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A Warning
Barbara Vance

Take heed on every windy day
To tie a rock upon your shoe,
So that you do not blow away
And whiffle off into the blue.
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I like this poem because it's not directly talking about the lesson. It's like telling some story. From reading this, I think it teaches us that although It's you hard time in life, you need to have consciousness, and don't sink into your sad thoughts.

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Missing
Anne Scott

I’ve hunted near, I’ve hunted far
I even looked inside my car.
I’ve lost my glasses, I’m in need,
To have them now so I can read.
I loudly swear and I curse
Did I leave them in my purse?
Are they behind the sofa, under the bed?
Oh there they are—on my head!
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This poem is relate to me a lot. Once I can't find my sunglass. I try and I try to find it. I think my mom took my sunglass into her bag, but when I seek them, there is no sunglass in them. I start to cry, then my mom be like "Why are you crying?" So I am like "I lost my sunglass." Then my mom smiles and says "It's on your head, idiot."

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On Digital Extremities
Frank Gelett Burgess
I'd Rather have Fingers than Toes;
I'd Rather have Ears than a Nose;
And As for my Hair,
I'm Glad it's All There;
I'll be Awfully Sad, when it Goes!
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It's funny. I will be very sad too if my hair falls out. But in line 2 "I'd Rather have Ears than a Nose" Does the persona just say that he doesn't want to live? I'm not sure in this point.

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The Rainy Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
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I like this poem because it teaches me that if I struggle with some obstacle in my life, it won't last forever, I will defeat it one day.

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Until the End of Time
Christy Ann Martine
I will love you
as long as the sun
burns in the sky,
as long as the moon
shines its light
into the dark night,
until the raging
blue oceans become
calm and run dry.
I will love you until
the end of time.
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I like this poem because I like how Martine uses natural elements to show how much love the persona has. It's like saying I will love you forever in an elaborated way.

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My sister plays piano
Barbara Vance
My sister plays piano;
She’s played it for three years.
I hope she plans on quitting,
And so do both my ears.
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I like this poem because I think it's quite funny.

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The Old Pond
Matsuo Bashō

An old silent pond

A frog jumps into the pond—

Splash! Silence again.
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I like this poem because I can learn the technique of using words from it. Although the writer uses just a few words, I can imagine the picture of a pond in a deep forest that is full of nature.

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Taigi
A firefly flitted by:
"Look!" I almost said
but I was alone
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I like that even though this haiku is short, it still can convey a meaningful message and emotion. it makes me feel sad and lonely. it's like when you want to tell someone something, but there is no one beside you there.

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I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Emily Dickinson

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How public - like a Frog -
To tell one's name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Bog!
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I like this poem because I like the ways that the poet conveys her messages through this poem. For example, the contrast between the 2 parts, the use of the exclamation mark( I'm Nobody! - the reader can feel that the speaker is excited and prefer to be nobody), and the simile( like a frog - to compare the crowd or people who attempt to make themselves seem important.)

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A Fairy Song
William Shakespeare
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the Fairy Queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green;
The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours;
In those freckles live their savours;
I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
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I like the use of alliteration and assonance at the beginning of this poem, for example;
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!

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O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman
O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
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After reading this I recognize that this poem is an elegy. So I search for the background of this poem, and I found that Whitman wrote this poem to honor Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America.

Accordingly, I think "the ship" symbolizes the United States, and "captain" symbolizes Abraham Lincoln.
Like, he can lead the USA to victory, but in the end, he was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a supporter of slavery. Booth believed that Lincoln was determined to overthrow the Constitution and destroy his beloved South.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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This poem reminds me that nothing last forever. Moreover, I like how Frost chooses words to help readers imagine the picture of nature's beauty, for example; gold, her (the reader can imagine about beautiful more), and Eden (I think it refers to the garden of Eden)

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A Helping Hand
Ann D. Stevenson

You hold my hand,
I, like a child, feel safe.
You hold my hand,
I feel a warm embrace.
You hold my hand,
my fears begin to fade.
You hold my hand,
and I am less afraid.
You hold my hand,
I know a sense of peace.
You hold my hand,
I feel my troubles cease.
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I like this poem because it reminds me of my mother and my father. I still remember the feeling when they held my hands. It feels so safe, comfort, and warm like nothing can scared me.

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Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.
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I like how the writer used "fire" to symbolize greed and "ice" to symbolize hate. From this poem, I think the writer wants to say that if greed and hate in people are growing, the world will finally end.

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My Flower
Margaret Schroder
I had a little seed,
and I put it in a pot.
I put it in the sunshine,
and I watered it a lot.

I waited and I waited.
I watched it grow and grow.
And then one day a flower
came out to say hello.
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I like this poem because I like the technique that the writer use in this poem. She used easy words, so it's very easy to understand, meanwhile, it sounds very good too. Moreover, I like how she played with the words, like "I waited and I waited. I watched..." and "It grow and grow."

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Good Things
Barbara Vance
I once heard an old man say,
Shaping vases out of clay
Into subtle forms sublime,
“Listen, son, good things take time.”

All my life I’ve thought of this
When a task was lacking bliss,
When the work seemed awfully tough
And I thought I’d had enough.

So I’d give a little more
To what sometimes seemed a chore;
And, you know, without a doubt,
Good things always came about.
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I like this poem because it gave me the lesson that I can't succeed overnight, and If I want to, then I have to spend time with it. No matter how hard or how boring it is, Just be patient and continue doing it because "good things take time."

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Don't Quit
Edgar Albert Guest
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow-
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
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I like this poem because it inspired me to face any problems, don't give up, and one day I will overcome them and succeed.