By T.T age 14
Don't give me up.
Give me a beautiful name
Give me strength.
Strength to my mind
Controlling my actions.
Give me more lollies, more fun,
more sweetness in my life.
Don't give me sourness.
Give me my happiness back
Give me a book please.
Give me the next chapter of my life
Give me the right ending, different from the start.
Don't give up.
Don't give up on me.
© TT and The School for Young Writers, 2018.
This poem was written as an exercise in anaphora - repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses during a workshop with teenagers.