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Michael Wright is a boy from North Philly. His hobbies are playing video games and playing sports. His favorite sports are Football, Wrestling and Track. His favorite subject is Math but he also likes English.

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My work this year has been the best work I have written. I feel like I have grown a lot from the beginning of the year to now. I think I will keep growing and improving.

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I don't trust you
I know
Yet you remain
Hope to prove you wrong
you wont
you don't know
I know
Yet you remain

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Things That People Love

By Michael Wright

Animals

Beds

Cats

Dogs

Earth

Fathers

Grandmothers

Home

Italy

Jobs

Kids

Lovers

Mothers

Nothing

Openings

People

Quizzes

Rain

Saturdays

Tomorrow

Universe

Video Games

Wifes

Xylophone

Y-fi

Zoos

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Dabster

[DAB - STER] noun

Slang.

One who is exceptionally

good in their field.

An expert.

As in: My dad

“Da Man”

was a dabster

at basketball until he got

patellar tendinitis

and refused to get

surgery.

As in: My mom

the assistant principal

is a dabster

in education and

shoehorning it

into her sons’ lives.

As in: That new girl

wearing the pink Reeboks

is a dabster

at being pulchritudinous and

making my brother

a million times more stupid

than he already was.

As in: JB

the next MJ

according to him

is a dabster at

making all those l o o o o n g shots  and

cutting off my hair like a lawnmower.

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Core 2

1/29/18

Definition of Poetry

Poetry is something that has rhythm and rhyme. All poems will evoke an emotion through either the figurative language or the way it sounds. All poems trigger emotion by usually having a deeper more intense meaning. You can interpret poetry in many different ways making it almost anything. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks and Concrete Poem #3 are good examples of poetry they have rhythm, rhyme, evoke emotions and have deeper meanings.

First, “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks is a good form of poetry because it has repetition and rhyme. The poem, it has many lines of rhythm, repetition, and rhyming like “We lurk late. We/strike straight.” That line had rhythm, rhyme and even has a deeper meaning. “We Real Cool” was written during the Harlem Renaissance so it had a lot of rhythms and has many deeper feelings.

Second, A form of concrete poems is Blackout Poems. Blackout poems are a very good poem type that has evokes emotion for the person who is reading the poem. Blackout poems are types of poems that the author colored the whole page but left in a couple of words that make a totally new poem. These poems are usually created to make a deeper meaning or change the meaning of what the original paper was.  “Imagine a life where all your time is spent on things you want/I’m writing to let you know that/today is your final day of/undefined future/do what you want/all over the world/people are/ rewriting/their own/future.” This was one of the different blackout poems that someone has made. They took those words from a book and created something that was very meaningful.

Finally, Another type of poetry is rap, rap is something that many people know and do. Rapping is spoken word poetry with a beat and a rhythm. It is one of the most iconic ways to speak poetry. Many raps are happy and upbeat but also may have a darker or more sad meaning behind them, sometimes masked by the beat of the music. Eminem is one the most iconic people that rap. “When I'm gone just carry on don’t mourn. Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice.” That is a lyric from Eminem’s song “When I’m Gone”. It is a very meaning lyric and he is trying to tell his daughter to not give up when he passes and to just keep going. This is only one of the verses or stanzas that rap, in general, has that shows emotion and triggers an emotion for the person who is hearing it.

You can find poetry in almost everything. The definition of poetry is something with a rhythm, something that evokes an emotion from someone. Poetry is something with a rhythm like “We Real Cool” and Eminem “Lose Yourself”. Poetry triggers emotion with a deeper meaning like concrete poems.

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Please scroll down to see all of my poems I have made this year

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Please scroll down to see all of my poems I have made this year

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“I Remember”
By Michael Wright

(Inspired by Joe Brainard)

I remember my first day of football when I was 7 years old. I hated it.

I remember eating and out the window I saw a black and blue bmx zoom by my living room window. “HEY THAT’S MY BIKE!”

I remember my sisters and I running around and playing in the big front yard.

I remember the time my dad beat me in a race, it was the last time.

I remember my first day at Upper Dublin, people crowding around me. That day was the day I met my best friend.

I remember my old school in Mount Airy. It’s much bigger than sandy run.

I remember when I was excited to school.

I remember the time I first go an xbox, it was a christmas present.

I remember my dog moka, she fought with my cat.

I remember my family and I going to applebees for every birthday 3 years straight.

