The quote above's idea is really that people dont write poetry just so they can sound smart or because its romantic, people write poetry because it expresses how different everyone in the world is. People all over the world do all different things, and in order to express there passion for what they do. It's like they are telling a story but putting there love for what they do into it. Everyone is different and because of that the world is crazy...but in a good way. But taking the time to put your real feelings about yourself down on paper slows everyone down. Thats what poetry does. It makes you stop and think about how you really feel about everything. About the world, about what you do for a living and about what you want to do.

What's The Fear In Life
Liking and non-liking are what with what we do play in life,
Families and buildingsare what in which we make investments in life,
Good thoughts and thinkings are what most involve less in life,
Tears and smiles are some with which we interact in lifeMothers and fathers are those who we love in life
Sons and daughters are those for whom we live in life,
Technologies and progress are those we look up to in life,
Yes and nos. are the words to make decisions in life,
Neither and nor are the words we use frequently in lite,
Wealth and money which we whim to earn in life,
Honesty and integrity are those qualities which we love to adhere to in life,
The forbidden fruits are those we wish to taste in life,
Opportunities and chances are fhose we want to get in life,
Creativity and discoveries are those - rare to people in life,
Gone days and memories are those to cherish in life,
Happenings and memories are those like jerks in life,
Struggles and sorrow are those to overcome in life,
The ticking of pendulum is, that reminds the age of our life,
So many are the things to do in life
-So why fear the fact - to step forward with each step towards the end of life?
Sonnet Mondal National poet of India
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-s-the-fear-in-life/

This poem is pretty much how I feel about life and this is how some people should look at life also.

My Verse

If I were to die today I would want to be remembered as a kind, friendly, happy person. I am someone who loves life and I would want my verse to reflect that. I would want a verse that showed my love for life and my love for my family and friends. And in my verse I would want something with a strong message, like this quote...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln

This quote by Abraham Lincoln shows that you need to live your life. I beleive that we all need to spend time doing what we like to do and we need to spend time with the people we love and we need to have fun in our lives.

-K. Scott

K i t s t a h for president

I read a really amazing quote on Bo's blog the other day. Although I don't remember the author, I remember the quote itself: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but the number of moments that take your breath away." Or something like that. I think that's true. If I had to choose, I'd take a short life full of meaning and purpose, filled with love and compassion, in which I help others and change the world for the better, rather than live until I'm 102, living a dull life in which I merely inhabit the Earth rather than expand and change it and help only myself.

In my life I want to change the world for the better. No person lasts forever, so why build a life that revolves around making yourself perfectly happy and content at all times? You're not going to be around forever to enjoy it. But the positive changes and ripples that you create in the lake of life could last forever, no matter how small they are. Helping other things is more important than helping yourself, because you could have been that person. You share the same emotions and life as that person or animal or tree or whatever it is, and you know what it's like to be down or impoverished or stricken or sad or in any way unfortunate -- you wouldn't like to feel that way. They don't want to feel that way. With any twist of fate you could have been born in a different place, and you could have been that Darfurian orphan, or that redwood that the paper companies are eyeing, or that homeless guy riding the NYC subway. If you were them, you'd want you to help you. So do.

Where will I be at the end of my life if I don't? I will have more money than I need because I did not donate; I will have too much energy that I did not devote use helping others; I will leave the world with only empty comfort, but not real happiness; a lot of my happiness comes from a sense of accomplishment.

I have many goals in life. Many invole helping people or animals or things or causes in a bunch of ways. I love art, but I don't think I would want to base my life around that -- I'd rather keep that as a hobby than a career. I want to do something a bit more meaningful with my life -- not that art isn't meaningful, but I'd rather go into writing or professional activism. Then again, I intend to have several careers...maybe artist can be one of them. In my life, I want to get writings of mine published and read and respected by the general public; I want to do some hands-on activism, like the Peace Corps or something like that; I want to take my talents that I enjoy, and then practice those things and hone them to as good as they can be so I can enjoy them and let others enjoy them. I want to live life to its fullest extent and enjoy life, and I know that I will only be able to fully enjoy life if I have left a positive mark on the world. My goal in life is to be a good person, a happy person, and a good friend.

Smile

To Make Them Smile:


To make someone smile;
To make their life a little brighter;
To make someone laugh;
To make their heart lighter;
Just to help someone;
No matter who they be;
Would make my life better;
Just you wait and see



Well actually I already try to do this. And when people laugh at me whether I want them to or not, I can almost feel their stress and anxiety lift away. I love laughter and want everyone to laugh along or at me. That will be my life long goal as long as I live. Now I'm not saying that I want to be a comedian or anything but I just want to make people laugh everywhere, anytime.

K thanks. <33

I live in the hood with bff Kg and me drain the three. Word up and down Sean has ideas that make me want to drown. Life at school can be cool but mostly it makes to want to drool. After school is a whole new game with new playas and lots of dames. I Sully gives me crap I hit with a bat. Jk its time for me to work and get my pay. I wish I could fly until I die and live in the the sky.

If life gives me lemons I make beef stew- any milonnokis
Life is like a box of choclates you never know which oone your gonna get- Forest Gump's Mom
Sh!@ Happens- Forest Gump

My Verse

I totally love to write-although I don't really know if I'm that good at it-but I have a ton of notebooks full of stories, poems, and little tidbits of random things. And although I love to write poems I don't think I really have a favorite one. I liked Olivia's poem in her post about a writer being an artist. I completely agreed with what she said-that writers create pictures that form adventures.

I also like the quote that we're supposed to write about. It's saying that we are here for a time, and we leave behind something so why not make it something good. I would like to leave behind something that would help change the world, even if it only changes one person-as long as it helps. As I said, love to write. So I hope to someday write a book that might make people think about life or think about their views on the world. I just want to make people think-like only the best books can do. I don't just want to tell them something-I want them to figure things out for themselves (I know I'm being very repetetive). But I don't know how I could do that with anything else but my writing. I really want my verse to mean something to someone. I don't know exactly what it's going to say yet, but I hope to find out soon.

