Don Paterson Don Paterson Born in Dundee, Scotland, Don Paterson’s poetry collections include Nil Nil, God’s Gift to Women, Landing Light, and Rain. He… Grade levels 7-9 / Sec. 1-3 10-12 / Sec. 4 & 5 / CEGEP 1 Tags Isolation Outside the Box Mythology & Fantasy Exile Death Eerie Teen Spirit UK Moods Brutally Frank Depressed Despairing Discouraged Dreamy Haunted Hurt Lonely Melancholic Messed Up Snarky Sober Torn Tortured Wry Common Poetic Terms and Forms Assonance Couplet Metaphor Rhyme Rhythm Sonnet Contest Criteria 25 Lines or Fewer Rita Bouvier Sometimes I Find Myself Weeping at the Oddest Moment sometimes I find myself weeping at the oddest moment Nicolás Guillén The North Star It's melting helplessly, the North Star. Ten million, or even more, tons every day (ice, cold light, gas) waste away from the frame of this immense animal. You will see, Walt Whitman O Captain! My Captain! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, Gwen Benaway Trillium the animal in me is constant. thirst starts, hunger answers. sleep is uncertain, restless limbs. in the night, I hear footsteps.
