By Emily DuBois

You walk into nature

You smell fresh scents all around you

You still have the sweet taste of honeysuckle in your mouth

You hear the birds tweeting

The sound of your feet snapping the branches

You see the beautiful trees and the different colors of flowers

As you look into the distance

You see the landscape of The mountains and ocean

You feel safe

You feel calm like the delicate white bunny you see in the distance

You now understand

The beauty of nature

You now understand

How the you can be inspired by the smallest things



Reflection

I chose to publish my inspired by poem.
The source of my inspiration was nature because when ever I need to think or be inspired I will go somewhere with lots of nature
The tone of my poem was peaceful
The theme of my poem was to take a look at the smaller things in life
One example of figurative language is “you still have the sweet taste of honeysuckle in your mouth” which used sensory details. Another example of figurative language is “You feel calm like the delicate white bunny in the distance” which is a simile.
I revised my poem by changing “the peaceful rabbit” to the “white bunny” and adding “You still have the sweet taste of honeysuckle in your mouth”
While it was challenging to start the poem I felt that after I had the first couple of lines done that it flowed very easily.
I feel satisfied with my draph because I did my best I could and made sure to edit my grammer and had two people help revise.

By: Naomi Minwalla

I feel lost and unsteady

My brain is like an endless roller coaster going round and round

I feel walls closing in on me every second of everyday

Everything falls apart but you just don’t know how to put it back together

It takes over your brain without you even knowing.

Some more than others

Slowly getting more and more addled

Anxiety is the mini heart attack you recieve when you’re walking down the stairs and miss a step

It is the moment when you seem to think things are ok but then a slight blare or grumble can change that in an instant

It dances around your mind giving you negative and dark thoughts

Not knowing whether to speak them or to conceal them inside

The minute it hits you feel balmy and don’t know what is happening

Slowly it will get better but until then it stands to be everyday life

My poem type is an emotion poem. I decided to choose an emotion poem because it is easy for me to spill out my thoughts and feelings onto paper. The tone of this poem is dejected, I chose this word because to me this poem speaks that it is dejected. The theme of my poem is dark and gloomy because during these times you can feel mournful, or not know what you are feeling which can then lead you down a dark path. One way I revised this poem was changing the word confused to addled for a more intriguing read. Another way I revised was changing my average metaphor into a more meaningful metaphor to describe to the reader how the feeling occurs. It was easy for me to write this poem because as I said before it is easy for me to pour my thoughts out onto paper and describe the feelings, and meanings of it. I am very satisfied with my final draft because I feel I put my best effort into this and it turned out exactly how I wanted it to.

By: Srujana Yalamanchili

“How to Save a Life”

The sound piercing my ear; in a indescribable way,

“Float On”

Lyrics making my heart jump like a jump rope,

“The Freshman”

Guitar solo taking the lead with it’s twang,

“She Has No Time”

Emotions poured into my head,

“For Blue Skies”

Life flashes before my eyes,

Mesmerizing beats, like a bongo drum,

My body swaying like a snake charmed by a snake charmer,

How can such a sound, affect a person’s life,

Such beauty filled inside every note,

Music is like an unfillable ocean,

All the sounds, lyrics, and genres never stop flowing,

Music is my best friend,

When a bad day storms through the door,

When a happy day shines through the window,

Music is my tour guide,

Helps travel and explore my world with me,

Just pop in the buds,

Open the playlist,

And let the music come in like a tornado,

A tornado full of feelings; lively, cheerful, “pick-me-up”,

Because that’s what music does, it helps you feel….

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By: Rebecca Cherian

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I noticed her leaving

knowing exactly where she’d be

I waited a few moments

and then went to see

I was right of course

as I spotted her,

Sitting under the emerald green tree

I watched as the golden sun smiled down on her,

And the bright blue sky embraced her

As the water in the lake sparkled

like the gleam in her eyes,

And the dandelions,

a glowing bed that hid all the flies

I tiptoed quietly as I approached her

Realizing how peaceful it seemed

I felt a sense of calm,

the outside world slipping from my palm

I fell into her eutopia,

A world of unimaginable serenity

She turned suddenly,

sensing my presence

But it was me who smiled and spoke first

“Hello sister”

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Reflection:

