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      <title>7th Period Poems by Matt Coonan</title>
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      <description>Magnificent Metaphors, &amp; Sublime Similes </description>
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      <pubDate>2020-10-06 15:24:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Spirit of The Hero</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The world is now shown, in rose tinted lights</div><div>Relics brought ripe from the past</div><div>Where sword and steel rules over the fields</div><div>Never intended to last…<br><br></div><div>A being born from petty thievery</div><div>Sought out finding purpose</div><div>And blot out the wicked blights plaguing the world</div><div>This was the hero.<br><br></div><div>His blade drawn in the blink of an eye,</div><div>His determination was as sharp as the blade he wielded,</div><div>His courage shines as brightly as his amulet,</div><div>The amulet, the heart of magic and heroes<br><br></div><div>With the evil defeated and sealed away,</div><div>The hero rests with his wife</div><div>The world, prosperous and safe</div><div>His duty was fulfilled<br><br></div><div>The world is now shown, the lights turned off,</div><div>This earth does give way, </div><div>releasing the darkness</div><div>These blights have made graveyards out of gardens<br><br></div><div>A being born from hatred</div><div>Sought out death and destruction for all</div><div>And blot out the dwindling light across the world</div><div>This was the evil.<br><br></div><div>Corrupted husks of heroes hunt for the heads</div><div>Of those who resist their rule</div><div>Black slime molded into human-like form</div><div>But not safe from their warp</div><div>Shapes phasing through, </div><div>foul faces of festering feral fatality<br><br></div><div>The evil devours the world</div><div>Poisoning it with putrid malice</div><div>Its talons shredding it apart</div><div>However, this evil was</div><div>Never intended to last…<br><br></div><div>The world is now dark, through broken lenses</div><div>The relics now lost to time</div><div>Remembrance is not of much care</div><div>As is of keeping away death from one’s spine<br><br></div><div>This earth does provide, no longer for life</div><div>This being descends, like crows from the sky</div><div>His will, unbreakable.</div><div>His determination, unflinching</div><div><br></div><div>His traits are all so familiar…</div><div>His quest: to bring this corpse of a world back to life</div><div>Yes, this being has it,<br><br></div><div>The Spirit of the Hero<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:40:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>What do you see?</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807752006</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>What do you see?</div><div>Do you see an aura</div><div>When you see them?</div><div>Shimmering with potential</div><div>Like the sunrise upon the sky</div><div>Showing it crimson colors to start a new day?</div><div><br></div><div>What do you see?</div><div>Do you see a toolbox </div><div>When you see them?</div><div>With every utility at the ready</div><div>With all being used at least once?</div><div><br></div><div>What do you see?</div><div>Do you see a problem</div><div>When you see them ?</div><div>One as tremendous as neutron star</div><div>Seconds away from becoming a black hole?</div><div><br></div><div>What do you see? Potential? Tools? Problem?</div><div>Or do you see something else?</div><div>Do you see what I see</div><div>When I see </div><div>myself</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:41:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Unapologetically You</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Unapologetically you<br>Living in all your glory <br>Strong and powerful like a lions roar <br>Presence stronger than a horses back <br><br>Unapologetically you <br>When you walk in a room eyes follow you <br>Remembered as if you are a distant memory <br><br>Unapologetically you <br>Strides so distinct mistaken for a cheetah <br>Attitude so loud not a word said <br><br>Unapologetically you <br>Not mistaken for no other<br>Gloriously you<br>Proudly you<br>Unapologetically you  <br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:42:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>words of advice to the child i&#39;ll never have</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807755557</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div><br>love is not transactional and happiness is not a commodity and <br>chocolate is good for you, despite what the magazines<br>at the grocery store checkout line say.<br>besides, you’ll burn off the calories when you’re wandering the world<br>but when you get home and put your suitcase down<br>talk to the pretty blonde girls<br>because i guarantee you they’re hurting too.<br><br>go to protests and go to plays and<br>listen to music from every continent<br>except antarctica, since i don’t think there’s any music there<br>but maybe just go there? and even if you can’t<br>because it’s not financially feasible go to the aquarium<br>and look at penguins;<br>look at everything like a child learning that the sky<br>is infinite for the first time.<br><br>shop at thrift stores and dance in the rain and <br>learn the names of the constellations and play the kazoo and <br>read shakespeare and socrates and baldwin and <br>give money to the homeless man on the corner.<br>it’s his choice how he spends it and even if he’s buying drugs<br>who can blame him for lusting after a few hours of oblivion?<br><br>because some days will be shitty<br>but when you get ignored and rejected and<br>crushed beneath an avalanche of acrimony<br>remember that you eat sunlight and are made of stars<br>and how could that not be good enough?<br><br>yes, when the world is an earthquake crashing in your palm<br>(it’ll feel like that a lot when you’re ten through seventeen)<br>climb onto the roof and scream until your throat is about to burst<br>the pain is just another reminder that you are here <br>and you may be broken as cracked concrete<br> but blood still pumps through your shattered veins. <br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:42:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Wonder why?</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder why, </div><div>All the happiness only lasts a moment,</div><div>Why the moments only lasts a second,</div><div><br></div><div>Then I remember, </div><div>the moments within the second last forever in your heart,</div><div>Like documentaries Anne Frank kept in her diary.</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder why, </div><div>A broken promise is never forgotten, </div><div>Wonder why a heart can be so fragile, </div><div>Like a glass cage that cannot be put together once it’s broken,</div><div>It’s like a wound that never gets healed, </div><div><br></div><div>Then I remember, </div><div>a mindful self can change one’s wisdom,</div><div>And with a truthful heart, you can change one’s music and it’s rhythm.</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder why, </div><div>A bitter truth only hunts you down like an enemy waiting for its prey,</div><div>A imagination is only in your head like they say,</div><div><br></div><div>Then I remember,</div><div>Imagination is a journey that you must start with the hope of better and finer tomorrow,</div><div>You are the only one who can determine how it’s played,</div><div> </div><div>We must experiment life, </div><div>So that we don’t regret all the good or poor deeds that we did,</div><div>At the end we can all say “God blessed us with all the strengths and hardiness today”,</div><div><br></div><div>Yet I am still wondering why.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:44:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807769570</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>WHAT I'VE COME TO REALIZE </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Never in a million years would I think it would be me and you </div><div>Me and you are tighter than a butterfly loop</div><div>You shine like a star in my darkest moments </div><div>Never would i think it would be me and you  </div><div><br></div><div>You make me laugh like a stoner that just smoked </div><div>You are my guardian angel </div><div>My better half and my friendly ghost </div><div>Never I would i thought it would be me and you </div><div><br></div><div>If i were ever hurt you would care for me </div><div>If I lost it all you would still be there for me </div><div>I love you like a fat kid loves cake </div><div>Sometimes i wish we could just run away </div><div><br></div><div>Never in a million years would i think it would be me and you </div><div>Now i ask you to just stay true </div><div>Life is our wheel of fortune </div><div>We just have to spin it </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:45:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Honey</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807772744</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div><br></div><div>Hair white as dirty snow,  </div><div>Big eyes like a doe, </div><div>Nothing can replace her. </div><div><br></div><div>For nine years she had comforted me, </div><div>Through good and bad, </div><div>When people passed away, </div><div>And when there was nowhere else to stay. </div><div><br></div><div><strong>Honey has been there for me. </strong></div><div><br></div><div>She is the symbol of my childhood, </div><div>No other being can replace her. </div><div>She has protected me in my youth, </div><div>To return the favor, </div><div>I will protect her in old age. </div><div><br></div><div>She is a clown car filled with tiny comedians that tickle you with laughter, </div><div>Laugh at her sleepy face, </div><div>As she sleeps more often, </div><div><strong>Till she doesn’t wake up anymore.</strong></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:46:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Rolling</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807773180</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Up up up, Thru the sky we go
The wind blowing thru my hair
 Like a rocket ship
Rolling

