MONSTA
“MONSTA”
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED…
It sounded at first like a 4th of July
fireworks.
Perhaps a military salute to the “Flag”
noiseworks.
But...Oh, no...people started screaming,
“Get up, run! Get up, run!’”
Pow...Pow firing bullets at innocent by-
standers from a high-powered gun.
You saw...abandoned baby strollers and
empty lawn chairs.
Some with half-consumed drinks in cup-
holders.
A child’s bicycle was discarded along a
street curb.
Everybody lined up along a sidewalk to
watch a 4th of July parade.
People scrambling for their lives every-
where to stay alive.
There was blood….more blood on every-
one who survived.
A cheerful-looking balloon left alone in
the grass that said, “God Bless America.”
There are no words for this kind of…
“MONSTA!”
About this poem
I wrote this poem about the 4th of July parade shooting in Illinois. It's a poem that will make you think!
Font size:
Written on July 04, 2022
Submitted by gzemlansky on August 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 43 sec read
- 51 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BCXCXDBD AXXXEXXX FXFXXEXA |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 787 |
Words | 144 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"MONSTA" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 4 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/136308/monsta>.
Discuss the poem MONSTA with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In