Tag Archives: Poetry

New Fish #PlanetOrPlastic

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This is a poem I wrote for the #PlanetOrPlastic contest on Wattpad and National Geographic.

I want new fish to fish today
I’m sitting by the bay.
The clouds are gray and far away
My task is underway.

I wish for carp to come on out
Or even speckled trout
I quickly see there are no fish
But soon I spot a different dish

The jellyfish I wanted
Made me slightly daunted.
I thought they’d many stingers
Not four legs tied together.
Still, it freely swims the salty sea
With not a wish to flee.

The next I caught was also not
Exactly what I thought.

I didn’t know that sea snakes
Could make themselves so straight.
Lines of green run in-between
I wonder what they mean.
I think they last ate long ago
Their figures are so hollow.

I start to feel a little scared
I’m very unprepared.

Then came the mighty turtle
That went through many hurdles.
Its shell contained a rounded gap
That’s covered with a cap.

I found no fish to fish today
I don’t think I will stay.
For what I found weren’t fish or prey
But human disarray.

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

Where I’m From Poem

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I am from tomes, dictionaries, and paperbacks
from plants, instruments, and unhealthy snacks
I am from a house full of fun
Where there’s laundry that’s just never done
Where toys are scattered all around the floor
and a single dart board hangs on my door
I am from the flowers my mom planted outside our home
so bright and beautiful countless bugs roam

I’m from the fireworks that light the sky on New Year’s Day
and all the joss paper we burn away
I am from the hard-working and intelligent
from the irritating and the lazy
From kind and generous Ya-Li
to hard-worker Chung-Yi
From be yourself both night and day
to work so you can play

From my mom’s side they have Taoism
and for my dad’s there’s no religion
I’m from Richmond and the island surrounded by sea
From cheeseburgers, milk, and oolong tea
I’m from the time my brother got lost in the mall
from the finger he broke in a painful fall
I’m from the thick glasses my father wears
and the food he brings that he always shares

Made Like No Other

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For our assignment, we took slogans from companies and put them together into a poem. We had to put them in an order so that they made sense and sounded good. Then we read it out loud to the class with our partner.

MADE LIKE NO OTHER

You aren’t you when you’re hungry
Where the clothes last for 21 hours
When there is no tomorrow
Look, smell, listen, feel and taste, that’s what Godiva chocolate is all about
As safe as in mother’s hands
You don’t just eat ‘em
Buy it, sell it, love it
Buy it, make it, mix it, rock it
Made like no other
See the world, feed the world, share with the world

©Snickers – You aren’t you when you’re hungry
©FOREVER 21 – Where the clothes last for 21 hours
©FedEx – When there is no tomorrow
©Godiva – Look, smell, listen, feel and taste, that’s what Godiva chocolate is all about
©FedEx – As safe as in mother’s hands
©Pringles – You don’t just eat ‘em
©eBay – Buy it, sell it, love it
©FOREVER 21 – Buy it, make it, mix it, rock it
©Häagen-Dazs – Made like no other
©Pringles – See the world, feed the world, share with the world

Figurative Language Video

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Here is our Figurative Language Video. 🙂

I’ve learned about how poetic devices such as similes and metaphors make the song much more fun and cool to listen or sing to. It also makes it sound better. It shows instead of tells, which makes it much more enjoyable and less boring. Music isn’t all about the melody, the lyrics are supposed to say something too, and poetic devices helps make music have a secret meaning.

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.

Be My Valentine!

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Tomboy Mandy Moore
Had a crush on the boy next door
So at school she grabbed his collar
and went a bit higher than a hollar
“Hey You! Be mine!
Be my valentine!”
She scared him off
“What did I do?” she did scoff

The very next day, again she tried
She grabbed his shoulders and cried
“Hey you! Carson Dine!
Be my valentine!”
Terrified, he ran away
“What did I do?” she did say
Throughout the day, she wondered what will she say

She waited for him at class
Where she knew that he would pass
“Please Carson Dine
will you be my valentine?”
This time, he did not quiver,
instead he smiled as wide as a river
“Of course my queen
you’re the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen.”