Magnetic poetry

Quiet World

I would watch blue breeze 

between the fertile mountains

only to see rain on the river

a warm spirit shines on me in the quiet night.

Life 

Thick sun fresh blossoms grow
beneath you let peace take a stroll into your spirit
then you will soon shine with a pure life.

Poetry responce #4

Emily

5/2/13

Poetry Response

The Secret of Abuse by Alyssa Mickelson.  I think Alyssa’s poem paints you a story of what some people may have to suffer.  I think her abstract noun is abuse.  I think its abuse because of how she writes with such sadness and suffering.  Her first lines is amazing because right off the bat she gives you a picture of what is going on.  She makes you as if you were there, when I read that first line it gave me chills.  “I have seen the fear in punched black eyes” it is a sad line but abuse is a sad thing so I think she nailed it.  “I would rather see mouths open Telling instead of yelling”  for starters telling and yelling are exact rhymes, that line is showing how this person lives in fear and anger.    “And if they let out what shouldn’t be told That consequences will unfold”  told and unfold are approximate rhymes and I like that line because people how are abused live in secrets.  “I know of sealed lips Promised to be kept zipped”  that is a metaphor for not saying what is happening in their lives and how they have to keep big secrets.

Poetry response

You Can’t Defend Yourself  by Cheyenne Bailey.  Cheyenne’s poem is definitely dark but I like it.  She has great imagery and metaphors.  I think her abstract noun is rage or anger.  She writes the poem as if people should be afraid of her.  In the first line “I have seen see through tears drying on someone’s cheek.”  III thought she was going to be the victim, but in the second line the scene changed dramatically.   “I have stabbed chests with my nails painted black.”    She turned into the bad guy.  She is talking as if she is some kind of murderer in the dark.  This poem is written as if this person lives in the shadows and is never seen.  “I watch eyes hit the ground. I watch sleeves be pulled down.  I watch knives be hidden.  I watch rubber bands be snapped.  I watch them break.” In that section there was repetition with “I watch.”  There was also metaphors with the line “I watch eyes hit the ground” like if she maybe killed someone because they fell over.  I just thought that was an interesting section, but I don’t really understand the whole rubber band thing.  As I read on I discovered that she is the rage inside of us.  I don’t think this is actually a person doing this to us it is what we are doing to ourselves.  

Rap

My name is…

My name is Em

It rhymes with

Hem lets go

Pick those stems

My name is Yem

It’s quite a Gem

Let’s go get my

Friend’s yah!

My name is Bug

You are a rug

Let’s go get

Some smugs

My name is Emily

You ain’t got

Nothing on me

Word!!!

Limericks

Gale in Jail
There once was a girl
named gale her crime
got her put in jail
she made a mistake now she
has to wait until her friends
post bail. 

Bella's Boutique
There once was
 a girl named
Bella she wore shoes
like Cinderella
she owned a boutique
to make ends meat
but that was not complete
because she was very meek. 


Bee and a Bonnet
A bee wore a bonnet and sang
me a sonnet I enjoyed it so much
E.T got it then after that
we ate some omelets
but it was too late because E.T
already went back to space

I have seen poem

Emily

Abstract nouns

4/18/13

A simple gift

I have seen beautiful sunsets on a warm summer night, the whole world stops for a moment and sighs in relief, there destiny has been fulfilled with peace at mind, for the universe knows your plan and your purpose.  The smiles and laughter the children give, warm feelings with a pink tint, the hope they have is a white universe with clouds and rainbows in their minds.  They have the whole world ahead of them they can do anything their hearts posse.  

I send all my being with the wind and the rain to guide you the way, with a touch of a sweet and a hint of sour for your journey in the everlasting heat as you ran through the world chasing success and hope.  When you arrive at destiny’s door I also gave you some courage for along the way.

I wish for the best and only the best for you  I wish that your life is full of peace and hope and there is no doubt in your decisions.  You are forever content with your life and your being, for you only receive one life make it the best it can be, but do not fret because I will help you.  

I taste the sweetness of life's gifts.  A gift does not have to be a purchase of choice it can simply be a warm breeze or a painted sunset.  I taste the delicacy of our fragile lives, that we take so lightly.