I remember the time when my family was all together.

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Michael Jordan’s “Comeback”

By Michael Wright, Owen Carl, David Sharp, and Gabe Cuconati

Michael Jordan:

One on one with my Dad.

I go up with an amazing shot,

It looks like a dot,

feeling like a mid-range dead-eye,

ball soaring through the sky,

splash, cash-money-hot sauce-biscuits!

Dunk’d!

Dad got to the hoop,

SMMMACK, off the glass

Silence, Good block, kid

Oh yeah, GET BIG, SON, 2-time high school star comin’ atcha!

Ok, time for fun!

Frick-r-frack

Dad goes up for a dunk, straight to the rack.

Slam! goes the ball through the hoop.

GET BIG, SON!!!

Catastrophe

(kuh-taz-troh-fee)

(noun)

An event causing great and often sudden damage and suffering

(Michael) Like: It was a catastrophe when my Grandma fell down a flight of stairs.

(David) Like: My Mom losing her Job one year ago, having to go 3 months without heat was a catastrophe.

(Owen) Like: It was a catastrophe when I heard my Mom crying on the phone coming to pick me up, the doctor telling her that my dad isn’t looking good.

It’s the day of the tryouts,

But my dad’s dying,

And my mind’s overflowing with doubt.

I try to regain confidence,

But it’s not gonna happen without him.

Names On the Board

I walk over to the paper with the names.

Of the guys on the team,

Jojo Roberts,

David Johnson,

Andi Anderson,

Stevie Wonder,

Jaquis Meekins,

Roberto Ramirez,

Juan Rodriguez,

Ming Lee,

Paul Smith,

Julius Smith,

Peter Griffin

LaVar L. Ball,

Michelle O. Bama,

and the coach, Homer Simpson.

But I was nowhere on the list,

and I knew what that meant.

Drive-way

In the backyard,

I can’t make a shot,

I can’t do anything but brick,

I can’t be the best.

I can’t focus without my mentor,

I can’t do it without my dad.

Pep Talk From Mom (conversation)

Get your head up boy.

You’re going to be strong

Mom, I didn’t make the team

Son, live your life but don’t forget

He is always with you.

And if you have

confidence in your game it doesn’t matter how you play

He’s always with you.

Grind

While the season is being played,

I need my game to improve.

It’s just my dad

Every time I even look at a ball

I remember

But I have to keep moving on

My mom said I need confidence

I think to myself

What would dad say?

I Remember

I remember the times my dad and I would play one on one together, but that was very long ago.

I remember when I was ready for anything that came my way, in basketball.

I remember when my dad first taught me how to play basketball, and when he first taught me how to shoot a ball into the hoop.

I remember being able to do all these things with him.

But, that was all before he died.

Angels Talking

One night

I will always remember it.

My dad

Even though it is strange

He talked to me

He told me that he will always be with me

He told me to always have confidence in myself.

He said you can do anything you want to do

Put the work in.

Next years tryouts,

This year had the most competition

I wasn’t ready to get cut this year

Thinking of my dad made me perform better

We ran 2 v 2 in the tryouts

Michelle and I

against

Ming Lee and LaVar

Michelle steals the ball

Fastbreak

hits me in the corner

Splash, Cash-money-hot sauce-biscuits

Ming thinks he is going to get an easy layup

SHMACK, off the glass

I pass it out to Michelle

The lob at the foul line

Jordan Airlines coming at ya

Slam

GET BIG, SON$3

I hear my dad call out from the stands.

Names on a Board

Jojo Roberts,

David Johnson,

Andi Anderson,

Jaquis Meekins,

Roberto Ramirez,

Juan Rodriguez,

Ming Lee,

Paul Smith,

Julius Smith,

Peter Griffin

LaVar L. Ball,

Michelle O. Bama,

And finally, THE Michael Jordan,

This is just the beginning

Before the Game

I used to talk to my Dad before games,

But I could feel he was with me

Feeling that made me have all

The confidence in the world

I’m going to put on a show

For him

Basketball School News

Michael Jordan dropped 51

points in last night’s game

That sets a new record for most points in a game

But that’s not the only record that was broken that night

Michael also passed the ball a ton and ended up with 14 assists

Having a clouded mind last year, and making a comeback this year

Wow, I guess having and a high self-esteem really pays off

But there is still one more record

Having the coolest saying,

CASH-MONEY-HOT SAUCE-BISCUITS!!!