Speech Kid

At a speech tournament

Speech Kid

Taking the stage,

Lights!

Camera!

"Shh's" and murmurs

Die down

As everyone

Looks to you

For

Action!

 

Mental deep breath

In...

Out...

And we're on!

 

"Here is a

Quote from

The man

Mahatma Gandhi

Himself,

"An eye for an

Eye only ends

Up making the whole

World blind."

 

Quickly now, girl!

This is impromptu so

Think fast,

Everyone's watching.

 

"I agree with

This quote because..."

1) Because rule

Number uno

Is that you don't

Disagree with

Gandhi, he's

Gandhi.

 

2) Because you're

Making it to

Nationals,

That's all that

Matters right

Now.

3) Because

You know you

Can do this.

 

Already a

Full five

Minutes in?

Piece of

Chocolate cake,

Now think

Of one more

Point for two

More min-

 I've got it!

 

"Yes,

Ladies and

Gentlemen..."

You're almost

Done,

Bring it home

To the

Finish line.

 

"And that is

Why I agree

With this quote."

Curtsey.

Kiss-kiss.

Turn your back,

"Click Click"

Of your heels,

Smirk.

 

Lovely as always.

Well done,

M' lady.

Author's Note

I've been wanting to write a poem about my experience on speech team for quite a while, so here it is! I hope you enjoyed it. leave a comment and I will review you back.

Reviews

[ChinAllen]

I like the speed and word choice. It made for a very exciting read.

[LunarSong]

I love you're thought process, did you say that the first reason was just because you don't disagree with Gandhi?

[RachelReaper]

disagreeing with Gandhi at a speech tournament? lol not a good idea unless you fancy the idea of losing.

[LunarSong]

No I meant did you really say for you're first reason that you just don't disagree with him at the tournament?

[RachelReaper]

no, i was being figurative

[LunarSong]

Okay :) Just was curious.

[The dark story]

i love making speech especially when we have the "Youth Parliament" in our school and i am one of the ministers...heheheheh...that sounds weird as it can never happen in reality and neither i want it to happen even in my dream!!but i like such competitions a lot!!
anyway the poem is quite interesting especially when i was reading theose points...and the first one was quite tempting...yeah it's true that we can never disagree with great personalities...they have got to be true in any way!!

[RachelReaper]

thank you ATIBA.

[InsanityWriter]

Nice. :) I both love and hate giving speeches... It depends on the topic I guess... :P Great poem! I enjoyed reading. ^_^

[RachelReaper]

thank you :)

[Alisha Heistand]

That's very cute, I like how you didn't make the person nervous

[RachelReaper]

I wasn't nervous :D This was a true story, and kind of a repetitive true story since it happens every Saturday.
Thank you so much for reading

[Alisha Heistand]

"don't I feel foolish" haha

[RachelReaper]

lolz :D :D :D :D

[Ethale Captor]

Absolutely wonderful. I must ask, are you in big leagues for speech tournaments or local?

[RachelReaper]

haha, no not big leagues, not yet. I'm just a freshman

[Ethale Captor]

Ah, there are several advantages to being in speech competitions, not only for yourself, but also for school and such. I wish you the best of luck in your competitions.

[RachelReaper]

thank you :D

[Rhianne Ney]

I enjoyed the poem and the way it anticipates the audience from your viewpoint. The lines match and have a rhythm that seem to ride the waves trying to tame it properly. (I shouldn't rant, hahaha)
Anyways, nice poem you've got here~!

[RachelReaper]

thank you so much Rhinanne!

[Rhianne Ney]

You're welcome, Rachel~

[Holly Mason]

click click on the heels-good details throughout truly
enjoyed being in class with you much*)
you really have expressed this very well
like the thought pattern that you have used it puts the reader right next to you on stage feeling your every move and feeling your emotion
this was actually my last thing to read for today and I am totally glad!!!
thank you so for sharing

[RachelReaper]

thank you so much :)

[TurtleClark]

that seems like a lot of pressure but fun at the same time

[RachelReaper]

lolz yeah, the thing about the kind of speeches I do is that you go into the round totally blind. They give you a quote when you get their, and you have seven minutes to prepare a speech. That's impromptu for you :)

[TurtleClark]

That sounds like so much fun!

[RachelReaper]

it is :)

[Trigorin]

Your concept and content is good, but I really don't like your line breaks - makes this feel too staccato for my taste and while I do understand what you're trying to go for considering your topic matter, I think the piece is too long to pull it off effectively.

[RachelReaper]

I wanted shorter lines, and the stanzas go by quickly, in my mind, that's what I wanted an that's what I got. Another thing, this was a free verse so it doesn't exactly have a rhyme or rhythm to it really, its, well, free verse.