I say only good things to you that will lift your spirits and make you swore kindness is the first word that shall slip from my mouth.  I give advice and words of wisdom nothing less but perhaps sometimes more.  I say the secrets of the world to you I give you hope within my words.  My words light the way in total darkness, I give strength in my thoughts  if only everyone could have a taste of my compassion, kindness and hope then all that was lost could be found and our world would be complete.  I am the simplest gift that you will ever find but I am the best one to receive.  



Poetry response #3

Emily

4/28/13

Poetry response

    By The Shore by Edward Carpenter.  I chose that poem this week because it was descriptive and made you feel like you were actually by the shore.  At the beginning of the poem it really gave me an image of what was going on  “The obscure water, the long white lines of advancing foam, the rustle and thud, the panting sea-breaths, the pungent sea-smell.”  In that line there is also a metaphor, “the panting sea-breaths” the sea isn’t actually panting either the waves are loud or the wind is loud or perhaps both.   “Suddenly I am the Ocean itself: the great wind creeps over my face”   that line is also a metaphor for the wind blows on him and he is one with the sea.   I also like this line “And the sea is a sea of faces”  that is a metaphor and it is saying that the sea has many parts to it.  I like this poem because the author immersed himself with the sea, he took a simple topic and made a beautiful poem.  

Poetry #3 response

Emily

4/28/13

Poetry response

What Polly Found In Her Stocking  by Louisa May Alcott.  I chose this poem because it has great imagery and I enjoyed reading it.  The first  line really gives you an image of what is going on.  “With the first pale glimmer, of the morning red.”  There is also some metaphors in the poem “And she flew out of bed” that is a metaphor for she got out of bed quickly.  I also like this line because it sets the mood for the poem and it really shows you how its Christmas morning and its cold out “Through Jack Frost ‘s cold fingers Nipt her little toes”  that line is metaphor for it’s cold out.  “Long blue and full; Down it quickly tumbled with a hasty pull”  I think that is an excellent description of her stocking.  There is also alliteration in the poem “There she sat at daylight Hugging close dear dolly; Eating, looking, laughing”  there was also some great imagery in that line as well.  I think this poem really shows people what Christmas morning is like for kids.  



Haiku's

Emily

4/23/13

Haiku’s

Winter

snow covered hills

mountain peaks are wide

cold fingertips

Modern

ring ring beeeeep

silence fills the air

no words come

Open nature

freshness fills the air

hears childrens crys

brush of green

Towering trees

green mountains out my window

wind whistling

Fresh mountain air

river outside my window

ripples in the water

My doves poetry response

Emily

4/21/13

My Doves poem response

    My Doves by Louisa May Alcott this poem really drew my attention this week.  This poem is about doves as you may of noticed in the title.  It’s a very basic topic but the author makes it so much more.  This poem is a little over a page long, but every line gives you a clear image of the event.  The poem is very descriptive, I enjoyed it a lot.  There is a lot of alliteration in this poem I noticed for example “Twinkling eyes and fluttering wings.”  There is a lot of ings in that sentence, and it flows very nicely.  I also noticed a metaphor in this line “And my alms are freely taken.”  It’s a metaphor because its not a donation the person is just feeding the doves I guess in a way it could be a donation.  There’s a famous metaphor towards the end of the poem as well “So, they teach me the sweet lesson, That the humblest may give Help and hope, and in so doing, Learn the truth by which we live; For the heart that freely scatters simple charities and loves, Lures home content, and joy, and peace, like a soft-winged flock of doves.” That is a metaphor for what you give is what you get many writers have used that sort of metaphor in there writing not exactly in that form though.  I just thought that was a nice way to end the poem.  


Life is but a dream poem responce

Emily

4/20/13

Life is but a dream poem response

    Life is but a dream by Lewis Carroll this poem really drew my attention this week.  I got the idea that this poem is about Alice in Wonderland because of the two lines “Alice moving under skies” and “In a Wonderland they lie.”  The two key words Alice and Wonderland.  The poem is maybe about Alice going to wonderland?  There is a lot of repetition and alliteration in this poem.  For example at the end of the poem there is an alliteration with stream and gleam.  There is also repetition in “Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die.”  I like this poem because it flows and it has a nice sound to it.  One of my favorite lines is “Still she haunts me phantomwise.” I like that line because of the word phantomwise I’m not really even sure if it’s a word but I like the way it sounds.  There are also some alliterations in “A boat, beneath a sunny sky”  that is the first line of the poem and that line is simple but it really sets  the scene of the poem.  This is a pretty simple poem but I like it.  


