move

Waking in a cold sweat

Arachnophobia

Silver

 By Lia Bernhard

Moonlight slips

Down

Tears splash

Onto

The mourning

Mother’s lap.

Children dream

Of dancing

A violin sings

A unicorn slips softly into

Eternal sleep

Riches

Diamonds

Sorrow and

Joy

The stars

Play out

The

Stories of

Old

I slip into

Silky

Embrace of

Sleep

Dawn creeps

Up

Mystery

And wonder

Magic

Future

Love

To the

Extent of

Destruction

All this

While

We dream

Of

Silver

Gone

By Olivia Bernhard

Gone.

                    Never

                  To

                  Come home.

Gone.

                     I

                  Wait

                  Forever

                  For you.

Gone.

                     To work.

                  You

                  Wave goodbye.

Gone.

                     For six hours

                  I await

                  Your return.

Gone.

                     The news

                  My

                  Breaking heart.

Gone.

                     All

                  Reasons

                  For  life.

Gone.

                  It’s all

                  Pointless

                  Without you.

Gone.

                  I ran

                  Down the

                  Empty highway.

Gone.

                  The truck

                  The headlights

                  In my eyes.

                                                                                         

Gone.

                  The fear.

                                                      Light, feather light.

                                                      In a white field with

                                                      You.

                                    Laughing.

                  Talking.

Here.

ME!!

ME!

By Lia Bernhard

Strange

Funny

Crazy

BOING!

These words are

Who I am.

Kind

Energetic

Generous

Smart

Without them,

I am nothing.

Scatter-brained

Blabber-mouthed

Friendly

Short

Moving on

Is what I do.

Straight,

Brown-haired

Ugly

Gorgeous

Yep! That’s me!

Gargantuan vocab

Speedy

Sporty

Swimming bat

Longing for adventure.

Glasses

Hazel-eyed

Hungry

Girl

Don’t you

Just adore me?!

Terrific

Stunning

Fascinated

ZOOM!

Don’t forget it!

Competitive

Prankster

Creative

Thief

Keep an eye

On your food!

Imaginative

Gross

Hopeful

Lucky

Optimism is my thing.

Dogs

Raccoons

Greek gods

Lover

Escape into books.

Annoying

Sympathetic

Grateful

Loved

LIA!! Happy to be ME!