writing The Notebook

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I wanted to avoid a sad poem today, even though I am feeling a bit blue, so I dug up this old, short one. I wrote it for a an assignment on personification. Unfortunately, it' s not the same when it isn't read aloud. You need a short pause after "blink," but not enough to disrupt the flow of the poem. Anyway, any comments are greatly appreciated.

 

"The Notebook"

 

You give me a voice.
What I say is all your choice.

You scribble across my straight, blue lines
Writing notes, prose, verse, and rhymes,
Or perhaps a doodle when bored in class.
I am your record who shall last
And know all that you feel and think
For great thoughts last for but a blink of the eye
And it is my job to keep them alive.
I am simple, yet unique
For of your soul, I contain a piece.