Imitation Poetry - White Fog

Imitating the poetry of famous authors can be a great way to practice writing poetry.

Your first writing task is to find a poem that you like by the poet of your choice, and to write an imitation of that poem. The poem should be at least 8-10 lines in length. If the original poem that you choose to imitate is longer than this, you may choose to imitate just a few stanzas instead. The poem you create should reflect your poet's style, including the following:

White Fog - by Sarah Teasdale

Heaven-invading hills are drowned
In wide moving waves of mist,
Phlox before my door are wound
In dripping wreaths of amethyst.

Ten feet away the solid earth
Changes into melting cloud,
There is a hush of pain and mirth,
No bird has heart to speak aloud.

Here in a world without a sky,
Without the ground, without the sea,
The one unchanging thing is I,
Myself remains to comfort me.

-My Imitation Poem-

Sky-touching slopes are lost
Into the dark whirling mist,
The cold air leaves its fresh frost
Which leaves me to clench my fist.

Darkness surrounds the whole earth
The sunset has come too soon,
Starless skies have given birth
Risen up high comes the moon.

Here in a world without a sky
Without my friends, without my eyes,
The only one person left is I
I am the only one who dies.