Writing Prompt - 10/7/09

On a scale of 1-10, rate the poem below(10 being the highest). Tell why you gave it the number you chose. What does the poem below mean to you? Have you ever told yourself that you would do something important and then given up on it? How did you feel about it? How do you feel when you accomplish goals you set for yourself?

5-7 sentences.
20 minutes

Dream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

20 pts.