Life's Meaning

SENEY'S RESPONSE

Today, people are wrapped up in so many things that they don't have a lot of time to think of their life and what they REALLY want to do with it. Technology has got such a tremendous grip on the human race that it just eliminates parts of our lives. With TV's in place with who knows how many channels, socializing about what happened in the day is not as common. People these days say they have their hands full with so many things to do, but I think that's partly because they choose to be. We don't need to have all the brand new electronics that are out in stores. I myself don't have cable or satellite TV, so I get about 10 channels. People are always saying I'm so unlucky and that they feel bad for me, but I don't really care. I enjoy a lot of great shows throughout the week with just 10 channels. I'm perfectly happy with what I have. Yes, having over a 100 channels would be nice, but it's only a luxury not a necessity. I also don't have the latest i-pod; I have an i-pod shuffle. I had one encounter with someone asking me if I had an i-pod. I said no, at first, forgetting that I just got the shuffle. But what they said surprised me a little. They said, "That sucks." I was thinking about that for a while. I don't feel unfortunate not having a 4 GB i-pod. These electronics have already made a great impact on society. It's almost as if people absolutely NEED them.

Well, I kind of went off on a tangent. I had a lot of other things in mind when I started writing this. It's time to go now. I will continue this later, for I could be here for hours!

to be continued...

My Verse

I don't know any poems that I could write so I found some.

Lost Behind Hunger

We all have food

And think nothing of it

Else whereSomeone needs just a little bit

Oceans of clean water

In which we drink

We let it all go down the sink

Others would love just a drop

Or a chance to grow some crop

Poverty staving the world

Children crying

And families are dying

We should just take some time

Helping them is not a crime

We can hold out our hands

And be the real people of the world

Ill give an inch of my love

Pray that for them it rains from aboveI guess it’s please in what I say

Helping them on this very dayJust a little is there all

Time to help before they fall

Kirk Harper

CRYING INSIDE AND NO ONE TO CARE

WHEN I CRY I'M USUALLY ALONE

WHEN I CRY I HAVE NO ONE TO CARE

WHEN I CRY THERE IS NO ONE THERE TO HOLD ME

WHEN I CRY THERE IS NO HELPING HAND

WHEN I CRY I AM LONGING SOMEONE TO LOVE ME

WHEN I CRY I'M USUALLY ALONE

SO IF YOU SEE SOME ONE CRYING GIVE A HELPING HAND AND SHOW CARING EYES CUZ WHEN YOU CRY ALONE IT IS VERY SAD.

TANIA HERNANDEZ

Tears

wetting the eyesforming a liquid coverbecoming heavybreaking

sliding down the groovesslowing at each bump

soaking the cheeksreddening the eyes

causing bagsbringing headaches

releasing the pain

relieveing the stress

but bringing great sorrow

eyes dry up

sorrows gone

reality soaks in

nothing more can be don

natural mind stabalizer

helping reality soak in

releasing stress

helping the body

in ways nothing else can

Joshua Norton

Those are few poems that describe me. I like these poems because I like to help people out. I like helping the elderly, sick, poor, and disabled. There are many people that are homeless and it's sad. In the poem, Lost Behind Hunger by Kirk Harper, I feel so sad but in realty it's true. There are many people that would want those few table scraps that you throw out, they would want those clothes that you throw away, and that home in which you live in, when your barerly there. I feel really sad for these type of people and I want to do something to help them. In the poem, CRYING INSIDE AND NO ONE TO CARE by Tania Hernandez, many people cry everyday. They cry because something devastating happened in their love life, they cry because there sad(bad day at work) or a family member died. But many people cry because they can't support their lives or theri children because they are poor and aren't able to pay their bills. If someone that I see cries I ask why are you crying? I don't just keep walking, I stop because I don't like to see people crying. In the poem, Tears by Joshua Norton, I feel the same thing like in the previous poem. I love helping one another and try to make their lifs better. I want to make a difference in people lives all over the world.

"O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead"

-Walt Whitman

"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

-John F. Kennedy

"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

-Nathaniel Hale

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"

-Robert F. Kennedy

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

-Patton

"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed."

-Abraham Lincoln


"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

-George Washington


Duty Honor Courage
Patriotism Loyalty Respect
Discipline Tradition Obligation
Righteousness


These words go beyond their definitions. They have and will continue to mold me into one day the man I hope to be. They speak to me, and I hope that I can uphold the slef promise I have to fulfill these words.

- KYLE G

My life in a poem

Living life is something which means
An enormous amount of things,
Be it love, or loss, liberty or light,
Music is my calling.
The sound I make with six steel strings
Can bring out all within
To be seen by all, and heard by all
All my good and all my sin.
The ivories I bang my hands on
Bring out the Melody clear,
Bring out my hopes, my grief
My love, my happiness, my fear.
Long live music as I live long
Through hardships, joys and pain,
The one thing I will always have
to give and take are my favorite musical refrains.

Obviously there is little to explain. Music is what I do when I get home until I fall asleep. Music helps me express myself, and I also just love taking it in for what it's worth. I can find lyrics that connect to me and that reasures me that there is someone out there who is going through what I am. It just makes my day go a lot easier.
-Peter

Verse

Wow, that quotation was amazing. It's so true too. I mean, people who write poetry just because they want to be cute is redicoulous (I know, spelling...), to write poetry and really mean what you write is another thing. I used to think I poetry needed to rhyme, or else it was not considered poetry. That was until I started writing from my heart. Now I write about the things that I'm feeling and the people and things that make me happy, and sad, in the deepest part of me. Do I like my poetry to rhyme? Absolutely. But it is not a necessity (I know, spelling...). I believe that poetry is a way to express the way you feel about something that puts no limit on your feelings. If that makes any sense. I mean, sure, you can vent something out by screaming, but how far does that get you? A sore throat and angry parents. Poetry and song-writing make your feelings easier to express how you feel (sorry, no other word would really work there), and you can use metaphors so you can make it look like something on the outside, but have deeper feelings and emotions under the words.

This is a poem I have been writing. I put it on my project over the summer, ( I forget the name of it.... WAIT, I LIED...) self expression, that's the one! I never read it out loud in class, cause I thought it was bad. I guess you will have to see now for yourself...

Life’s Too Short

Life's too short, to say the least,
You've got to roll with the punches and take the heat,
Not be so uptight with the littlest things,
Be more happy with the little wonders life brings,
Just be happy with what you have,
Count your blessings and don't be so sad,
You could be sick or be getting beat,
Or you could be living out there on the street,

Be happy that you have friends who care,
And you're right sometimes life isn't fair,
But don’t take for granted every day you're alive,
You could wake up every morning struggling to survive,
To understand that your days here are numbered,
To have to bear all of the weight you've encumbered,

So please do not tell me that you’re sick of life,
Be happy for all of your laughter and strife,
Because life's too short, to say the least,
You've got to roll with the punches, and keep the beat.

