James Franco Makes Me Want to Write Poetry Again

[Tonya Haynes]

Okay, so this is the first poem I've actually really written in a long time, actually the first of three. So please be kind. Like the title of the poem says: James Franco makes me want to write poetry again, yeah, James Franco the actor. I read his book of poetry that I got from the library and it sort of inspired me. Can't say it'll be as good as his but here goes:

I wasn't crazy about him -
Not at first
No fan - girly fourteen - year - old
Teenage crush
Or fantasizing about him
Alone in a pink bedroom
While cuddling with a pillow
Doused in a special kind of perfume

No, none of that
But I read his poems
And they're profound
Making me want
To write soaring sonnets
And long soliloquys
Even if they're impossible
Or above what I can achieve

But he's inspired me,
Driving me to write again
Because I must;
Maybe not such deep things
As poems about
Revenge or love or lost

But about something -
Something while I'm still alive,
Still have that heartbeat

So when I die
Someone, anyone,
Can carry on what's been written
By my hand
And even drive forward
God's Divine Plan
(Though He doesn't need my help)
Or at least I can go . . . on

[I am The Compendium]

Okay.

What exactly are you discussing? I'm a bit confused on that point.

[Tonya Haynes]

I am The Compendium

Okay.

What exactly are you discussing? I'm a bit confused on that point.

I don't know, guess it was just sortof a warm up, I have other stuff that might be better. But it's basically about being inspired by James Franco's poetry and realizing that - despite the fact that I thought he was just some kind of pretty boy he's actually really deep - and maybe a little warped. Yeah, it's not exactly in league with Keats or Edger Allen Poe, but I thought I'd give it a whirl... guess having a focused subject is one of my main issues. . . sweatdrop