Beauty

Posted on by
Reply

Beauty

By Emily Franks

 

I am not beautiful.

So don’t waste your time to convince me that

I’m a beautiful person.

There are so many details that I hate about myself,

And I will not lie and tell myself by saying

That there is beauty within me.

Rest assured, I will tell myself every chance I get

That my demons are eating me alive.

That I’m an awful, ugly, worthless person,

And nothing you can ever say will make me believe

I still deserve love and respect.

Because no matter what,

I am not worthy to receive love.

And I’m in no way or position to believe that

Beauty lives within my soul.

Because every time I glance into the mirror I say to myself,

Am I truly as hideous as people tell me?

 

(Now read bottom up)

 

1)I published an inspired by poem.

 

2)My source of inspiration was my inability to see myself as beautiful before, and how I am beginning to grow as a person and see myself as beautiful how I am.

 

3)The tone of my poem is uplifting.

 

4)The theme of my poem is how you are beautiful just as you are and you should see yourself as beautiful as you really are.

 

5) “Beauty lives within my soul.” This is an example of personification. This contributes to the theme development by saying in a different way that we all have beauty. Another example of figurative language is “my demons are eating me alive” which is a metaphor. This contributes to the theme development by how at first you find yourself so awful and how you just can’t take it anymore and after you can’t even recognize the demons you don’t even have.

 

6) One revision I made was changing “ugly” to “hideous” to enhance the language and to make it more connotative. Another revision I made to my poem was to change “get” to “receive” to make it a higher level of vocabulary and to make it more connotative.

 

7) This poem was somewhere in the middle of easy and difficult because the topic of hating yourself is something I struggle with on a daily basis. It was difficult because of the structure of poem I wrote. Having the sentences work both ways and for them to have opposite meanings.

 

8) I am very satisfied with my final draft because of the structure of the poem I wrote was not easy and I am very proud I managed to do it. I also believe that lots of people will be able to relate to my poem.

Ode to Ice Cream

Posted on by
Reply

By: Samantha Borromeo

Oh, ice cream!

You are a piece of Heaven on Earth

My addiction

My counselor

My love

My favorite food!

I am attached to you like the strongest magnet on Earth

You come around on the hottest of days

And I come to you on the worst of days

You are a perfect icy delight

With flavors of plenty

You are as diverse as America!

There’s strawberry

With a surprise of bloody red berry

Hidden in your frozen delight

There’s vanilla

Plain, yet the most iconic taste to exist

There’s chocolate

A glimpse of a slobbery two year old

Devouring his first chocolate cake

That is put into a frozen paradise

There’s cookie dough

There’s mint

There’s rocky road

There’s thousands of tastes

Thousands of ingredients

Thousands of feelings

That are all a part of

Our beloved ice cream

 

 

Questions Responses
  1. Which poem type did you publish?
I published an ode.
  1. Answer the ONE question that goes with your poem type:
    1. Emotion Poem: Why did you choose this emotion?
    2. Sensory detail Poem: Why did you choose this event as the basis for your poem?
    3. Inspired by poem: What was the source of your inspiration (poem, song, issue)? Why?
    4. Nature/environment poem: Why did you choose this environment?
    5. Allegory: What is the literal meaning (story)? What is the figurative meaning?
    6. Ode: Why did you choose the subject of your ode?
 I chose to write an ode to ice cream because it’s easy to write about something that you love since there’s so many things you can list and that thing that I love is ice cream.
  1. What is the tone of your poem?
 The tone of my poem is positive, but gets sarcastic at points
  1. What is the theme of your poem?
 The theme of my poem is that ice cream is a diverse food that comes in all shapes, sizes, and flavors and is a delicious dessert
  1. Choose TWO examples of figurative language in the poem.
  1. Quote the figurative language: ” I am attached to you like the strongest magnet on earth”
  2. Type of figurative language: simile
  3. Explain how this figurative language contributes to tone and theme development: It contributes to theme developments because it shows my love and addiction to ice cream
  1. Quote the figurative language: “You are as diverse as America”
  2. Type of figurative language: simile
  3. Explain how this figurative language contributes to tone and theme development: It contributes because I am comparing ice cream’s diversity to America’s
  1. What are two specific ways you revised this poem? (Example: “I changed “happy” to “content.”) Why did you make these revisions?
 Revision #1: I changed “classic” to “iconic”

Explanation: I made this revision because “classic” states that vanilla would be too plain unlike “iconic”

 Revision #2: I changed “bright” to “bloody” 

Explanation: I made this revision because I wanted to describe the strawberry to be more juicy than bright.
  1. How easy or difficult was it to write this poem? Why?
 Writing this poem was easier than I thought it would be because writing about something you love is easy because there’s so many reasons to love something
  1. How satisfied are you with your final draft? Explain.
 I am not very satisfied with my final draft because I wish I wrote an ode to something that is alive, not an object. This way, I would sound less sarcastic.