I wrote that because I have a friend who is dying because of something that he can't control, and he makes the best out of every day life gives him. Some people find him rather intimidating, but that's just the way he is. He doesn't feel sorry for people who don't deserve to be pitied. I think because I understand why, I wrote this. Things could be worse, and remember that there is always someone out there worse off then you.

~Victoria

Poetry of Life

Pretty much, I think this quote is one of the coolest I have ever read. I mean, I see quotes a lot. Some catch my eye, some don't. Some speak to me, some don't. Usually, even if I don't like the quote so much, I sit back and I think about it. Maybe I read it outloud, mumble it a bit to myself... break it apart. This one just flows.

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion." It's true. We don't do it because it's cute (well, I don't anyway. If I thought it was cute, I would have gotten all the dudes long ago... kidding). We do it because we want people to see things from different points of view. We do it so we can get out our ideas on everything so we can just live in the moment, live for the passion.

"But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." It's true. I believe in true love. That may sound really corny and totally off topic, but it's totally true. True love is one thing that we live for. Just finding that one person that can make our world shine. That's what I want. There's beauty in everything. When I get sad, I try to find the beauty in something to focus all my energy on. Last night, I was riding in the car and I just looked into the sky and watched. I wasn't watching for anything in particular, it just sort of fit with the music. It's just that stars calm me down. ("It's just that pretending calms me down"-A Softer World) If you find something that's pretty (not just some boy or girl) and really focus on it, you forget about everything that's wrong. Or, I do anyway.

"That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." Wake up. Figure out that you can change something. I would talk to my friends about something that would happen in Iraq or Uganda and they would just look at me and not even have an ounce of emotion. I would ask them why. They would say, "Because I don't like getting myself depressed about things that have nothing to do with me." Seriously? It has everything to do with you. You shouldn't just worry about what's going on right outside your door.

Pretty much my life goals aren't to get famous. They're not to be a billionaire. I just want to be happy that I'm alive. All those little moments when you're a teenager where you know where you are, you know who you are and you know what you're doing... I want that when I'm fifty. Writing a best seller novel would be kick arse too. I also want to make a difference. Genocide needs to stop. Right now. Just stop killing your own people. That would be pretty good too.

(So this isn't a "verse" persay... but it sums up everything that being alive for me... currently... is about. It may be lame and no one may read it because it's by Pete Wentz, but no one really gives him credit for how intelligent and original he is. Everyone just thinks he's a hawtee. Check out the inside before the outside.)
"Here's to the kids. The kids who would rather spend their night with a bottle of whiskey & Patrick or Sonny playing on their headphones than go to some vomit-stained high school party. Here's to the kids whose 11:11 wish was wasted on one person who will never be there for them. Here's to the kids whose idea of a good night is sitting on the hood of a car, watching the stars. Here's to the kids who never were too good at life, but still were wicked cool. Here's to the kids who listened to Fall Out Boy and Hawthorne Heights before they were on MTV...and blame MTV for ruining their life. Here's to the kids who care more about the music then the haircuts. Here's to the kids who have crushes on a stupid lush. Here's to the kids who hum "A Little Less 16 Candles A Little More Touch Me" when they're stuck home, dateless, on a Saturday night. Here's to the kids who have ever had a broken heart from someone who didn't even know they existed. Here's to the kids who have read The Perks of Being A Wall Flower & didn't feel so alone after doing so. Here's to the kids who spend their days in photobooths with their best friend. Here's to the kids who are straight up smartasses & just don't care. Here's to the kids who speak their mind. Here's to the kids who consider screamo their lullaby for going to sleep. Here's to the kids who second-guess themselves on everything they do. Here's to the kids who will never have 100 percent confidence in anything they do, and to the kids who are okay with that. Here's to the kids. This one's not for the kids, who always get what they want, But for the ones who never had it at all. It's not for the ones who never got caught, But for the ones who always try and fall. This one's for the kids who didnt make it, We were the kids who never made it. The Overcast girls and the Underdog Boys. Not for the kids who had all their joys. This one's for the kids who never faked it. We're the kids who didn't make it. They say "Breaking hearts is what we do best," And, "We'll make your heart be ripped of your chest" The only heart that I broke was mine, When I got My Hopes up too too high. We were the kids who didnt make it. We are the kids who never made it." (here's to us)"-Pete Wentz

my verse...

Why were we placed
upon this hard dreary rock
just sitting here
going in circles?

Do I have meaning?
Why should I be dreaming?
I am just mortal;
it all ends.

Whatever I do
may make some dent
on someone, somewhere,
somehow.

But there mortal to!
Nothing I do will ever truly last.
I'm a mortal talking
to mortals.

This is the attitude
of many a person
living for who?
just themselves.

I am differrent however;
I'm different forever!
I don't live for me
and my pleasure.

I am a Christian;
a follower of Christ!
I have purpose:
a reason to live!

There is something much bigger
than any of us.
Something our minds
can barely grasp.

An almighty God
who feels and loves
who wants us;
who longs to draws us close.

I'm living for Him
not myself anymore
no one else has
what He gives.

I know when I die
it is not a goodbye
but hello to
a brand new life.

So for now I'll just try
to honor Him
and not I
and with all my strength
put Him first.

I think poems have alot of meaning and even if you don't see it at first once you think alot about it then you understand a new meaning or something else in it you didn't know was there. My goals are to finish high school with good grades then to go to a good college and finish. Then I would like to get a job. I used to always want to be a hairdresser since I was in first grade and I remember making a story on what we wanted to be. So, since then I wanted to be a hairdresser and have my own buissness doing that along with nails there too. But now I am starting to think maybe I should do something else instead like something that would help people or animals. I like writing poetry and I wrote one about my grandma when she died last month. It was about memories with her.

