http://www.vpfunworld.com/best-quotes-about-life/best-quotes-about-life-2/ Thursday, May 15, 2014
Battle Scars
These battle scars
They're not fading
They're never going to go away
Nothing is going to ever change
These battle scars
Represent the struggles in my life
A permanent tattoo, drawn with a knife
and a good example of how hard it is to fight.
These battle scars
Have story that's now known
Weight off my shoulders
I finally past these boulders
These battle scars
Have a representation
Showing I can make it
Giving the message that I fought my battle...
And won.
http://www.pinterest.com/pizkita/tatuajes/
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Class Poem for 2014.
Graduation day has become the final count down for our Wyoming Seniors and it's time to pick the favorite class poem. Right now the staff has chosen the top 3 favorite that have been submitted. I have gotten the privilege to actually get to read them and so far all I can say is that the competition is fierce. I have gotten the opportunity to ask one of the teachers that are involved in picking the poem how it is they pick the best one to represent this years class of 2014.
Poem #1- Lengthy
The poem has a lot of wording and is quite touching especially referring to the seniors. It more focuses of the representation Wyoming has on the rest of the community and how them as students can poor the "rich kids" wrong in their way of thinking by holding their heads high forgetting the drama and putting the negative aside. The only problem I would say with it is that it's very wordy and is kind of repetitive in a way with what the authors main focus is trying to get across.
Poem #2-Motivational
This poem is more on the focus of memories and throughout the years the change those seniors have been through, and the path they get to choose after they have the diploma in their hands. It's a pretty good length but in my opinion it's kinda sketchy and confusing. Don't get me wrong it has potential but kinda leave me wondering and wanting a bit more description and to stay on the main focus of graduation. It's very motivating seeing the P.O.V of a senior and their mentality of life and how they want to succeed.
Poem #3- Cute and Quirky
This poem is my favorite personally. It rhymed and pretty much summed up the high school experience. I mean others would think it's too simple and main stream a bit for someone to just think of things that rhyme dealing with school but this poem does good thinking outside the box. The author who wrote this has a good thought of rhythm and beat even to each line. I mean of course it's not 100% perfect but it does a good job in summing up the senior feeling to ending their 2014 year.
So now I ask Mrs.Smith and she answered some of my questions:
1.How many people submitted in all?
There were 3 poems
2.(if possible) Who are the authors in the top 3?
Not sure who the authors were. Mrs. Tran knows that information.
3.What's the process of picking the poem?
Poems were submitted to Ms. over the course of 3 weeks. We then took all the poems that were submitted and made copies of them and posted them around the school.We made sure to give each poem a name without an author so that students would not be swayed to pick someone just because they liked them better. After that we gave a # to each poem and put it to a vote on a Google form.
4.How did the voting go online?
We had 1/2 the class vote.
5.Has the competition been fierce this year?
It took a lot to get students to submit poems. We received three at the end of the 3 weeks.
6.Who will be the finalist?
# 3 won the vote
7.Was it hard to pick knowing all the students has potential?
The student vote on the poems so that we are not bias as a teacher to what student wins.
There is no rubric. We look at all of them to make sure they are appropriate then bring the vote to the senior class.
So that was Mrs.Smith P.O.V and I plan to maybe even go beyond and ask Mrs.Tran and her experience with the Class of 2014 poem contest.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
I Need You
I need you now
Please take by the hand
Stand by in my moment of need
Take time to understand
Take my hand
And lead me from this place
Chase away my doubts and fears
Wipe the tears off my face
I cannot stand alone without you
I need your hand to hold
The warmth of your gentle touch
In my world that's grown so cold
Please be the one for me
And hold me day by day
Because with your loving touch in mine
I know we'll find the way
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Poetry Contest! Win money!
So every year there is a free entry to a contest to win up to $100. The site is cosmofunnel.com entry is completely free and it's your choice from writing a haiku to sonnet to even freestyle. Sign up today and take the best poetry step of your life. See how much you are truly talented. Not only in poetry but also post your art work and stories. More contests included there as well.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Poetry Memoir
Today many author's are converting from classical or regular rhyming to poetry memoirs. It's basically telling your story through the power of poetry and a series of poems in order to tell your truthful tale of life. For example, I read a book called "Talking In The Dark" written by Billy Merrell. He covers all the topics from love, to life, to the darkness of life and down the downfalls can always be brought up. An example of his poem is:
Tattoo
When you asked if I liked it did I say No,
because I can't understand such a strange desire
to advertise in print a picture that, today you love?