1. I chose to publish an emotion poem.
2. I liked the idea of a serene, peaceful environment and I liked how there were many different ways to describe this emotion.
3. The tone of my poem is serene. Word choices and phrases such as the lines in stanza three, express this tone.
4. The theme of this poem is that a calm environment can help you relax and forget about other problems for a bit. The last two stanzas specifically helped me identify this theme.
5. “As the water in the lake sparkled like the gleam in her eyes” is an example of a simile. This phrase can help the reader to better visualize the picture and also contributes to positive tone. “I watched as the golden sun smiled down on her” is an example of personification. This line can help the reader recognize the tone to be serene, or at least a tone close to serene.
6. I added emerald green to my description of the tree to add more sensory detail. I also changed a line in stanza three. The line used to be “And the dandelions that hid all the flies,” but I revised it to “And the dandelions, a glowing bed that hid all the flies,” making it not only more descriptive, but turning it into a metaphor as well.
7. I think writing this poem was somewhere in the middle because poetry is not something that comes easy to me, however considering that this was a free verse poem about an emotion, it wasn’t too difficult.
8. I think my poem turned out pretty neat, especially after I added more figurative language. I’m pretty satisfied with the final draft of my poem.

By: Justin Bailey

Pump Shotgun

Bam, like a punch straight from Thanos

230 damage to the head

You can even wield multiple at once

Like a two headed serpent

You can add it to your inventory from Tilted Towers

You can annihilate all players in Dusty Divot

Like it’s full of no skins

Bloom does not apply to this weapon

As accurate as a calculator

One shot a brick wall and destroy it

Jump from the sky making the horrifying sound of hop rocks

Like an angel flying down

20 elimination games

As easy as pie

Bring cowardice to other players

Like the devil himself

One players versus a team of four

Double pump will conquer all

Like the king of the land

Get the high ground and shoot down on players

Like a soaring eagle from above

Swooping down on the enemy

So they never see it coming

Just like a ninja

Pump shotgun

1. The type of poem that I published was an ode poem.

2. I chose this item to be the subject to be the focus of my ode becuase I play fortnite a lot and I use the pump shotgun every game I play and I know a lot about the pump. I have played about 1,850 games.

3. The tone of my ode is Praise.

4. The theme of this poem is that The pump shotgun is the best gun in Fortnite.

5. “Just like a ninja” This figurative language contributes to the tone and theme development because it tells how the pump is so good and you can come out of nowhere and surprise your enemies.

“As accurate as a calculator” This figurative language contributes to the development of the theme and tone because if the pump is the best gun in the game it has to be very accurate and help out a lot.

6. Revision #1: One revision I made in my poem is to change “fear” to the word “cowardice” so I can elevate my vocabulary.

Revision #2: Another revision I made in my poem was to change the word “eliminate” to “annihilate.”

7: It was very easy to right this poem as Fortnite is one of my favorite games and I play it all the time and I use the pump shotgun in every single game I have played. I have played about 1,800 games.

8: I am very satisfied with my final draft. This is because I know very much about this topic and the poem and description of it just came very easy for me and I felt this poem was a very well written poem.

By: Emily Luu

I walked

My boots clunking against the floor

Students rushing past me

Shoving and pushing from all angles

Fiddling my thumbs and

My breathing

Uneven

I finally reached my destination

My heart pounding out of my chest

I read the paper, searching for my name

My name jumped out at me

I yelped and gasped

And began to cry

I jumped up and down in disbelief

My smile was brighter than the sun

As happy tears pooled on my face

“I finally made it,”

I thought

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1) The type of poem I wrote was a sensory detail poem.

2) I chose this event for the basis of my p0em because it highlights one of the best and most emotional moments of my eighth grade year.

3) The tone of my poem is ecstatic because throughout my poem is very excited, especially in the second stanza.

4) The theme of my poem is that hard work pays off.  This moment in my musical career was one of the biggest accomplishments I’ve ever accomplished, and it took a lot of dedication and hard work.

5) “I was fiddling my thumbs and breathing like an exhausted dog.” Is an example of a simile. This simile shows how I’ve very nervous and anxious to find out my soon to be great news.

“My name jumped out at me.” Is an example of personification. This statement shows how my name on the list was bolded and very noticeable.

6) One way I revised my poem was I changed nervously to anxiously. I substituted nervously because I felt that I needed a more specific word to explain how I was feeling in the moment.

Another way I revised my poem was that I changing “beating out of my chest” to “pounding out of my chest” So that the reader would feel the way I was feeling at the time.

7) The idea for the poem was quite easy for me to formulate, but finding more elevated language and adding figurative language was more of a challenge to me.

8) I am satisfied with my draft because it accurately represents my feelings during this important moment in my life.
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