Alex

4/1/11 My first thought of poetry is boring but then on the other hand i don't hate them either because there are funny ones too. but nowadays i would rather watch tv then read poems. but for now my thoughts are in between hating poetry and liking it.

6/1/11 now that i have read some haiku's and funny poems. I start to enjoy reading the more, like yesterday my brother asked me if i wanted to watch the A-Team with him but i said i wanted to finish reading a book about poems which isn't something i would do before i had read these poems. i used to read a poem halfway and stop reading but now i actually want to read and find out what happens which means i having better thoughts about poems now.

10/1/11 this poem about the slavery kind of reminds of what is going on now with somali pirates and how they are holding people hostage and will only give them back for money. when i first of it i thought it must be a scary limbo competition but then when i started thinking about the meanings of some of these lines, i realised they were on a boat and being used as slaves.

10/1/11 poetry is in the middle again because i am having to push myself to do the work and read poems. i think it is mainly to do with the type of poems like i might like one type but not the other and then i don't really want to do but i still do to try and enjoy that type of poem.

27/1/11 For me poetry defiantly has got a place in the world for me this is because in the beginning i didn't realise there were so many types of poems,now i know which ones i like and which ones i don't: this then lets me decide which ones i would like in the world and which ones i don't. i am confident enough to say if i like poems or if i don't like and why. i can read so it pretty much means i can read poetry.

Haiku

This is what is stated in the dictionary for a haiku poem Haiku: a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

A piece of green pepper fell off the wooden salad bowl: so what?
 * 5/1/11 Haiku Ambulance **** by Richard Brautigan **

Why do I like this Haiku, I like it because it is getting serious about the pepper falling of and then like right at the end it’s like “so what” I mean isn’t that funny on how it changes character. the name also gives you and idea that there is an ambulance at your house and when they see what is wrong there like seriously which i think is funny.

2nd Haiku 5/1/11

World is vast and wide. So much out there to explore. Right now, let's eat lunch.

This Haiku I found on the Internet sadly didn’t have a name for the creator. I like this poem because there saying so much to do and find out and to explore but first we will eat lunch, I mean that isn’t predictable because when someone says to you there so much to explore, you don’t suspect them to say lets have lunch next because they will probably be wondering on what to do next.

As stated in the dictionary. ** Granny 5/1/11 ** Through every nook and every cranny   The wind blew in on poor old Granny    Around her knees, into each ear (And up nose as well, I fear) All through the night the wind grew worse   It nearly made the vicar curse    The top had fallen off the steeple    Just missing him (and other people) It blew on man, it blew on beast It blew on nun, it blew on priest
 * Humorous poems **
 * Humorous: ** ** causing lighthearted laughter and amusement **

It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny- But most of all, it blew on Granny!
 * By Spike Milligan **

I like this poem because it is writing about something you would not expect someone to write about grannies. I mean you just don’t hear people go “ I am going to write a poem about a granny” this is also what makes it funny and it rhymes.

2nd


 * Look at all those monkeys 5/1/11 **

Look at all those monkeys Jumping in their cage. Why don't they all go out to work And earn a decent wage?

How can you say such silly things, And you a son of mine? Imagine monkeys travelling on The Morden-Edgware line!

But what about the Pekinese! They have an allocation. 'Don't travel during Peke hour', It says on every station.

My Gosh, you're right, my clever boy, I never thought of that! And so they left the monkey house, While an elephant raised his hat. Spike Milligan

This poem is by the same poet as last time telling me that he is a good poet for funny poets. This one I like because he is writing about monkeys and to be honest who doesn’t like monkeys, and where have you heard of monkey’s earning decent wages, it is like he has the brain of a kid and can still think of all these wacky ideas.

As stated in dictionary Rap: a piece of music performed in this style, or the words themselves.
 * Rap **

Bridging the gap 6/1/11

Wyclef on guitar.. with the black eyed peas Here go the rap song, they wanna sing it to y'all

[chorus one] She like a rap song (she like a rap song) She like a rap song (she like a rap song) She like a rap song (she like a rap song) She like a rap song (she like a rap song)

[verse one] You're like a hip-hop song y'know I wanna be your "buddy" like de la soul Let me "rock +them+ bells" like I'm ll I like you in a kangol and gazelles Here's a ticket come and see me on my "planet rock" Like the daddy kane, I can be your "smooth op'" But wait-uh every month you're the flavor I wanna get a scoop - lat-uh!

