Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive? (RAIN ON THE ROOF)

Ihave to write a narrative poem for an english assignment, but i can't come up with any topics/ideas for the poem. any topics ideas?

Auden's musée des beaux arts" and williams's "landscape with the fall oficarus" share which common element?

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?