Roanoke

Roanoke
Blank Verse Poem

They wanted to come, to come here to start
A new life for themselves. This New World seemed
So unimaginable and unreal;
They just had to see it for themselves. Were
There real gold and riches to be found there?
They had hopes, they had dreams, and they had faith.
And they called their colony Roanoke.
Virginia Dare, the brave little girl, she
Was the first real American girl, first
Born on American soil. She really
Had no chance. Food, food they had less of each
Day, and soon their leader went away. Little did they
Know what fate held for them. They were lost, lost
Forever in this New World. They would never
Be found, they just disappeared. They will be,
Forever be the mystery of the
Lost colony of Roanoke Island.