By Avery Parker

The sweet smell of popcorn and slushies lingered in the air

With every sound of a wrapper crinkling and crunching

My fists grew tighter together and the skin on my fingers felt as if microscopic

pins and needles were puncturing them

The final minutes of the movie we’re coming to an end

Apparently so were the cups of diet coke

as I could clearly hear the straw scraping the bottom of the cup searching for the last sip

Every set of eyes were glued to the colossal screen

Nobody wanted to miss the next iconic Marvel cinematic moments

The movie workers were even hanging near the door, with just enough room to see the screen clearly but still capable to bounce off their feet and began working

I watched as Thor flew into the air, crashed down onto Thanos, and drove his axe deep through the enormous, purple chest

My chest pulstated faster and faster

My stomach fluttered leaving a sore ache

My mouth fell open itself leaving me physically breathless

Finally my eyes filled with water making the screen and everything around me blurry

My hand temporary fixed the problem of the tears flowing down my face

I waited in anticipation for the Avengers to defeat Thanos but was only let with disappointment

As the credits began to roll on the screen

What was the point of ending with a loss?

Reflection Questions:

1. I published a sensory poem about the Marvel movie “Avengers Infinity War”.
2. I chose this topic for my sensory poem because I have always seen every Marvel movie and am a huge fan of the actors, the story lines, and superheros in general. I am also a huge fan of Chris Hemsworth who plays Thor.
3. The tone of my poem is suspense/anticipation.
4. The theme of my poem is you may be left with disappointment or something that you would never expect.
5. Two example of figurative language in my poem are imagery and simile. I used the sense sound, “I could clearly hear the straw scraping the bottom of the cup searching for the last sip.” The simile I used in my poem were, “My fists grew tighter together and the skin on my fingers felt as if microscopic pins and needles were puncturing them.”
6. Two specific ways I revised this poem were by changing the word “small” to “microscopic” because bigger words make writing sound more mature and more descriptive. In my first rough draft I didn’t go into as much detail in my final about the food at the theater but it makes for very good imagery writing so I added more details. For example, “The sweet smell of popcorn and slushies lingered in the air, I realized that with every sound of a wrapper crinkling and crunching…”
7. This poem was easy to write because even though a movie theater is quiet and dark there are still so many imagery senses to write about like taste, touch, and sound. Another reason why this poem was so easy to write about was because I am very interested in Marvel movies and typically it is easier to write about something that you take an interest in.
8. I am very satisfied with my final draft because I think that it portrays my senses and thoughts about the movie as well as my experience in that movie theater.