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To Poetry and Beyond

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INSPIRATIONAL POEM

You are as smart as scientist
you have logic, skill, and common sense
but what is the use of having all that
if no one notices what you could be?
if you never let your colours show
you will never be unique, never be noticed
people notice the ones you’ve shunned
the show-off with pi memorized to infinity
the know-it-all with a talking textbook for a head
but you, you never get attention
because you’ve never stood out from the crowd
Click! The front row smiles bright, but you try to hide

HOPE POEM

My hope looks like the ground, so small during flight
My hope feels like sunshine, at the dead of night
My hope smells like cookies, in a cold dark dungeon
My hope tastes like ice cream, freezed in the oven
My hope sounds like an apology, after thinking it were impossible
My hope is for something unachievable, to become possible

TIEA PARAGRAPH AND ANALYSIS

Inspiring poems can inspire and change other people. In a poem called Better Than Before, it says, “From a small puddle, rebirth of motivation, better than before.” After reading this poem, people who feel like they don’t have any ideas at the moment, will still be confident that they can think of ideas. Also, they will start to believe that their ideas will be better than before. They can also rest assured that they could get motivation at any time. In a rhyming poem called You Will Never See Me Fall, in line 16 to 17, it says, “You may see me struggle…but you will NEVER see me fall.” This will make reader realize that struggling and falling are not the same thing. This can make people be less afraid of facing difficulties, because making mistakes doesn’t mean it’s the end, and that struggling isn’t something to be ashamed of. In a poem called You Will Never See Me Fall, Joyce uses metaphors many examples of struggling, but not falling. The lines in the poem are also real things people could go through. Line 10 and 11 say, “I’m going to wear the biggest smile, even though I want to cry.” A lot of people are like this, they pretend they are fine when they are not. Then they can relate to the poem. The author is trying to get people to stay strong no matter what, and you can’t give up.

In Better Than Before, the author makes the poem simple but meaningful. The author uses a metaphor, comparing a state of nothing happening to a small puddle. The author doesn’t explain much either, even in the description of the poem. So you have to use your imagination to think of what it means. The metaphor might not be what I think it is either, making it so simple, Jeremy made this poem be able to apply to many things.

In the poem Strength and Courage, it follows the order of “It takes strength to…” then “it takes courage to…” there’s not a lot of words after each of those, so it’s quite simple, but has a lot of good examples of strength and courage being different. The author uses things that can happen in real life into his poem. David wrote in two lines, “It takes strength to stand alone, it takes courage to lean on another.” This can totally apply to a war. It takes a lot of strength for you to take care of yourself in battle. But you need to get the courage to help yourself by letting another help you.

All three of these poems use situations that happen in real life, and reassure people that it’s okay. You Will Never See Me Fall uses the idea of people making mistakes and going through lots of difficulties. Strength and Courage uses the idea of people being strong, and people having courage. Better Than Before uses the idea that you can always make it better if you have some motivation. One difference is that what the message is in You Will Never See Me Fall is pretty clear. Better Than Before, however, can apply to many situations and can have different meanings. Strength and Courage’s message is more clear, but the poem doesn’t directly say it. Instead, the audience has to figure it out themselves.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Joyce Alcantara. April, 2008. You Will Never See Me Fall. Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/you-will-never-see-me-fall

Jeremy J. (n.d.) Better Than Before. Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://www.fatchomper.com/2012/10/inspirational-haiku-8-better-than-before.html#.UsHef2RDtZ0

David L. Griffith. (n.d.) Strength and Courage. Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://www.wow4u.com/takescourage/index.html

Rhyme Time!

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I was really really bored during the summer one day. My mom wanted me to stop watching television or use my computer. I didn’t want to clean my room, so I just decided to write something. So I wrote two rhyming poems about the rain. I really like making my poems rhyme for some reason. I feel like its easier than making it not rhyme. I’m really weird that way.

RAIN

I hate rain
Rain is a pain
Expecially if it was a great day
to go out and play
I’m stuck in the house
with my pet mouse
my mother
and my annoying little brother
Can’t go to school
nor to the pool
I listen to the tap tap of the rain
that’s stuck inside of my brain
wishing I could go out
but the rain will not stop, no doubt

STUCK INSIDE

It’s still raining outside
the forecast had lied
“Please stop this rain Posiedon,” I prayed.
Unfortunately, he did not come to my aid.
I couldn’t go to anyone’s house
So I watched people outside get doused
I watched from binoculars, feeling like a spy
When suddenly, rain stopped falling from the sky

Some of this isn’t actually true. I didn’t really want to go outside that much, and I wouldn’t bother Lord Poseidon with some dumb request like that.