Melissa Roff

Throughout my life i want to make a difference. I don't just want to be happy and carefree, settling for whatever people tell me. I want to always be striving to change or make something better. Never to be satisfied with something that could become greater or be fixed. Who knows why I am here on Earth but I am here for a reason, everybody is. Maybe i will find the cure for cancer, or maybe you might. I could start the end of all wars, somehow who knows or i can make a difference in ending homelessness or global warming. Maybe this english environmental project will inspire me to continue making that problem or other problems better. I may just be a drop of water in the ocean, but i'll make a ripple.

the verses of life

The general population is totaly busy and stressed over there lives. When somebody falls or drops something all over the floor, 1 out of 10 people would stop and help the person pick up or help them in there time of need. More people in small towns will help out people, but in big citys like NYC, the odds of somebody helping someone is very slim. Everyone thinks "well sombody else will get it." i know your probably like were is she going with this? Emily Dickensons poem "If I could stop one heart from breaking" sums it up.





Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson -
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto its nest
I shall not live in vain.





So if the world was one big poem and everything and everyone had a verse, I think that one would be mine. When we had to do the summer reading project when you had to pick 3 poems and do a project about yourself, this was one of the poems I used and I think it goes well with this topic. I wish/ want my life to represent this in the society that we live in. Its important that somebody is there who cares for people and who can actually help someone rather than always think about themselves.

I think this quote is saying how the world is just like one big puzzle, or poem, and each human being on it contributes to the entire thing. Every single job, relates to other people and other jobs and the world would not work as well if all people didnt do what their supposed to do. Also, we do things because they have meaning not just for no particular reason. Poetry and writing can give people inspiration to do the things they do. Poetry is also like an escape from the the insane amount of things that people these days are doing.


All Paths Lead To You

Life is a challenge – meet it.
Life is a gift – accept it.
Life is an adventure – dare it.
Life is a sorrow – overcome it.
Life is a tragedy – face it.
Life is a duty – perform it.
Life is a game – play it.
Life is a mystery – unfold it.
Life is a song – sing it.
Life is an opportunity – take it.
Life is a journey – complete it.
Life is a promise – fulfill it.
Life is a love – embrace it.
Life is a beauty – praise it.
Life is a spirit – release it.
Life is a struggle – fight it.
Life is a puzzle – solve it.
Life is a goal – achieve it.
-Kat Mercado

This poem sums up what we should work for in life. When your faced with a challenge, find out a way to overcome it. You should love the life you live because it is a gift. Take the adventures and don't let sorrow bring you down. Do what you have to do but always have fun, ask questions. Don't let good oppurtunities pass and go for the things you want. Appreciate the love and beauty in the world, take the good with the bad and fight the pain. Work together, and acheive everything you want to in life. You only live once, so make your life a good one.

Life in a Limmerick

I’ll enjoy my life, in mirth I will soak
I won’t, I say, fret ‘bout death, or being broke
Because after all is done
After all the fun
Eventually, we’ll all croak

~Tyler

Verse

I love to write. When i'm writing something, i always take a while to plan out what i'm doing. I'm still deciding what my verse will be like. But i know that i definitely want to write one. My goal is to leave a mark on the world, something that i'll be remembered for, even if it's just a small thing. I often think about the kind of verse i would write, about what i could add to the world. I fantasize about the other kinds of lives i could lead other than the one i've always known. Sometimes i think about the world's problems, and i try to find where they come from. It's hard to know because there are so many different ways to change things or improve things, or just to leave something behind. It depends on what i want to do. A lot of the time i think about what if i was a president, or some kind of leader. That would be a good way to make a difference, but first i have to consider what needs to be done and how and why. For a lot of the issues i see, the solution to the problem lies at the individual level. What could really change things is if every one made small changes to their lives. So i'm still contemplating my verse.

My Verse

I am not a poem writer so instead I found three peoms that say what I feel:

Precious Children

All Children are precious,

Eager eyes, willing ears,

Lovingly nestle to be near,

Waiting patiently, a tale to hear,

All Children are precious

Charles Garcia

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Children

Children love, they laugh, they care.

Children, bless them, they know how to share.

Children try hard to be what you want,

Sometimes they can't and they start

To cry, that's when a hug or a

Kiss is the tool, no not a spanking

That's not the rule.

Children do good and children do bad,

Children are happy and children are sad.

Children must walk before they Can run,

all of us wake to the

Bright morning sun.

So cherish the children these

Treasures from God, for without

Them the Earth would be nothing

But water and sod.

Dewey Nixon

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Tiny Teachers

If we looked to our children,

So simple and pure.

If we looked to our children,

We could learn so much more.

If we looked to our children,

We could rise above.

If we looked to our children,

We could learn how to love.

If we looked to our children,

We could find a way to be free.

If we looked to our children,

We could learn how to see.

If we looked to our children,

Without being so stern.

If we looked to our children,

How much we could learn.

Cindy Kocsis

So, I guess I am most passionate about children. They always make me smile and are not afraid of what others think of them and what they look like or say for the most part. They are not afraid to diagree and voice their opinion even if it is about sharing their blocks or eating their broccoli.

I am not positively sure of what I am going to to when I get oler, but I am pretty sure that I want to work with children. I want to teach them about the world and educate them so that they can eventually lead our world. Even though they probably teach the adults more than the adults teach the children.

I think that choldren are pretty amazing and I could just sit and watch them all of the time. I am always looking for excuses to go over to my neighbors house, where there is a 7-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy. They are both very smart and are interesting to watch.
They will jump and laugh when they are happy and kick and scream at each other when they are upset. The girl will sing out, not afraid of me or her mom hearing her child voice. The boy will push around his sister's stroller, not caring that it is a "girl's toy"...even though he may not know this.

I also see the child's way of exprssing themselves at my church when all of the children go up for the "Children's Time" because all of the kids will...at one time or another) voice their opinion. They are not shy to take the stage and speak out.

I wish that everyone was like a children in that they voice their opinion. I do know that sometimes this can lead to contraversy, but I also know that other times it can lead to discussions and changes. I have friends who will just simply go along with everyone else and nicely agree even if they wish to say something else. These same friends will become angry with me that I disagreed with them and spoke out against them. Ovbiously they will not say things to my face so nothing ever gets resolved. I would rather get into a fight and talk about things than have to think about what happened the day before everytime I see them.

So, to sum it all up, my opinion is that everyone should have a voice and say what they feel, not just repeat what others say. They should be truthful, kind of how children are. (I am not trying to say that we should act like children with temper tantrums and jumping up and down when we are excited. But, we should live life to the fullest and speak out with what we have to say.) I think that children are very important to our society because after all, they are our future generation.

