Writing Poetry

This unit we learned how to annotate poems, write poems, and about figurative and literary terms.

Poems

Alone to Think

I was born on February 22, 2005, that makes me a Pisces

Not quite sure what that tells me

I don't know how to dance

I'm a sucker for good music

Music is the water for the flowers growing in my head

I'm still learning to express myself

I’m often on tik tok laughing

I like laughing...a lot

I've been told that I get really quiet like a turtle, unable to form a good sentence

Secretly I just feel alone and want some time

I have this old fascination with being alone with myself and thinking

Hi, my name is Melissa

I enjoy laughing with friends and playing sports

But I don't allow myself to say how I'm feeling so I lie

I have good friends and a good family

My hobbies are spending too much time on tik tok, and netflix

I don't know much, but I do know this

I know people will be there for me

I know something good will come out of everything

I know to take risks.

^Our first poem mainly using metaphors and similes. We were asked to write about what our life is about using metaphors and similes. Write about what we enjoy and what makes us happy.

The Memory

Up the thirteen steps

Down the short bright hallway

The door open slowly

With one step you enter into the room

Your feet warm from the carpet as soft as snow

You see the mess of paints scattered in the corner

The pictures taped so the memories stay

You take a glance around the room is messy

The room is messy like only animals lived there

But the room is unique once you really look

The paintings on the wall that make the room feel it’s own

The room smells of a candle that melting away like ice in the hot sun

The smell of sweet flowers escaping into the rest of the house

The blankets you pick up are soft then folded into perfect squares

The mirror clear as day never forgetting every moment

Never forgetting each laugh and each night that faded away

You hear the noise of a family downstairs

One cooking the other laughing

The memories made that won’t be forgotten, not at all.

^Our second poem focusing more on using the six senses. We focused on writing about a memory or a special place in your life. Describing it using the six senses.

What I Think

Just because I am young

Doesn’t mean I’m immature

Doesn’t mean I can’t handle things

Doesn’t mean I don’t know what I’m doing

I am intelligent

Just because I am a girl

Doesn’t mean I can't play sports

Doesn’t mean I don’t understand

Doesn’t mean I literally lose it when something bad happens

Doesn’t mean I am not a hard worker

I am an athlete

Just because I don’t talk a lot

Doesn’t mean I am sad

Doesn’t mean I’m mad

Sometimes it takes the effort I don’t have

I am tired

Just because I look happy

Doesn’t mean I always am

Doesn’t mean my smile is always fake

Doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion

I am loyal

Just because I laugh a lot

Doesn’t mean I can control my laughing

Doesn’t mean I don’t pay attention

Doesn’t mean I have a lot of friends

I am good person

^Using lots of figurative language. we wrote about what makes us us, and what we are proud of.

Ode to Friends

Thank you for making me laugh

I don’t think I could live without you

You all are like my home

You make me happy like the sun

Thank you for the memories you’ve given me

The good and the bad

I thank you for the times when I need your help

You are the siblings I never had

Thank you for making me do my best

Giving me the push I needed

Thank you for giving me advice when I needed it

I don’t think I could live without you

Your help, and all the memories we’ve made

^An ode to someone who made a difference in our lives. We wrote about something in life that made us happy or something we use almost everyday.

Reflection

Over the course of this unit I feel I used lots of critical thinking. Poetry isn't one of my strong suits so writing poems could be very challenging. I was able to use time management to get my poems done and in a way that made me feel like it was a successful poem. I also think I was good at communicating because whenever I needed help from a friend or anyone I was able to get the help I needed. I think I could work on more of my work ethic and organization. I think that my work ethic could use some work because I need more management to get stuff done. The poems were hard, but I think I got them done in a way where I was proud after each one. Poetry was one of the harder units for me because it is hard to make sure everything makes sense and when needed it had to rhyme. This unit made me a stronger writer and more confident in my writing. I think that I worked well and asked for help when I needed it. This was a great unit and it made me a much better writer, thinker, and learner.

Brain

Dear brain,

You have a bad sense of humor

You make me laugh at anything

Then again you help me see the good

The happiness you show me

The smile you made me

You cry out for me to decide

Yet you always make me indecisive

Brain, you have thought through everything

A million times you have replayed the moments

You dealt with the pain

Made sure I was ok

Brought me back from what felt like hell

Thank you for not breaking down

For making the plans and helping them through

For helping me choose

^Writing to an Emotion

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