Abstract nouns

Emily

4/18/13

Abstract nouns poem

Abstract nouns

Happiness is pineapple yellow golden beach on a summer day,

Success is lime green tropical forest on a warm day,

Quiet is serene green peaceful  forest without a sound,

Loneliness is storm cloud black raindrops and mud,

Boredom is ocean blue school at no end with a pile of books,

Joy is sunset gold paradise on a deserted island.

Earth Voices responce

Emily

4/14/13

Earth Voices response

    This week a poem that spoke to me was Earth Voices by Bliss Carman.  I love  this poem it is all about the seasons and how mother nature works.  I had to read it a couple of times to fully understand it but after I recognized all the metaphors in it.  Every time I read the poem it got better.  This poem is so peaceful and serene  to me it was like reading a peaceful affirmation.  In the first line I recognized an alliteration “I heard the spring wind whisper” from that sentence right off the bat it begins to paint a beautiful picture in my mind.  One of my favorite lines out of the whole poem was “ Within the house of being, I feed the lamp of truth with tales of ancient wisdom and prophecies of youth” I believe that line is a metaphor for the universe has a plan and it knows your future.  I also liked the line “The world is made forever in melody and power” I think that line is a metaphor for basically how the world works.  Melody means peace while power means controlling and taking over.  Isn’t that how the world works with peace and compromise then people with power try to take over.  This poem was written almost hundred years ago so the world was then ran with melody and power and it still is when will we find a balance?


Table Maners poem responce

Emily

4/14/13

Table manners response

    A poem that spoke to me was Table Manners by Gelett Burgess.  I liked the humor in it and how he painted a picture of the family.  The family sounded as if there was a lot of kids and they didn’t have good manners. I noticed there was an alliteration in the poem during the line “they spill their broth on the tablecloth” because there was a th sound in broth and tablecloth.  I also noticed a reputation with the name Goop because it kept repeating.  I also liked how the author at the end of the poem stated that he was not a Goop but then he asked his readers if they were ones.  It leaves the reader thinking about their lives and their manners  and if they need to change their ways or if they're on track with their  manners.  I enjoy reading simple poems like this one.  



Happy Vs Sad

Happy Vs. sad

Happy Vs. Sad   

Peace Vs. war

flowers Vs. rocks

Hope Vs. doubt

Smiles Vs. frowns

Sunshine Vs. rain
Love Vs. loneliness

rainbows Vs. bombs

trust Vs. guns

grass Vs. dirt

Friends Vs. bullies
Invite Vs. devite

Education Vs.jails

Right Vs. wrong or...

Wrong Vs. Right?

Things that make me laugh

Things that make me laugh

One Direction video's

Baby’s smiling

Kateri being silly

Myself  being stupid

My mistakes I make daily

My sister yelling at me like she knows everything

SpongeBob talking

Hair song when it plays on the radio

Puppy’s running into walls

Hippopotamus falling over

My social life on Facebook and in person

My friends laughing with me

My family telling me what to do

The world and it's everyday flaws!