[chorus two] She like a rap song (she like a rap song) She like a rap song .. She make me clap (how's that) cause she a rap song She like a rap song She like a rap song (she like a rap song) She like a rap song .. She make me clap (how's that) cause she a rap song She like a rap song

[verse two] She was the, "public enemy #1" She was my, "mona lisa" when we first begun She got me, "jump-in' around" like everlast Singin a, "rap life" with help from tash She be my, metronome rhythm to my feet And when we, when we do it do it to the beat She like, "my melody" done by eric b., and rakim Cause she be rockin me steadily, yo

[chorus three] Yo, she got hips to hops And she ain't goin pop She like a record that I wanna rock When I'm rollin in my ride cruisin down my block Yo, and if she was a rap song She'd be "bonita applebum" And I wanna put you on I'm puttin you on, you're my favorite song

[chorus two]

[verse three] She makes me say 'ho' but she ain't a "hoe!!" She "got it made" with special ed (? ? ) "hoe!!" Her bass is everlasting like rodney o's She "myself and i" comin from the +soul+ She like a beat that makes me wanna grab the mic She like the lyrics that I wanna recite She like the old school mic with the cable You can bring your records and I'll bring the turntable yo

[chorus three]

[chorus two]

She like a.. she like a.. {*repeat in background*}

[wyclef] Wyclef, jerry wonder With the black eyed peas Don't hurt nobody man Takin over the universe, I told y'all Take me in, don't hurt nobody

The Black Eyed Peas featuring Wyclef

if you want to listen to the song click this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5FTsztIII

I like this rap because it sounds good and it Is from the black eyed peas and until now I didn’t even know they did rap songs so this surprised me. This rap got me thinking because not many people that I know relate a girl to a rap song which is new to me and partly why I like the song but I like it the most because it is a good rap.

rap 2


 * Wicked **

One, two, three and I come with the wicked style and you know that I'm from, the wicked crew, act like you knew Cause I got everybody jumpin to the voodoo, kick it Wicked, rhymes, picket, signs While me and the Mob gotta trunk fulla 9's Play ya and I'll slay ya  I got thug-made dough by the ha-ir Ready to BUCK BUCK BUCK and it's a must to DUCK DUCK DUCK before I bust Lookin for the one that did it but like En Vogue, no you're never gonna get it  Cos I'm the one with the fat mad skills and I won't choke like the Buffalo Bills Sittin at the pad just chillin cause Larry Wilkins just got two million, oh what a feelin So shake that * and pass me the pill and I'll slam dunk ya like Shaquille O'Neal Like it, dig it, maybe and watch that a **get ???**
 * Kick it cause I get wicked **


 * By Ice Cube **


 * If you want to listen to the song do it at this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWsmH2d_Qg **


 * i like this rap poem because it was one of the first i heard and i like the way it rhymes and most people know who the ice cube is. even though swears two times i still think he uses creative thinking for his writing because not many people i know would start and using the Shaq's name in something other than a basketball game. **

Limerick
 * As stated in the dictionary: **
 * Limerick: a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming **

Limerick 10 ** /1/11 **


 * A limerick’s cleverly versed – **
 * The second line rhymes with the first; **
 * The third one is short, **
 * The fourth’s the same sort, **
 * And the last line is often the worst. **


 * I like this poem because it is explaining what a limerick is, because if you don’t know what a Limerick is and you want to find one this one would be great; it would be great because you can learn writing a limerick from it and it makes perfect sense to you so it isn’t difficult to read or understand, it explaining itself helps you spare time by having to look up in the dictionary see what it means and if it is to confusing, you end up trying to find another way of explaining it. So this saves you time and can help you a lot with limericks. **

By John Irwin

There was an Old Man ** 10/1/11 **


 * There was an Old Man with a beard, **
 * Who said, “It is just as I feared!- **
 * Two owls and a hen, **
 * Four larks and a wren, **
 * Have all built their nest in my beard!” **
 * Edward Lear **


 * I like this poem because it reminds me of an episode of family guy when peter gets a rare bird species living in his new grown beard and he isn’t allowed to remove then unless they want to go away. And also because it is one that makes me life because I don’t know of that many people that can have a beard which can hold 8 birds except maybe for Santa Claus. **

Sonnet
 * As stated in the dictionary **
 * Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. **

Learning to Write a Sonnet ** 10/1/11 **


 * He sonnet form is old and full of dust **
 * And yet I want to learn to write one well. **
 * To learn new forms and grow is quite a must, **
 * But I will learn it quickly, I can tell.  **
 * And so I sit, today, with pen in hand,  **
 * Composing three new quatrains with a rhyme. The rhythm **
 * flows like wind at my command. **
 * The A-B-A-B form consumes my time.  **
 * But I’m not done until there’s fourteen lines.  **
 * One ending couplet, after three quatrains. **
 * I’ve tried to write this new form several times.  **
 * The effort’s huge; I have to rack my brain.  **
 * But I persist, my fourteen lines now done. I wrote my poem; my sonnet work is won.  **
 * // by Denise Rodgers //**


