Need for Speed

By the parkster

Sun, 14 Sep 2008
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The flashing speed king of the canyon highways
The nitrous burning in the night time sky
Smoke dust appearing from drifting sideways
One race with adrenaline soaring high
Glistening bodywork tuned to be the best
Engine performance revving to surprise
Driving for ever no time to stop and rest
Flying past opponents just before their eyes
Making your mark on the cities streets
A metallic bright paint job that rivals all
Neck and neck you can hear the cars beat
But pulling ahead with no effort at all
My glorious car you’re my only need
You’re one of a kind with a need for speed

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Comments

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I really like the rhythm of this poem. It has a kind of driving force, which is very apt. It puts me in mind of the kind of rhythm in Robert Louis Stevenson's "From a Railway Carriage". A difficult thing to achieve, but you pulled it off splendidly. These lines I found particularly effective:- "Engine performance revving to surprise Driving for ever no time to stop and rest Flying past opponents just before their eyes ..." Your last line too is punchy and well thought out. A pleasing poem;-) Tina

 

Submitted by the parkster on
Wow i did this about a year ago, as we had to write a sonet. Considering shakespeare always talked about love, i thought that it would be good to do somethign different. So i did one about a car, because i was in to the game: Need for Speed Carbon. I was kind of imagining my black, suped up, Mazda RX7 at the time, drifting down the conions. Also if you've seen Fast and the Furious, Tokyo Drift, then you'll probably be able to relate this poem to it well. I didn't think i managed the implication of love so well. Fluke really but still, thanks! the parkster

Submitted by Yazmin on
Hey Simon, I really like your work, I bet Mr. Grist asked you to try this website didn't he? =P same. I really like this poem, I bet every boy with a car feels like this!! From yaz in year 9 xx

Yaz