Enders game anticapation guide revisions

Emily

Enders game anticipation guide

    Lying is justifiable if it's for the greater good.   Before I read Ender’s game I gave this statement a 2 “I disagree with that statement for the most part but I think its ok to tell a few white lies a couple times in your life.” My opinion has mostly stayed the same but I think I would give it a 1 this time.  After seeing how lies ruined Enders life, lying is never justified for  the greater good.  When Graff and Anderson didn’t tell Ender he was killing the buggers I think that was going too far with the lies.  “Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets...There were no games, the battles were real, and the only enemy you fought was the buggers.  You won every battle, and today you finally fought them at their home world, where the queen was, all the queens from all their colonies, they all were there and you destroyed them completely.  They will never attack us again...”(296)The fact that you let a person kill a race without telling them  that is just wrong.  I think you have something seriously wrong with you to be able to do that.  In the end of the book Ender did discover that they didn’t need to kill the buggers(321) to me that shows that a lie could ruin someones life or in Enders case it could kill a race.  When Ender killed Stilson and Bonzo I can see why the teachers didn't want to tell him because they knew how much he feared being like Peter and they didn’t want him to think of himself as a killer so in a way that was for the greater good.  They were just trying to protect Ender but mostly themselves so that he would agree to keep training.  
    Sometimes violence is the only way to solve a problem.  I originally gave that statement a 1. “I believe that there is always other ways to solve problems like talking it out.”  After reading Ender's game I realized that isn’t always possible, but it is usually ideal but that doesn't always work out that way.  I would definitely give that statement a 2.5. Because I think it is best to talk things out if the other person is listening.  When the buggers first attacked the humans they had to fight back unless they wanted our whole race to die off.  They had no choice but to fight.  As for the second time when there was an attack on the buggers it wasn’t the buggers attacking us it was us attacking them.(296)  What I got from the book is the only reason that the humans attacked the buggers is they didn’t know how to communicate so how could they talk it out.  “Ender believe me, there’s a century discussion on this very subject.  Nobody knows the answer.  When it comes down to it, though, the real decision is inevitable: If one of us is destroyed, let’s make damn sure we’re the ones alive at the end”(253). Mostly they attacked them out of fear of someday making an encounter with them.  When Graff was explaining the  war that is going on between the humans and the buggers he basically told him if anyone has to die  lets make sure it’s not us it’s them.  They killed because they couldn’t communicate and because they were all cowards.   
    It is okay to kill someone in self-defense.   I originally gave that statement a 3.”we do have the right to bear arms if we are truly in danger but I would try to avoid that option if I could.”  After reading the book I think I would still give that statement a 3.  If your life is being threatened I think you could protect yourself at all costs.  Ender had sometimes when he did have to fight for his life.   When Bonzo attacked him in the shower  Bonzo truly wanted to kill him because he was so full of hate.  I don’t think it was best for Ender to antagonize him because it made matters worse.  “Be proud Bonito, pretty boy.  You can go home and tell your father, yes, I beat up Ender wiggin, who was barely ten years old, and I was thirteen. And I had only six of my friends to help me, and somehow we managed to defeat him, even though he was naked and wet and alone- Ender Wiggin is so dangerous and terrifying it was all we could do not to bring two hundred.”(208)   I think it was kind of an accident what happen to Bonzo  but after all he only brought it upon himself.  Ender didn’t mean to kill but that’s what had to happen and Ender couldn’t help it.  

Words are stronger than fists.  I originally gave that statement a 5.  “I'm sure talking would get you farther than hitting someone.” I think that words would get you farther than hurting someone.  After reading Ender’s game I realized there are some anger people out there who you simply can’t reason with.  So I think I would give that statement a 4 now because most of the time words are stronger but not always.  Like when Bonzo attracted Ender I don’t think Ender could have tried to talk to him or  reason with he was so angry and hateful that he was set on killing Ender.  “...You've killed him...he meant to kill me.”(212)But in some situations most the time words would be stronger but if you were being attacked I think fist would be stronger.  When Ender killed the buggers it would have been better for the humans and buggers to communicate before they went and killed them all.  Because then they would of know that they were never going to kill the humans or try to hurt them.  “We are like you...we didn’t mean to murder...we thought we were the only thinking human beings in the universe, until we met you.”(321)

    Bullies hurt others because they have low self esteem.  I originally gave that statement a 4.  “Most of the time that is true but that probably isn't the case always.”  My opinion hasn’t changed since I read Ender’s game.  When Bonzo attacked Ender he was only doing it because Ender was winning all the battle’s.  He was upset that a ten year old was that much better than him.  He wanted to win not Ender.  Instead of trying to improve he tried to get rid of what was in his way.  To me that shows he had low self esteem.  He was picking on someone younger and smaller than him.  

