Table of Contents

1.) 1-800-273-8255

2.) Me Being Me

3.) Fire

4.) My Only Sibling

5.) When I'm Sarcastic

6.) The Guy Who Could Not Tie His Tie

7.) Chocolate Fever

8.) Ocean

9.) The Good Moring

10.) Opening Day

This is kind of a sad poem that I wrote about two kids that went to my school and they took their lives and nobody could of helped them because they did not know. In the poem I wrote about how I wish I could of helped and how everyone around them is feeling. I used the poetry devices called repetition and personification. I used repetition when I keep saying I.

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I am warned of the news

I wonder what I could of done to help

I hear rumors about what really happened

I see people are speechless,cry and ignore the fact

I want to know why they would take their life

I  am speechless

I pretend it is all just a dream

I feel bad for the families that went through this

I worry that they won't be okay

I cry cause I will never be able to talk to them again

I am in disbelief

I understand what it's like

I say I am here for them

I dream about life

I try to forget

I hope they are better now

I am just a 16 year old trying to help

Rip Dominick and Dylan<3

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This poem I wrote about all the things I love, try to be and what I am. I explain all of the things I enjoy that start with the letter c. I also share what I feel and what I try to give to everyone. I really like this poem and it is one of my favorites that I wrote.The poetry devices i used were repetition and point of view. I used the device when I said my three things I like the most that start with c.

Me Being Me

Caleb,

Funny, sarcastic, loud, outgoing

Son of Sharon and Steve

Lover of chocolate milk, candy, and cows

Who feels bored at home, blessed for what I have, and loved

Who needs good grades, friends and family

Who gives hard work, kindness and love

Who fears bears, grasshoppers, and wasps

Would like to see Hawaii, Germany, and Paris

Resident of the Cox family

Cox

This poem was the first on that I wrote. I think its my least favorite one in my anthology because I felt like I could do better. I did use a lot of poetry devices in this one including, personification, imagery, and metaphor. This is when I was just learning about poetry but I hope you like it. I used Imagery when I said the fire released smoke.

 The light from the suns rays go and hide behind the mountain

The sky becomes gray the moon is soon to rise

I knew it was time so I fingered out some wood

As the night came in it got cold

I started the fire and the wood begin to burn

When the fire started cracking I knew it was not gonna go out

The fire released the smoke

As I put a another piece of wood on it started hissing

The fire was getting so bright

And then it burned out quietly

Fire

This poem means the most to me. I wrote it about my sister being born. And how I was so excited to be her big brother. I could remember it so well when she came home. The devices I used in this poem were imagery and repetition. I used repetition when I kept saying May 5th 2004.

My Only Sibling

On May,5th 2004

It was May,5th 2004

My best friend was born

On May, 5th 2004

I was at home waiting

On May,5th 2004

To see your little face

On May,5th 2004

Standing by the door anxiously

On May,5th 2004

Finally hearing the footsteps walking up

On May,5th 2004

The feeling of being a big brother tickled my stomach

On May,5th 2004

Doorbell sang “ The time has come, the time has come”

On May,5th 2004

Tears of happiness ran down my face like the rain coming down from the sky

On May,5th 2004

That’s when I knew we were going to best friends

On May,5th 2004

Imitation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s style in his poem “Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

I wrote this poem about what I love doing. And that is being sarcastic. In this poem I talk about all the times when I become sarcastic and who I am sarcastic too. This is a very funny poem and I really liked writing it. The devices I used are metaphor and imagery. I used these devices when I talked about all the different ways when to be sarcastic.

When I'm Sarcastic

Sarcastic: [sar-cas-tic], adverb, Sarcastically., marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt."sarcastic comments on their failures":

When someone tells me something obvious;

When I have to do something I don't want to do,

Your mom jokes;

When a teacher says something that everyone knows already,

When I don't know an answer and I try to play it cool so I don't get made fun of,   

When your friend makes fun of you and you can't come back with a good come back,

When I am mad,

After a continuous day of school

When someone wakes me up

If someone is singing that sounds really bad

When my stomach screams feed me

If i'm in a fight with a significant other

When I am trying to sleep and someone is loud then ask me if i'm trying to sleep

I made up this poem up about a guy that could not tie his tie. I came up with this idea because I seem to have trouble with my tie at every formal event I go to. The devices I used are alliteration and metaphor. I used the devices when I talked about the guy.

The Guy Who Could Not Tie His Tie

There happened to be a guy.

That needed to tie his tie.

Was going to apply.

To a place nearby.

But decided to go get some pie.