Verses

If i could write a verse to a poem that could change the way people think, it would be one that would make people look deep inside themselves an find out who they really are. Im so tired of people thinking that they know who they are, and it is completely not. I am sick of people being fake, people need to find out who they are and be that person, we are how we are for a reason. my poem would make people really think about the way they live, act, and treat others. maybe the kids whoo are big "tough guy" who think they can do whatever they want will realize this isnt who they really dont want to be like that. Or maybe kids who are very smart but choose not to use thier intelligence because of fear to be picked on for beeing "the smart kid", will realize thats dumb, these kids can be our future scientists. this could really help change the world because people can miss out on oppurtunities to really do good in life, just because they dont know who they really are. A new generation of kids who really know who they are, can help make the future a better place.

Verses

If I could write a verse that would change the world, It would have to be about curing many severe diseases. My grandma has Alzheimer's, and My Grandfather died of Cancer when he was 56. Many diseases have taken a severe focus in my life. I think that Alzheimer's disease is very cruel because when you get it, you start to lose all your motor functions, and you lose your memeroy, and pretty soon you can't walk or talk, or even remember what you had for dinner yesterday. The only thing that you can remember is what happened whe you were really young. Cancer is also really bad, but it is not as cruel as Alzheimers. I think that if i could create a cure for Alzheimer's and Cancer, I could destroy a lot of sadness and greif in the world. When you think about how many families are affected by Alzheimers or Cancer, it could make a huge difference in the world. Many of the people that lose somebody loved at a young age are traumatized for a long time. i think that if i could eliminate those diseases from the world, the world would be a lot better place. Myself alone i have 2 people in my family that have or had the disease already. So, many diseases take a huge toll in everybody's daily life. and even if you are lucky enough to have no one in your family that has one of these diseases, you know someone that does have a disease.

Peace,
Christian

My Verse

My verse in life is one that I do now think can be described, and right now, is simply a dream. I believe that the world is unsalvageable and that any attempt to do so is futile. It might have been once, but we have so polluted and destroyed the environment that such a feat is no longer possible. Human nature of greed and selfishness has destroyed the possibility of such an outcome. Personally I think that animals could adapt and its probably a good thing that we will be gone. We are a but blip in the lifespan of the earth but we, through the very nature of our being, this beast, has conquered that which many in the past have wondered upon and thought to be the equivalence of eternity, an unconquerable and malevolent creation, the Earth. In this downward spiral I feel like I must contribute to the change. I must maximize the lives of people so they can exist a lifetime in a few years. The walls of society must be torn down, for they are merely representatives of human hatred. Countries differentiate themselves, while they are merely immaterial and creations of thought. Things such as religion hold sway over people and have killed millions, while in reality, they mean nothing different from each other. All must embrace each other and help make what time left the best possible. Money, society, and all “political correctness” must be thrown aside in a bloody heap and all must work towards the goal of improving the individual, and those around them. No one should have to do anything they don’t want to after all options are presented to them. Only when this happens and morality is allowed to sort itself out, will human nature be defeated and before we hit oblivion, a peace will be reached(allusion to TKAM). In this big picture I simply wish to enjoy my life and help others enjoy theirs. Maybe even hope to be a catalyst in these events.

Versing in a Limmerick

I’ll enjoy my life, in mirth I will soak
I won’t, I say, fret ‘bout death, or being broke
Because after all is done
After all the fun
Eventually, we'll all croak

~Tyler

There are many things going wrong with the world of today. There is world hunger, sickness, poverty. Planet earth itself is even sick. The human race is polluting and destroying our plantet without care. There is so many possibilties to fix these problems. The world peom of 2007 is incredibly sad. The little world peace we have in this world prevents the coming together of nations to help solve these world problems. Global warming is problem not justinvloving the united states or any specific nation but the entire world. We all live on and are responsible for the future of the planet. If the wars of the world ended the brain storming of hundreds of countries and billions of people would take place. With the money the U.S. is spending alone on the War with Iraq and afganistan the untied sates could convert all registered vehicals to run on ethinal, a idea that would cut emmisions astrnomicaly. if there is one thing i know i will praticipate in the the future, it will be to help prevent this planet from spiral even further downhill then it already is. That is my verse.

Life's Hard.

Life hard, yes hard. But how do you explain hard?


Hard~ something you do when you don't want to but have to
something that seems impossible but really is only a thought away


So really hard doesn't exist unless you make it ...... so how do you make it hard?


To make something hard~being lazy and not doing it right the first time
not having the determination to do it
OR
not doing it at all then having to explain becomes the hard part


Life
By Caitlin Hurley

You'd think life would be easy. With nothing butLife to live, work to do, school to go to,But people make everything so difficult.Maybe if Hercules was here to saveThe world from pain and loss it wouldn't beSo bad. Why must people live on other's pain?Take their souls and hurt them beyond redemption?Why must we take our lives for granted andForget to live? Maybe life is too hard.Maybe our reason for living is not toLive. Who knows. We all end face up in theGround to look up at heaven and see the stars.So maybe they only wait for death to takeThem. Why do people forget to dance the dance?Afraid to miss a step and fall into theShadows of the abyss? Afraid to live a lifeAnd then lose it all to one misstep andFall to nothing and disappear. Tell me whyLife is so hard, so full of pain, so fullOf hurt. Tell me why we forget to live.




Life is hard if you make it hard.

My Piece in the Puzzle

This quote means to me that all people are connected like stanzas in a poem, a verse of a song, or a piece in a puzzle. All of them are different, and some of them look or sound better then others, but by themselves they are meaningless. It is only when they are pieced together that they are significant.

I believe that everyone has the ability to shape their verse to decide how they fit in with others' and how they will contribute to the over all poem. well everyone includes me so this is what i want my verse to be like (i will write it regularly now and probably make it poetic later). i want to be able to express myself and make people think, to ponder, to question, to laugh, to enjoy life. how i intend to do this i still dont know exactly. Writing, singing, acting i dont care i love all of them, prefferably something that pays fairly well because i cant make people think if i am dead or lying in a gutter. i also like to be noticed. i know it sounds self centered but what can i say, i have alwaysed enjoyed the limelight. i also want to help spread tolorence because i hate those who are intollorent of others for no good reason (yay hypocracy!).

Langston Hughes once wrote a poem entitled Moto (see bottom of post) . this was his verse in the poem. i hope that i will be able to phrase mine as articulately and sesinktly as he does but for now i will have to be a bit wordy.