Because the body is all we have? Because beauty
changes and cannot be worn forever? Did I say No,
tell you how I want to dissolve back into the earth
once I've died, have it take me back, not having revised
what I said been given? Did I push you away
because it seemed unnatural? I don't remember
what I said to you that morning as we spoke.
I knew it was a mistake, letting myself know
your skin- and later, how you wore the world,
or a favorite piece of it. I don't remember what I said, them,
but I'm glad you've shown me and glad you love
something enough to have it forever. I'm still learning to hold
something as long. To trust love, to really have it.
You gave yourself over to ink, knowing
what you wanted, and for how long
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Quote Of The Day
"For what it's worth
it's never too late
to be who you want to be.
I hope you live a life you are proud of.
And if you find that you are not,
I hope you have strength to start it over again."
~F. Scott Fitzgerald
Top 10 favorite Poets
10. Edgar Allan Poe
He was born in Boston, Mass and started writing short stories and poetry at a very young age. He struggled with depression and alcoholism and wrote what came to mind. He was famous for writing horror and detective fiction.
9. William Shakespeare
Born in Warwickshire, England wrote poetry, short stories, and plays, even participated in many. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets in all of his lifetime, all of his poetry led questions to his religion, sexuality, and authorship of his works.
8. Langston Hughes
Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri. He was an American poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. He gave out a tone of brotherhood and friendship and companionship between people, he showed that he was a proud African American.
7. Maya Angelou
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She's known across the nation for her extensive amount of talents.She's fluent in 6 languages, was a dancer, civil rights activist, film director, actress, poet, and a professor.
6. Shel Silverstein
Was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a very talented poet, musician, song writer, cartoonist, and author of children's books. He sometimes liked to call him "Uncle Shelby" in some of his works. He had a very hard life deal with the death of his two daughters at a very young age but that's what kept inspired to write for children.
5. W.H Auden
He was born in York, England. He was an Anglo-American poet, his main topics when writing his poetry where love, politics ad citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, and the impersonal world of nature.
4. Sandra Cisneros
Born in Chicago, Illinois. She is famous for her stories and poetry. Before becoming a writer she was a professor and a councilor at a high school for dropouts. Her writing is very much influenced by her Mexican-American culture.
3. Sylvia Plath
She was born in Boston, Mass. She was an American poet, but she suffered from sever depression throughout her life time and was treated several times and was taken to mental hospitals during her time in high school. She wrote a lot of depressing poetry and expressed her ways through pen and paper. Eventually while living in London she committed suicide.
2. Emily Dickson
She was born in Amherst, Mass. She had a very unique taste when it came to poetry especially for the era, when she wrote she contained short lines, and often used slant rhyme, also unconventional capitalization and punctuation.
1. E.E Cummings
Born in Cambridge, Mass. He was an American poet, painter, essayist, and a playwright. In his lifetime he has written about 900 poems, including 2 novels and several plays and essays. His poems focused more on love and nature as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and the world.
http://www.poetrysoup.com/biography
Sunday, February 2, 2014
About Me
My name is Jasmine and I'm 16. I'm a passionate writer and poet. I love to write how I feel at the time and inspire along the way. I'm from Grand Rapids and my parents are Mexican decent. I have a sister who's 10 and a crazy wild dog named Buddy. I have had a long and bumpy journey through life, but stay strong and never giving up. I write my own poems, they are never taken from anyone, I write what's in my heart and soul. I range from gory to romance to the intensity of feelings at the moment. I have been threw it all from depression and anxiety. I take each day a step at a time and I write to replace the harm I take to heart. All of my poems and the poems I read are related to my situations, some will be happy others can range. I can only hope that you enjoy and connect to my pain and we can get through this journey of life together.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Quote Of The Day
"Poetry is like bread, it must be shared by everyone, the men of letter and peasants, by everyone in our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of man." ~Pablo Neruda
Inside
Are the words I never said,
The feelings that I hide,
The lines you never read
You can see it in my eyes
Read it on my face
Trapped inside are lies of the past I can't replace
With memories that linger
Won't seem to go away
Why can't I be happier?
Today's a brand new day
The yesterday's are over,
Even though the hurting is not
Nothing lasts forever, I must cherish what I've got
Don't take my love for granted,
for soon it'll be gone
All you ever wanted of love you thought you won
The hurt I'm feeling now, won't disappear over night
But someday, somehow,
Everything will turn out alright
No more wishing for the past
It wasn't meant to be
It didn't seem to last,
All I can do is set myself free
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