 

The Silent Finger

Posted on by
Reply

By: Adhya Ravikumar

In a world of my memories

I thought of it as an illusion

An incident my mind had created

There at the crook of my neck

I had felt it

An airy …………………..

Almost comforting touch of a finger

My adrenaline was coursing through me like a roller coaster

The smell of fear and mystery drenched my senses

The sound of my heart beating as loud as a thousand drums echoed throughout the room

Ba Dum – Ba Dum…..

I was paralyzed

Too weak to move….

I tried recollecting my thoughts

But soon realised it was futile

Years after,

I still think about it

If it was truly a spirit

Would I ever feel its airy touch again?

 

We three sing America

Posted on by
Reply

By: Madison Rietheimer

We Three sing America

My sisters work hard if not harder

Sweating dusk till dawn,  while your out to play

You refuse to hear my voice

But that’s ok

We’ll work harder

We’ll pave our own way

Nothing handed to us on a silver platter

We’ll work night and day

You spurn to listen to me now

But one day you’ll be the one to bow

We’ll put up with you for now

But just know

When the sun rises tomorrow

We will have had enough

And my sisters and me will prevail

Because time’s up.

One day you will see and you will appreciate us because

We ARE America.

1/2.The type of poem I wrote is an inspired by poem. What inspired me was the big women’s rights movement going on in hollywood right now.

3. The tone of my poem is passive aggressive.

4. The theme of my poems is even though there is a lot of women inequality going on, one day women will have equal rights.

5. To examples of figurative languge are hyperbole: Sweating dusk till dawn, and Imagery:When the sun rises tomorrow. It shows how hard the women are working.

6. Two revisions I made are 1. I changed some words so it wasn’t so repetition.

7.This poem was somewhat difficult for me to write because it is a very touchy subject.

8. Im extermly proud of my final product. It reflects how I feel and shows how other girls may feel.

 

My Depression

Posted on by
Reply

My Depression

 

Eric Jones

 

I sit in my room.

I feel the world crush around me.

My heart is has fallen from the shelf and shattered into millions of pieces. Its a tundra of cold wet snow.

I walk down the stairs and what was once colorful and shiny is now bland and dull.

My brain is trying to pick up the pieces of what has been destroyed and is trying to put it together with

Elmer’s glue. My body feels like it is sitting on pins and needles.

Outside the children holler and yell with joy but to me it’s all scrambled into one sound.

It screams in my ear, the pain is unbearable. It’s not physical pain, its mental.

All the flowers have wilted, the scent of flowers gives me a headache.

Why must the world look at my me with disgust and hatred.

My life is half empty and now there is no more.

 

 

 

Reflection.

1.) My poem is a emotion poem.

2.) I chose this poem because i have this feeling a lot and i feel like people need to see the other side of me.

3.) My poem has a dark look on life.

4.) My theme is depression.

5.)

a.)”My heart is has fallen from the shelf and shattered into millions of pieces.”

b.) this is a metaphor because it doesn’t use the words like or as which would make it a simile but it still compares it to something else.

c.) “My brain is trying to pick up the pieces of what has been destroyed and is trying to put it together with Elmer’s glue.”

d.) this is also a metaphor because it also doesn’t use the words like or as which would make it a simile but it still compares it to something else.

6.)

A.) Instead of putting my heart is broken i put “My heart is has fallen from the shelf and shattered into millions of pieces.” Because it didn’t sound as cheesy.

B.) I didnt wanna say i was trying to pick up the pieces and put myself together again because that’s what everyone says, so instead i put down “My brain is trying to pick up the pieces of what has been destroyed and is trying to put it together with Elmer’s glue.” because it sounded better and it was original.

7.) The poem wasn’t very difficult to write it was the trying to make things sound better and more orginal and adding figurative language.

8.) I was very satisfied with my draft even though there was some need to fix it up a bit before it became a final draft i really did like it.

