Friday, December 19, 2008

William Harrison

They wanted “Boo” Radley to come out

Dill came and they try to get him to come out

Things were in a knothole of a tree

His way of communicating with the world

His uncle knew

It filled it with cement

They imagine him as a monster

Scout thinks he is more

Dill, Jem, and Scout want to be friends with “Boo”

Tom was accused of rape

There is no way out

People can’t face the truth

A white man told a lie a black told the truth

To set him free

Guilty… guilty… guilty… guilty were the words

Atticus tried, tried, and tried again

To set him free

There is no chance at all

Because tom is black

His wife is broken

She has to get a job there is no father for her children

Shot seventeen times he could not be saved

He was a cripple and a mockingbird

Yet he was convicted

Halloween pageant with scout as a ham

She is too late on the stage

Jem and she head home

She hears a “crunch” her costume breaks

They are saved by “Boo”

He tried to murder children before he died

2 comments:

Writer said...

Great job William! I like how you took us through the whole plot via your poem. Good description.

Ms. L

Writer said...

WILL. I. AM
atta kidd willy!!