Motto

I play it cool
And dig all jive.
That’s the reason
I stay alive.
My motto,
As I live and learn,
is:
Dig And Be Dug
In Return.

poetry...

If I had a verse in a poem it would be very calm and relaxing. I dont really obsses over a lot of things and I am very laid back. It would probably be about all of things going on with poverty. Thre are so many poor people in the world and I hate to see people unhappy. I would like to do something to help that. I would donate money and do charity work to help people. I know not everything in the world can have a "once upon a time" beggining or a fairy tale ending but there are possibilities to improve the many problems of society. Peolple arent doing enough to help the people that really need it. We dont realize how much we have until we see people that dont have it. There are some people that cant even afford to stay in a warm shelter for the night. Some people are doing the right thing and helping out these people by giving them food and shelter, but there could be so many more. If I were to help people in need I would feel like I have accomplished something big. I have done something to help other people and maybe even made someone much happier. It is easy to enjoy life and be happy when you have everything you hope for, but when you dont have even the things you need to survive than it makes it much harder. Help make someones day and dont just forget about the people that are less fortunate than you, especially during the holiday season. Give gifts to people that cant afford them, feed people the Christmas dinner they have always hoped for, and let them know that someone cares about them.

poem

The verse that i would contribute to the poem would be about understanding people better. I dont think people know enough about cultures other than there own. It always seems as if people dont care about the rest of the world unless its something bad like a war. I want to help people learn about other culture because if we know more about people that live in cultures that are differeent than are own we could get along with them better. For example, in school if you dont really know anything about someone, you probably wouldnt like or care about them. But, if you took the time to get to know them you could become friends. So, i think that if we got to know other cultures better the world would be a better place. I also think that if everyone got along better than we could really do something to help the environment, because its everyones planet so we would need everyone to work together in order to save it. One of my goals is to help myself and others experience and learn more about the rest of the world.

tile here

Life is a roller coaster. At times life may be fun and exiting, full of joy and good times. At others..not so much, the hard times will come the hard times will last, but keep going don't stop because life his hard, but at the other side of the hardship is the "fun and exciting, full of joy and good times."

In Life every one should set goals or standards for themselves, if you goof up that's alright though just be sure to get up, shake it of, and keep on going. In life you will have hard times, and obstacles that will try to stop you from accomplishing your goals, but the key is to over come these obstacles..."If your going through hell keep on going cause you might get out before the devil even knows your there" this is a quote from the song going through hell by Rodney Atkins.

My goal in life is to be the best person that I can be . And to live a full life with accomplishments that can help change the world (in good ways) in ways that people never even imagined.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

This quote's meaning, i think, is kind of similar to the quote "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women are players." Both of them are saying that everyone in this world has a part to contribute to the world; the "play" cannot function without the full effort of everyone in the world. it also means that everyone has a passion for certain things in life and that they must use this passion to make the world a better place.

If everyone must contribute, that includes myself. I must use my passion for things in life to make the world a better place. I must input my "verse," and, in doing that, contribute to the grand scheme of things. My verse, my input, my part is determined by what I have passion for. Some of these things are my faith, fair treatment of everyone ("all men are born equal"), and making life easier for the common man (and woman) without causing the earth to decay. I also have a passion to think, to ponder, to wonder, to marvel at, to examine all the things of the world, and notice, What is wrong and what is right? What is good and what is not? What should be and what should not? By using my passion for these things, I can contribute to the world an environmentalist, an engineer, a philosopher, a poet, a thinker, an actor, a player! I can contribute myself, my passion for morality, my love for art.

I hope to be able to use my passion for all of these things to be able to make the world a better place. I hope to become an actor, so I can realy express myself the way I prefer. If that doesn't work however, I would like to beome an engineer or architect, so I could make life easier for the common man. I would love to be able to make dthe man enjoy life, have liberty, and be alloweda chance to pursue happiness.

I am a painter with a pen.

"The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensly for the reading of it."

I am an artist, a painter.
My pen is my brush, the empty page is my easel containing whole worlds and universes,
Everything from the dust on my typewriter to the vast openness of the sky.
Pen brushes page, creating pictures in the form of avid adventures and captivating chronicles.
My spine tingles with the rush of thought, the pen itching in my hand.
Rush, write, relax, repeat, rush, write, relax, repeat.
I am an artist.
I am a painter with a pen.
~by me
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Taunted, haunted,
Troubled, hurt,
But she doesn't feel it.
Laughed at, pointed at,
Talked about behind raised hands,
But she doesn't see it.
Her mind is back with her keys.
Her eyes see in between the lines,
In between the lies.
She looks at the sky and she sees opportunity.
She looks at the ground and sees a new place to tread on, to think on.
She may not have what the others do,
Ignorant bliss, hidden from truth.
She may not jump around on the swingset
Or play King of the Mountain on the slide,
Bt she will never be alone.
She will always have her keys.
~ by me
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The Poets

O ye dead Poets, who are living still
Immortal in your verse, though life be fled,
And ye, O living Poets, who are dead
Though ye are living, if neglect can kill,
Tell me if in the darkest hours of ill,
With drops of anguish falling fast and red
From the sharp crown of thorns upon your head,
Ye were not glad your errand to fulfil?
Yes; for the gift and ministry of Song
Have something in them so divinely sweet,
It can assuage the bitterness of wrong;
Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
-by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If you haven't guessed yet, my ultimate passion is writing. I love to write, I live to recount my tales to the world. I never go anywhere without a pen and a notebook. At dinner, my parents will yell at me for not paying attention or being unsocial, but I barely ever hear them as I scratch ideas onto napkins.
Life is short. I know that, and I try to live like it. I don't mean being totally paranoid that the whole world could blow up tomorrow, as one of my favorite quotes states: "The world isn't going to end today...it's already tomorrow in Australia!" I try to live because I only have one shot at this world. I want to do something great, not necessarily something big. Something I will be proud of. I try not to stress about things too much; I meditate daily and keep a journal to sort out my thoughts. So what if I fail a quiz? On the grand scheme of things, it isn't all that important. Life is worth living. What to live for, that's different for everyone. For me, it's for writing. That's what the quote at the beginning of this post means, really. It really describes me, and writers and reading altogether.
I write to speak. I speak out, question, and contradict. Without my pen and paper and keys, I wouldn't be saying much at all. Not that I'm not loud and outspoken...*cough cough*
I know I'm writing kind of strangely right now--I have a lot of ideas and I'm just putting them down, I'm not really sorting them out. So it may seem like I'm ending kind of choppily. But I think I've said everything I wanted to say. At least, I hope so. D:

Hard

If I was a verse in the poem I would be the part to sustain life. I would be this part because I do not want to die or anyone to die that doesn’t have. An example of someone dyeing when they don’t have to is when they are first born they do not have do they were just born they have not even said hi to the world before they were taken from it again. I would like to change this because this just kills parents to have a child then loss it faster then they had it. This has happened to my aunt and uncle it was extremely said because he died before they could even take him home. I would want to change this because then no one would have to die immaturely.

