May 14

Metaphor Poem Composition

You might think I’m just

an athletic, hermit crab of a boy

with blonde hair

and green eyes

But I know I am more

much more than that

not a farmer or genius

not a bird or ocean

A racing pool

a fast-paced race pool

When I’m down under the water

or in isolation

When I go to the pool and think

listening to pump-up songs from my beats

I am a race pool being unused

water calm

waiting to be jumped in

But when I perk up

the waves of the pool start up again

molecules of water jump out of the pool

tempting kids to hop in

I begin to produce waves

that are haulted by the walls

until I get tired

and that’s when the pool dies down

rest and wait for the next competition to begin

and begin

and begin

this blonde-haired, green-eyed boy

is a waved-filled, constantly waiting pool

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November 13

News Story 1

News Story 1

 

The school board will vote on Monday on whether or not junior Jim Stacks Should be able to grow his hair out for Locks of Love

“We have rules for a reason, and we can’t just go breaking them anytime we want.  The school would be in chaos then.” Principal Tonya King said.

The school dress code states that male students’ hair must be shorter than collar-length and must be a natural color.

At the beginning of the school year, Stacks asked principal Tonya King permission to grow his hair longer so he would be able to donate his hair to a group that makes wigs for sick children.

The school board has decided to have a meeting next week to discuss this issue.

“I was disappointed when Mrs. King turned my request down. not very many people donate hair.”

We interviewed the president of the school board and we concluded that he couldn’t comment on this topic right now.

“I can’t comment on this issue right now.  We will discuss it at the board meeting next week. I will say that the letter was well-written and had some good points.”

A letter was written to the school board in support of Stacks.

“The letter was signed by 350 students. Attached to the letter, the council listed 150 students who also were willing to grow their hair to donate to the Locks of Love organization. Seventy-eight of the 150 were males.

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November 3

CD Cover- Send Me

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I choose to put a utopian and dystopian because Send Me is talking about people dying in the streets and how this world is messed up in so many ways.  It’s telling Christians to get out of their comfort zones and go, allow Him to send you.  That’s why I put Lecrae faded out in the middle walking from the utopian society to the dystopian society.

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March 21

O Me! O Life!

In the poem, “O Me! O Life!,” Walt Whitman explains the feelings and the thoughts of someone who thinks that their life is over. That there’s nothing else to do like they’ve hit a dead end in life. This person ask, “what good amid these,” and Whitman answers by saying, “that you are here…that the powerful play goes on,” and by play Whitman means life. Life that goes on and that you can contribute to.

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