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Question:This is what I got so far…. Rough copy but I’m stuck can somebody help me put the right words in the right place to make this a nice poem. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks... Feel free to add new words and more lines.


Wraped in a towel
thrown in a garbage bin
Left alone
My mother didn’t want me
My father never knew
A cold rainy night
Hungry and scared I felt
In this unfamiliar place
First day in this world
Is this how its supposed to be
Abandoned


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is what I got so far…. Rough copy but I’m stuck can somebody help me put the right words in the right place to make this a nice poem. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks... Feel free to add new words and more lines.


Wraped in a towel
thrown in a garbage bin
Left alone
My mother didn’t want me
My father never knew
A cold rainy night
Hungry and scared I felt
In this unfamiliar place
First day in this world
Is this how its supposed to be
Abandoned

wow, that's so full on.
I think it's finished. Don't change a thing.
just your spelling for 'wrapped', and 'is this how it's supposed to be'.

Oh, how terrible! I can't see finishing something so sad!

would it have been better to be aborted?

Metaphoric? Is this a puppy or kitten as it is difficult to associate with a person. It seems a desperate attempt to emphasise emotion through the personally perceived example of tragedy. Poems rely on the heart of the experience, a baby who is just 24hrs old, as cold as it seems does not feel emotion, however demands an unknown need which is then introduced by the mother, only then these feelings are associated with the feeling hunger.
Try not to try so hard, from your heart, not what you think will be emotional to readers. I am giving constructive criticism, please take this as advice you either wish/wish not to accept and apply to the future poetry I think you will definitely create.

I can see great possibilities for this poem. A baby abandoned in a rubbish bin sounds terrible but a baby would be just gasping for life and be desperate for fluid. Why not let her be rescued and describe the warmth and wonder of salvation. Later the desperate search for the mother and the joy of reuniting.