250s words or less

To begin writing my second task poems, I first read the paragraphs multiple times to try and find some meaning within the words, a point that the paragraph was centered around. I then used this to shape my poems - I kept whatever I felt like made the main theme of the poem thrive. In my 2nd task poem for the 2nd paragraph, I wanted to be sure to keep the heavy description and overwhelming nature of the work that Charlie and his family does. This intensity of image is what my poem focuses on, in order to make the endpoint stronger, as the importance of the 75 dollars he receives is illuminated by the family’s hard work. Also, I kept in the part about the supermarket and the pickers because I thought the kindness of a stranger who easily could have kept the money for himself is also a main part of the piece, as it too shows the how fortunate it was to receive the money. In my first second-task poem, I centered the poem around the rumors of the witch. It is her mystery and her power that I feel like is most important, so anything that alluded to that point I kept in there. I also ended it with the aspect of mystery, as to this day still no one has found the gold. I broke up stanzas wherever I felt like a new idea was being introduced, like points in an essay.