I actually wrote these as emulations of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson for AP English, but I was so proud of them I decided to post them.

   A Writer's Soul

   A writer's soul is one of depth, one of vast expanse,
   A soul of richness, absorbing the very world around it,
        transforming sunlight into song,
   A soul of yearning, rushing to learn every story, every lesson,
        rushing to learn nature's pattern for life, 
   A soul of passion, displaying a fury to challenge that of hell, and
        the next hour, professing its undying love to another, 
   A soul of desire, it lusts for life, knowledge, riches, and beauty,
   A soul of tenderness, treating those precious, melodious
        phrases as the wings of a butterfly,
   A writer's soul is one that can never be mearsured for what it is,
        but for what it will be,
   For a writer's soul never truly rests, but takes each day as an
        inspiration with a world of possibilities.

   Before you go-- take my heart

   Before you go-- take my heart--
   It is of no need to me--
   Why do I need a heart--
   If none be possible to use?

   If you go-- my heart is futile--
   If love-- ne'er to return--
   I need no heart to keep it--
   Take it a token-- of regret.