Ode to Clavicles

By Nida A., Elizabethtown, KY

In the crevices of my chest
Through its valleys and troughs
You delicately tie a bow
So fragile and thin
Nestled between knobs of my shoulders
You are jewelry of the bone
A poor girl’s necklace
Modest collar to my bare torso

This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.

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HannahBrooklynn said...
May 11, 2009 at 9:13 pm:

this is really good (:
i like your writing style.

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crich897 said...
Nov. 21, 2008 at 4:36 pm:

Shane_Zeh_Banderbear, the whole point of this poem is to relate something not necessarily beautiful into someting beautiful. ever hear of a metaphor? geez.

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hiding said...
Aug. 29, 2008 at 7:27 pm:

its really good. i like the poor girls necklace. it does make you see little things differently

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Shane_Zeh_Banderbear said...
Aug. 14, 2008 at 10:58 pm:

I like this poem's idea a lot. It's actually quite beautiful.

I would take the second line and change it from 'valleys and troughs' to something related to a chest, rather landscape.

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cookibear said...
Aug. 7, 2008 at 12:11 am:

I really like you poem because it turns a normal clavical bone into something beautiful and you see it through different eyes. To be able to look at a normal part of the body and turn it into something different and unique is an amazing thing and is starting to make me see small things as something bigger and more important. Thanks for the insperation and helping me to open my eyes to the small things around me. Keep up the awesome writing,