The Purpose Of Lifeeee =]

The quote that was staded seems as if it is correct in my opinion.
I feel passionatly about love because it can withstand anything. I think that it is the strongest thing that we have in the world. Love is in relationships, romances, friendships, families and in every person there is love. So, it's pretty important.
I think the meaning of life is to be happy and make others happy also. I like to share the joy. I like being a very positive and outgoing person because having those qualities gives me the ability to make someone smile, which I like. Passion, happiness and love all go together. If someone has passion for something important then they will be happy. And since they're happy they'll share their love with others. It's a great process if you ask me. I think everyone should enjoy life because when you look back on it, it is very short. I'm only fourteen and though to me it feels like I've been in this world for a long time, I know that I haven't and my real journey has a long way before it ends.

The quote says: "But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."

Poetry comes in all forms of writing. Pure poetry, literature in books, songs and music are all works of art called poetry. People can understand it and think about it and love it. They live for it because it has passion which is what every human being strives to have and accomplish.

These and many other things contain beauty. Beauty is inside of everybody. I'm not talking about beauty on the outside, though it's nice, but I am talking about what is really important which is being beautiful and wonderful and imaginative inside. This is passionative again, which makes people love it.

Romance is something that just about everyone wants. Someone in their life to love and charish and talk to and listen to and understand. Getting to know that one person deep inside is so fufilling. Romance has passion and love which is why everybody wants to find it.

But the real thing everyone want to find is love. Because it is the root of all that is good. With love comes more passion than anything, more emotions that anything, more feeling than anything and more fufillment than anything. Love is something that everyone tries to achieve and if absolutely everyone wants to find it, then there must be something great, terrific and unexplainable behind it. So everyone should share the love in this world. Because with love, comes everything. It is the meaning of life. Love, is what leads to happiness, strength, accomplishment, friendship, poetry, beauty, romance, bringing people together, and it is the one thing that can be shared with everyone. It is amazing.

Poetry

Life is filled with an astounding amount of problems and solutions. The human drive is to be happy, to feel important, to feel worth. Whether you find this worth in love, entertainment or achievements, this is what humans live for. Reaching out with passion and want, we all want to complete the tasks set before us. These "goals" are what keeps everything in motion.
As a teenager we are faced with problems that we have to face on our own. Rationalizing on our own and stretching out to whatever distance to achieve that goal, to fill the empty void, to feel worth. The idea that the whole world is a poem waiting to be written is strange and so i ask, where is your verse?
If i were to contribute a verse to this all surrounding poem it would be based on Og Mandino quote "I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
My verse is "Life has it's ups and downs, Building up and getting torn down, But I have worth and I will keep my head up high while I strive to complete this task, to become a champion."

My Purpose In This Life

"But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. "

Love. That is my purpose.
To both love to live and live to love.
For it is love that makes life worth living.
Poetry, beauty, and romance all are oppertunities for this thing we call love to enter our lives.
But we must take those oppertunities and use them.
Love is the only magic still left in this cruel world.
Without it, breathing is second nature, a flower is just a flower, life is sn expectation.
But with it, a breath is appreciated, a flower is a symbol, life is a gift.
Love can make the impossible, possible.
Love is a force.
It is a powerful force inside all of us.
Some are too scared that one day it will be lost.
But it is worth the risk.
I will take the risk, again and again, and know it is worth every tear.
To make love empower hate, that is my purpose.
Loving is my purpose.


Now on a less poetic note...

I have many life goals. Several of these goals are personal...I hope to change someones life, I hope to make a example of myself, I hope to see the world, I hope to save a life, I hope to enjoy my career, I hope to learn something new each and every day, I hope to learn from my mistakes, I hope to adopt a needy child, I hope to be accomplished, I hope to try new things, I hope to skydive, I hope to write a novel, I hope to be in a band, I hope to be a good mother. But these are just goals concerning me. I also like to think that every person has a purpose to being alive, every person will impact the world in one way or another. I hope to impact the world in a positive way. I don't know yet how I will, and at my age, I'm not sure anyone does.
Generally though, I hope I can make a change. I want to prevent global warming as much as a single person can. I want to protest war and encourage peace. I want to be educated enough to inform my children and my friends on what we can all do to better this world. The human race is at a turning point and it is up to my generation to change it. The media has already done a great job on influencing pop culture to be more important than world issues. I'm sure more kids in this school know about Paris Hilton than they do the kids in Darphur. Is that right? No! So I hope to do as much as I can do to help, to change, to not just accept things the way they are but to question them. That's my purpose in life.

LIFE PURPOSESSSS!!!!!!!!!!! + THE PURPOSE OF LIFE!!!!!!!!

I agree with the quote, " But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." I believe one should try to focus on these things in life, because these are the things that make life worth living. Without love and happiness, or beauty and romance, what would there be? Work, duty, and an endless cycle of monotony, with nothing to enjoy or divide time besides night and day. Therefore, my primary goal in life is to be happy, and hopefully in that process make others happy.
Though I want to be an overall happy person, I do not want to be the kind of person that has to always appear happy even she is not. I don't want to live a fake life, I want people to see me as I truly am. So, if I'm not happy on a particular day, or week, or month, I don't want to be fake happy to make others more comfortable or happy. Many people I know are so busy trying to make others happy that they forget themselves. They put others before themselves and forget how to make themselves happy.
Also, I want to be remembered for always being myself, and being confident and happy with that person. I want to be remembered for the lives I hope to change in a positive way. I do not want to be remebered for the size of my house, or the type of car I own. True happiness does not come with material possesions, so I never want to value something material over something that is living and can truly make myself and others happy. Furthermore, I hope to have a carreer doing something I love, rather than for money. I do not want to be remembered as the person who had every material possesion money could buy, but was never happy because she didn't love or ever take the risks that are needed in order to have a life worth living.