Only the best and brightest students should receive the best education to become a nation's leaders.  I gave that statement a 3 originally.  “Smart people should received a good education and maybe become a nation's leader but also not so smart students should receive a good education as well.”  My opinion has stayed the same I would still give that statement a 3.  Bright students should receive a good education.  I also think the students who aren’t so bright should receive a good education.  An order for our society to work everyone needs to have a good education.  Some people may have a better education than others but that still doesn't mean  only certain people can become a national leader but most of the time it will be the bright students but if you apply yourself than anyone can do it.  Most of the time in our world it will be the kids who went to harvard and had a 4.5 there whole life.  The battle school choose Ender because he was exactly what they wanted.  Ender was like Peter and Valentine.  He knew how to fight and he knew where to draw the line in violence. When Ender killed stilson they knew he would be perfect.  He killed stilson without meaning to and he didn’t want to fight.  He would have been very upset at the time if he knew that he killed him because he was compassionate.   When Ender defeated the buggers he became a national leader because he saved the world.  Ender was very bright and good at what he does so he is more likely to a become a national leader than a student how isn’t very bright.  

    Revenge is never justified.  I originally gave that statement  a 3 because I was undecided about this topic.  After reading  the book I would give the statement a 1.  Revenge ruined Ender’s life.  It was revenge when he killed the buggers.  The humans killed them for payback.  They killed them for security. Revenge is never justified it gets you back into a cycle of revenge.  It doesn't help it only destroys.       

Crying is evidence of weakness.  I originally gave that statement a 3. “Crying does show your weak but that is not always a bad thing I think its ok to cry sometimes.”  When Ender was in battle school I don’t it was ok to cry because you don't want to show your weak there.  You need to show them how tough you are.   Ender did cry at times in  battle school but in the privacy of his blankets and so did the other boys at first but after that you need to show you are strong not weak.  In the real world I think it is ok to cry sometimes but not all the time but I think it’s best if you try not to cry in public.

    Any action is acceptable in war.  I originally gave that statement a 3.  “Many things are expectable in war like killing people but I wouldn't say anything is expectable in war.”  I would give that statement a 3.5 or 4.  After reading the book I realized how much the government can away with without anyone knowing.  Ender murdered stilson when he was six and got away with it.  Then he killed Bonzo.  He got away with all of it and yes some of it was self defense but since he was an asset to the war with the buggers he was able to get away with it.  They also killed the buggers for fear of them coming back.  That wouldn’t be acceptable anywhere else but in war.  They tricked a young boy into doing it because they believed that they were at war.  That was almost like saying anything goes if you're at war.     

Teenagers need discipline and rules because they can't control themselves.  I originally gave that statement a 2.  “I do disagree but a suppose a couple teenagers do need some guidance but I'm pretty sure I could control myself perfectly fine.”  My opinion has changed because I realized that if  there was no rules then probably no one would go to school or do anything but have fun.  I think I would give this statement a 3 now.   If there were no teachers in battle school enforcing rules then they would have probably ended up killing each other.  

    Only through personal sacrifice can someone create positive change.   I gave that statement a 3.  “Sometimes to change something you do have to make a sacrifice depending on how great the change is.”  My opinion still hasn't changed for the most part.     Ender made a positive change when he wrote that book about the hive queen.  He sacrificed a  lot of time to write the book and he sacrificed his pride because he was the one who killed all the buggers and then he comes and says it was all for no reason.  Sacrificing your pride is a personal sacrifice.  Ender included in the book that if they would have communicated with the buggers they would've known that they weren’t trying to hurt them.  “If only we could of talked to you, the hive-queen said in Enders words.  But since it could not be, we ask only this: that you remember us, not as enemies but as tragic sisters, changed into a foul shape by the fate or god or evolution.”(322)
    Generating compassion for your enemies is the only way to create peace.   I gave that statement a 3.  “That can be true but sometimes an enemy is an enemy and you can't really change that.”  I would still give that statement a 3.  I think that if you understand someone that could go a long way but Ender never really tried to do that with any of his enemies so he never got a chance to see how that works.  Ender in the end had peace with the buggers because he had compassion for them.  He understood them.  Unfortunately it was too late though.  He already killed most them.  But with his luck he was able to find a cocoon with 10,000 baby buggers who would soon be born.  After he realized it was an accident when the buggers attacked his home he was able to generate peace with them.  They forgave the humans and Ender for gave them.