An ode to the stage by: Maddy Gambardella

Posted on by
Reply

A place

Not a place

A home

Filled with passion

A safe spot where

Emotions

Too strong for words

Can be expressed

In movements

Gestures

Where history is made

Where competition is fierce

Where one being better than another

Is like a predator hunting for pray

Where only a few survive

And others don’t make it

And feelings of disappointment take over

But disappointment

turns into

Motivation

To be the best they can be

Worth hours and hours

Of hard work

Training

Determination  

All leading to

Three minutes

On stage

Where the lights shine bright as the sun

The stage is as big as the earth

And the audience

Filled with millions of eyes

That are all watching

Watching you

 

Questions Responses
  1. Which poem type did you publish?
I chose to publish my ode.
  1. Answer the ONE question that goes with your poem type:
    1. Emotion Poem: Why did you choose this emotion?
    2. Sensory detail Poem: Why did you choose this event as the basis for your poem?
    3. Inspired by poem: What was the source of your inspiration (poem, song, issue)? Why?
    4. Nature/environment poem: Why did you choose this environment?
    5. Allegory: What is the literal meaning (story)? What is the figurative meaning?
    6. Ode: Why did you choose the subject of your ode?
 I chose the stage as my subject because it is something I feel incredibly passionate about and I do feel like it is my happy place.
  1. What is the tone of your poem?
 passionate
  1. What is the theme of your poem?
 The hard work and determination it takes to do something you love.
  1. Choose TWO examples of figurative language in the poem.
  1. Quote the figurative language: Filled with millions of eyes
  2. Type of figurative language: Hyperbole
  3. Explain how this figurative language contributes to tone and theme development: The exaggeration is showing how nerving it is to stand in front of a lot of people and perform.
  1. Quote the figurative language: Is like a predator hunting for pray
  2. Type of figurative language: Simile
  3. Explain how this figurative language contributes to tone and theme development: The it is comparing a better performer to another and how hard it is to make it and why it is important to be the best you can be.
  1. What are two specific ways you revised this poem? (Example: “I changed “happy” to “content.”) Why did you make these revisions?
 Revision #1:

Explanation: I changed difficult to fierce because I feel like it captures the tone and setting better

 Revision #2:

Explanation: I changed “sadness” to “disappointment” because I feel like it impacts the reader more.
  1. How easy or difficult was it to write this poem? Why?
 It was easy for me to write the poem because everything I wrote is from my perspective and everything I have lived and experienced.
  1. How satisfied are you with your final draft? Explain.
 I am very satisfied with my final draft because I think it really enhances the feeling of what it is like to perform and be on stage.

 

Silence

Posted on by
Reply

By: Madison Garcia

Red is all I see

Except for the man before me

Who pulled out a gun

And said he was done

With kids and their foolish ways

 

Laying on the ground

 Without a sound

No one will hear me

No one will save me

 now that I am gone

Seasons

Posted on by
Reply

Spring

Sun shining lightly

Spring flowers are blooming tall

Laughter all around

 

Fall

Leaves changing color

Pumpkins everywhere I look

Kids scream trick or treat

 

Winter

Fireplace crackling loud

Winrwr snow rapidly falling

Hot cocoa steaming

An Ode to the Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Posted on by
Reply

By: Marcus Dixon

The spicy
The dicy
The O’so delicate
Perfection in food form

Sunflower seeds reflect the sun’s glow
Buns with the stars shine
Lettuce from the heavens
Succulent tomatoes from the garden of eden
Cows with the divine milk to create pepperjack cheese of gods

Crispy, creamy, crunchy delight
Chickens eat like vikings in valhalla
Fried to the center
Served at the best places in the world, Chick-Fil-A and Wendy’s
Millions served, millions saved by the spicy chicken sandwich
From the producer to the consumer
From production to consumnptionn
The spicy chicken sandwich is all but messy
It is a product of human engineering
Hear its wonderful hymn from the inside of your mouth
Into the belly, and into the gallows, the spicy chicken sandwich is in your soul

Reflection
1. This poem is an ode.
2.I chose the subject of this ode because the spicy chicken sandwich is the best sandwich.
3.My tone is awe, pure awe of amazement of the spicy chicken sandwich.
4.The theme is the spicy chicken sandwich is the best sandwich in the world.
5.”Chickens eat like vikings in valhalla” -metaphor, this contributes to the poem by showing the chicken sandwiches are made out of care. “Sunflower seeds reflect the sun’s glow” – hyperbole, having this in my poem makes the reader visualize the greatness of the sandwich.
6.One revision i made was make the poem more entertaining and free flowing, other than serious. The second revision i made was adding stanzas, separating my thoughts.
7.This poem was very easy to write because i had inspiration from my friend that never stops talking about spicy chicken sandwiches
8.I am very satisfied with my poem, my piece of written artwork. I poured my time and creativity into this piece and it is what i wanted it to be, funny and laid back.