Limerick

There once was a dog named Matt

Who chased a fat fluffy cat

His tummy started to tickle

So he ate a pickle

And then slipped and fell on a bat

There once was a girl named me

She got stung on the knee by a bee

Not only that,

But she got bit by a bat

And then said “OWEEEE!”

There once was a boy named Craig

All he would do is beg

He would never awake

Unless you hit him with a snake

Until one bit him on his leg.

Poem response #3

In the poem http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20924 Tender Buttons [Chicken] it repeats "Chicken." a lot. I think when it says "Chicken." it is kind of saying chickens are boring that is why there is no exclamation point after chicken. The fourth line "Alas a dirty word, alas a dirty third alas a dirty third, alas a dirty bird." had a lot of assonance and repition. I think that the poem would make a good song and would have a good rhythm. There is some interior rhymes in the last line. In the last line I found it interesting that she did not make a new line after putting a period.

Haiku

Seasonal

Leaves falling on ground

Squirrels fight over acorns

Leaves losing color

Seasonal

Red roses blooming

Children laughing and playing

Summer's almost here

Seasonal

April leads to May

May leads to June then July

August…..almost school:( 

Nature

Woodpeckers pecking

Old gray bark chipping away

Peck, Peck, Peck, Peck, Peck

Nature

Waterfall flowing

Fish jumping out of water

Birds flying above

Nature

Climbing really high

Looking down from mountain top

How do I get down?

Modern Life

Got to do homework

Is this answer wrong or right?

Ahhhhhhh someone help me!

Modern Life

Marathon bombings

America has problems

North Korea…Stop.

Feelings: abstract noun poem

Quiet is midnight black silence unbroken by the border of light.

Boredom is foggy gray awakening nothing.

Success is cloud white tuxedo going to the wedding.

Loneliness is bark brown biting away at my hope.

Love is rose petal pink hearts fluttering around your head.

Happiness is grass green berries feeding the mind with joys.

Sadness is ocean blue waves thrashing away at the shore of your heart.

Warnings are caution tape yellow clues studying your senses.

Fears are old bark gray trees that never stop growing.

Awkwardness is stop sign red feelings flooding the air.

Cereal VS Cereal

Cereal	VS.	Cereal
Cinnamon Toast Crunch	VS.	Golden Grahams
Life	VS.	Wheat Chex
Special K	VS.	Total
Reese Puff	VS.	Coco Puffs
Apple Jacks	VS.	Froot Loops
Cheerio’s	VS.	Oh’s
Frosted Flakes	VS.	Corn Flakes
Honey Bunches Of Oats	VS.	Raisin Bran
Kix	VS.	Captain Crunch
Nothing	VS.	Lucky Charms!!!!

Poem response: Playgrounds

In the poem http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20297 by Laurence Alma-Tadema describes the way children think of men(adults). He is pretty much stating in the poem that children see or notice many more things that adults do not. When kids are at the sea or ocean they can find pretty rocks, sand dollars, and beautiful shells. While adults can rarely find 3 agates and a shell. At the end he says " But, when the snow is on the ground And all the puddles freeze, I wish that I were very tall, High up above the trees." I'm not sure if that means that the child wants to be dead and in heaven or tall like a adult.

Response to: How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten

In the poem http://www.poetry-archive.com/c/how_little_red_riding_hood_came_to_be_eaten.html (How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten) by Guy Wetmore Carryl is a poem explaining what happened during Little Red Riding Hoods life before she got eaten. Her parents were clever and cautious.  Red's parents showed her ways around.  If she was obedient she was thanked, anything else she was spanked.  Red's at 6 years old was generous and smart. At 13 years old she was learning to be a professional nurse.  One part of the poem it says "The young paragon might have grown, if not nipped in the bud, but the following year struck her smiling career with a dull and sickening thud!" Red obviously got hurt somehow. Paragon means an example of excellence: somebody or something that is the very best example of something, so Red was someone people looked up to. She had a basket on her arm filled with " Jellies, ices, gruel, spices, grilled chicken legs, savory stew, a novel or two, hot-water can, Japanese fan, and a bottle of eau-de-cologne." Red did not recognize the Grandma because it was not her grandma it was a wolf. Guy added a lot of emotion to the poem and that made it more fun to read. I like how Guy added a moral to the story.

Soda Brand VS. Soda Brand

Soda	VS	Soda
Crush	VS	Fanta
Sprite	VS	7up
Coca-Cola	VS	Pepsi
Canada Dry	VS	Schweppes
Mello Yello	VS	Mountain Dew
Sierra Mist	VS	Sun Drop
A&W Root Beer	VS	Mug Root Beer
Dr.Pepper	VS	Mr.Pibb
Nothing	VS	Water

Politics

Truth 

Lies 

Democrat

Republican

President 

Leader

1st Class

3rd Class

Happiness

Madness

Election 

Choices 

Wrong 

Right 

Healthy

Ill

Money 

Debt 

Jobs 

Unemployment

Life?

Death?