Thank you guys for the amazing poems so far!

Here is a fun persona poem that I like! The author wrote The Handmaid’s Tale, if you have heard of that. She is still alive today. My favorite part of this poem is the personality of the speaker, the mythological siren. Sirens are commonly known as being evil creatures that lure sailors overboard. Not something I would want to run into!

Warning for implied deaths.

Siren Song

By Margaret Atwood

This is the one song everyone

would like to learn: the song

that is irresistible:

the song that forces men

to leap overboard in squadrons

even though they see the beached skulls

the song nobody knows

because anyone who has heard it

is dead, and the others can't remember.

Shall I tell you the secret

and if I do, will you get me

out of this bird suit?

I don't enjoy it here

squatting on this island

looking picturesque and mythical

with these two feathery maniacs,

I don't enjoy singing

this trio, fatal and valuable.

I will tell the secret to you,

to you, only to you.

Come closer. This song

is a cry for help: Help me!

Only you, only you can,

you are unique

at last. Alas

it is a boring song

but it works every time.