Shaping my Writing (Bored Poem)

The purpose of this writing is to show how I can shape my text for an audience. In this poem I have tried to slow the pace of the writing by carefully selecting line breaks and choosing words and images that show how bored I was. What do you think?

On a Crowded Silent Court

“Show your support”

Dad would say while steam

exhales from his mouth

into the bitter cold air.

Blaring sounds

from the speaker

and the pole

sways to and fro

High pitched whistles blast

confusing the games

as the ball lazily bounces off court

into frozen hands.

Beanies are pulled over

red ears while

gloves are pulled over

quivering hands.

The wobbly wire fence

rattles behind me

as I lean back onto it

someone else does the same.

I pull over me headphones

switch on the sounds

my sister plays her game

on a crowded silent court.