Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Ball is Life

Smooth Sam is what we call him
Crossing over everyone easily 
And says he might even get a trim
Straight outta Philly

Not to be undone by Fragile Fred
He puts in a lot of soothe work
He got hit many times and fled
He will be better some day 

And from the nba wrote the coach a letter
They called him the underdog
He is like a rolling ball being stopped by a lot of people
And covered b the dark
 
He is like the flame of a candle dancing in the dark
But he is still overlooked
Cause he can't do a basketball hook
But came back the next year made everyone shook



Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Sonnet

Shall I compare thee to a plane?
Thou art more dark and more designs
Rough straps do shake the tone of my lane
And logos hath all too short a sign
For the use of basketball
And comes with me to school
Sometimes I lay it on the wall
A tone of cool
In which it has my homework
It cost a great of money 
Always read to work
Sometimes it looks funny 
Always have it in class 
Never to be left on the grass

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Haiku

                                                                 Painting Community 

Symbolic language
Emotional resilience 
Representation

Deep Meaning

May not understand
Belief amongst kids
Poetry moves us

Educational

Authentic audience
Poetry opens venues
Motivates writers


English

Poems defy rules
Read poetry in prime language
Universal poetry 

Creates More Around It

Entirel new way 
Resilience in kids and adults
New understanding





Citation- "Five Reasons Why We Need Poetry in Schools." Edutopia. N.p., 08 Apr. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
                                      

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

dictionary poem

Ob-liv-i-ous 

It is to
be unaware
of something
that occurs

The other team was oblivious 
to the fact that I would 
score 14 points in my 
basketball game

I was oblivious to the fact
that my town had a lot of
good basketball players
like scoring machines

I was oblivious to two
player's nicknames
Basketball Barry and
Football Fred

Monday, April 18, 2016

Ode to basketball
It is great to hear thee bounce on the court
It's great to smell your scent
You are like my bro

You help get my mind off things
It is great to be alone with you
I like to see you everyday
Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh

That's your sound
You smell fresh and new
You are bright orange too
You also have black lining

You help me to look forward to a great future
You have helped me through a lot
Without thee I don't know what I would do
O basketball you are like a friend