 * I like this poem because I like poems that explain them self’s so you don’t have to do a lot of research about them to find the correct meaning or how to write one because it says it all in the poem. I also like it because it is using words I have never heard of like quatrains, which them makes me continue reading the poem to see if it tells me what it means or if I have to go and find out on the internet. **

Talking Heads ** 10/1/11 **


 * The talking heads make noise and hurt my brain. **
 * And no one can be certain what they’ve said. **
 * I turn the TV volume down, in pain,  **
 * And reach to plump the pillow on my bed.  **
 * Commercial time, I click, what do I see?  **
 * But other networks’ chatty pundits poised **
 * To talk atop each other in a spree. **
 * I feel assaulted, bothered, over “noised.”   **
 * I click around each channel and I find **
 * Only tiresome reruns I find boring.  **
 * I think perhaps that I might lose my mind.  **
 * Better yet, I must just start ignoring.  **
 * Tonight, perhaps, at bed time, I will look, Instead, between the covers of a book.  //by Denise Rodgers//  **


 * I like this poem because I can relate to it sometimes like when I flick through the tv channels sometimes I am lucky to see a show I haven’t seen and most of the time a get head aches to when the tv is too loud. I also like it because it is funny and because of the way it rhymes, it just makes me want to read to the end. **

Cinquain
 * As stated in the book “ the works”: Like a Haiku a cinquain has a standard syllable pattern. It has a total of 22 syllables,5 lines and a sequence of 2,4,6,8,2. **


 * On Side Cinquain 11/1/11 **


 * The ball **
 * Went splat against **
 * The garage wall then bounced **
 * Down to my right toe. Goalie had **
 * No chance. **


 * Matt Simpson **


 * I like this poem because it is about somebody playing football and it kind of reminds me of me because I do the same thing when I play football at home, I also like the way it is being put together because when I would write something about football I wouldn’t do it of somebody playing next to there garage door or about being onside. **

Yo Yo ** 11/1/11 **


 * Yo yo. **
 * Make it fall down **
 * Then comeback up again. **
 * Down is easy but coming back? **
 * Failure. **


 * Angela Topping **


 * I like this poem because it is basically telling the truth about playing with a yo yo, lots of people practice getting to go up again; like me I can do it a few times if I am concentrating but if I am not it is a failure the second time. I also like this poem because how it used the word failure because failure to me is a word that isn’t used very often so to put it in a poem makes me want to use it more. **

Calligram


 * Calligram: it is a shaped poem shape like what the poem is talking about. **

dave calder pants 11/1/11

the wind came roar ing from the sea it reeled around respectable trees it jigged the roof tiles up and down and knoc ked old ladies to the ground ... but worst, in its rough panting play it dan ced my clean pants clean away


 * I like this poem because it is not really talking about pants until the last few words, this made me think if I had got the right poem and made me read through to the end instead of skimming it and taking important info only. I also like this poem because I think most poets would think making a poem about pants is stupid or not normal. And that is the kind of poetry I like to read, poetry that doesn’t sound normal. **

dave calder giraffe 11/1/11

an almost ridiculously triangular head at the sha key top ofa lon gth inn eck giraffes are made of dirty yel low plasticene and four s m t  a i  t c  c k  h s **

I like this poem because giraffes are famous animals all over the world they are put in movies and songs but have you ever heard a giraffe poem. I haven’t so this is something new for me and that is the main reason why I like this poem. I also like this poem because it doesn’t quite look like a giraffe but it is explaining a giraffe.

My Poems

Video Games

I like to play video games But spent most of my time in school with Ray and James And when I get home its back to playing video games And destroying all of my video gaming aims.

By Alexander marichal

Face

Every pilot has a helmet on his face So that he can breathe while he is flying over an airbase, Sometimes they chase While looking at your face And that is the end of the case.

By Alexander Marichal

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POETRY

Poetry is like a lion poetry being the hardest subject to do in english is like fighting a lion a lion being the one of the hardest animals to fight with

BY Alexander Marichal

F1

Starting in ten seconds Cars going vroom, In the chase They go wam past each other, When Hamilton crashes the crowd goes ooooooooooooh Instead I am cheering When Vettel’s engine goes boom We know it is a cheer for Ferrari.

BY Alexander Marichal