The idea within this poem is that everyone plays a certain part in the world and everyone has something special about them that no one else has. This poem sends a good message because a lot of people don't think that they can do anything to help the world, but just little things help people everyday. Everyone has to contribute what they can to help. People need to find out who they are, and what they are good at. This poem also means that people need to do what they can to help others, and be kind to others. just being nice to a person can brighten their day and then they can brighten other people's days and the kindness can spread. I'm not exactly sure what my verse would be, but I don't want to try to be like everyone else like so many kids these days. I think the poem below, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is a great poem because it shows to take a different path and do what you belive is right.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I--I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost^^^


-Katie Schultz

Christmas

Christmas is my favorite holiday of the entire year. My family normally goes down to North Carolina for Christmas break. The car ride always seems to take forever. It takes 12 hours with light traffic. My mom and dad take turns driving while me and my brother are stuck in the back seat with the dog in the very back. If is cramped and uncomfortable, especially when my 6ft tall brother wants to lay down and take a nap. The first few hours of the trip arn't that bad because we leave at five in the morning so I just sleep. But right around the 6 hour mark I run out of things to do and get really bored. I even started looking at people's license plates once to see if I could find all fifty states, I found all of them except Alsaka. Once the ride down is over we go to my aunt's house where the majority of my dad's intermediate family is already staying. We normally have a small dinner and then my brother, my cousin, and me share the room up on the 3rd floor. The days before Christmas are spent going to the mall down there, hanging out with relatives, and preping for the big Christmas Eve feast. It is an Italian tradition to have 7 different courses of fish the night before Christmas. So the entire day is spent in the kitchen getting everything ready for that night. When we all finally sit down for dinner there is tons of dishes of food litering the table. There is calamari with just the right amount of breading, warm homemade crab cakes that are just barely spicy, and clam and mussels ready to soak in as much butter as I want. Then we have flounder with a zesty lemon maranade, fat stuffed squid (which I still don't have the guts to try), jumbo shrimp with pasta, and as for the rest I normally to stuffed to even eat. That night I go to sleep pretty fast because I'm so full. In the morning I wake up and wait in the kitchen with the other early risers for everyone else to wake up. Then we all meet in the living room to see what is in our bulging stockings. I love to sit on the comfy couch by the warm brick fireplace. Everyone takes turns opening the colorful presents under the christmas tree. We take plenty of pictures to remember the day and then we let the dogs come in to open their presents and play in the huge piles of wrapping paper. It is always sad when we have to leave for the long ride home and I'm already looking forward to it the next year.

poem

The idea within the poem is everyone has a certain quaulity that they contribute to the world. Whether is good or bad. My life goals are to become a magazine layout editor for Seventeen magazine. In Seventeen i could talk to some of the other editors and they could put in an article that would help people understand what they could do for the world. People that read Sevevnteen are mostly teens and teens are the furture. they will be the ones that will have to face problems when they get older and vote and make descions on certain things so they mine as well be educated on those things. I want to get married when im older. My verse is that I wantt to be able to save the planet but not in a tree huger sense. I would like to carpool with family and co-workers. I want to live in Boston so when im there i could probably walk to places if i lived colse enough. A poem that i live by is Half the world is, "Half the world was, Half the world thinks, Half the world does." by Daegal. I want to be half of the world that does. Half of the world that contributes and not the half that sits around waiting for something to happen. if you sit around waiting for something to happen nothing ever will happen you just need to go out there and do it. You cant be scared that something bad will happen because thats what makes the world go around.

- kristin bradley

Good day scholars. Today you are going to write about the idea within this quote and what are your life goals? What will your verse be? (You may even discuss a poem you really enjoy and how it helps bring more meaning to your life.)

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, ‘O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?’ Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”

Enjoy life!

Writing Excercise #1

Greetings everyone!

We are back to 'blogging' today!Aren't you so excited?? :-)

Today is going to be a writing exercise! Yeah!!!! We are working on details and descriptions. So--write about something--your room, yourself, your favorite cartoon character, a description of your house,holiday, anything.

Then--Go back in and add detail and description--add COLOR, SMELL, TASTE, TEXTURE, TEMPERATURE. PLEASE highlight (italics, bold, whateva) the words you added to show your 'work.'

Please write this as a post so I may write to you and you may comment on others . . .constructively . . . .

Enjoy life!
Mrs. Gaboury

A Story of the Past, the Future and the Cold

Ice dances among the clouds. Everything around her is coated in clear crystal, and the world is silent. Each individual leaf, each blade of grass, is separate from the others, encased in its own little shell molded to its exact shape. These shells are their homes now, and their coffins later. As the cold seeps into them, they will wither and shrivel, yet still be held upright by the omnipresent ice. Come spring, they will be reborn anew, and raise their nonexistent heads to face the sun.

The girl turns, and walks, her feet crunching on the glassy grass and releasing a few lucky strands from their cases. The world is sparkling with an everlasting beauty that will be gone by the next day. She can barely see, and yet everything is within her view. She walks, and she thinks, of snowflakes, of family, of sweet kisses on happy days. Enveloped in the past, she is still in awe of the present, of the fragility and the quiet strength of the ice. It thinks that it will last forever and that life will remain within its grasp for eternity, yet it melts in its arrogancy and must return to freeze another day.

She wants to run inside, to fetch her camera, to preserve this day for as long as she can. But the ice keeps her out. It calls to her, and she is seduced by its silent brilliance. She knows that it will not last, and that no photograph can capture its spirit. The cold makes her skin tingle, and the absence of wind and sound makes her spine tingle. She could taste the bitter cold, but it mattered not, here in this frozen paradise. Quietly she attempted to pace, to preserve it all in her memory to look back upon. Again the ice crunched beneath her feet as she walked all around and back again, back through clouds of her own steaming breath. Finally she knew that her mind held as much as it could, and though she would miss this ice, though she knew that she would probably never see it again, she headed inside to once again meditate on the past, the future, and the cold.

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I'm really not sure what to highlight.....I just sort of wrote what was in my head. I don't know if I actually completed the task, but heck, I enjoyed it. This actually (mostly) happened to me last year - there was one morning when everything in my yard had frozen over and I just went out and walked around. It was really amazing - I was in awe the entire time. Go out in the cold sometimes, guys. It clears your mind :D

--Ali