See the horizon 
So hot and beautiful 
Down we go
Rolling

Loop de loop we go
Nervous we should know 
Winds gushing past us like a overfilled cup
Rolling

To the end like now the start begins
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:46:20 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>These 4 years</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807781120</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>They said high school are the quickest 4 years</div><div>I didn’t believe it</div><div>They said high school goes by in a blink of an eye</div><div>Where did time go?</div><div>They said high school would be one hell of a ride</div><div>Why did we have to move so fast?<br><br></div><div>High school is a roller coaster</div><div>One day you’re at the top </div><div>Hands lifted high without a care in the world</div><div>The next you’re at the bottom</div><div>Wishing you felt that rush of adrenaline you did at the peak</div><div>Reminiscing how much you were living in the moment</div><div>Just before you know it you’re at the end of the ride</div><div>Wondering how you got to the end so quickly</div><div>Where did time go?<br><br></div><div>School Days turn into rapid weeks</div><div>As rapid as Usain Bolt on his feet</div><div>Rapid weeks turn into quick months</div><div>As quick as Naomi Osaka with her hands</div><div>High school is a race</div><div>A race against time</div><div>Before you know it times up, it’s that year</div><div>The year every student dreams of</div><div>The year of victory</div><div>The overwhelming waves of relief of closing a chapter </div><div>The joy of finally starting a fresh one in life</div><div>The year of waves of regret</div><div>Wishing you could’ve gone back and lived a little more</div><div>Wishing you didn’t have to grow up </div><div>High school is race against time</div><div>And I see the finish line</div><div>Why did we have to move so fast?<br><br></div><div>Thank you high school for the lifetime memories</div><div>Thank you for introducing me to people that I will cherish forever </div><div>Thank you for the sleepless nights </div><div>Thank you for all the crying sessions </div><div>Thank you for all the laughter we’ve shared </div><div>Thank you for reminding how limited my time is</div><div>Here’s to one last quick roller coaster ride</div><div>I truly believe it now </div>]]></description>
         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:48:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Day or Hour no one knows</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/807799976</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>As I looked up, </div><div>I saw the heavens open. </div><div>As a loving father, </div><div>Reuniting with his son.</div><div><br></div><div>Then I heard,</div><div>Shofar sounding trumpets,</div><div>Loud enough for the whole world</div><div>To hear.</div><div><br></div><div>And many disappeared,</div><div>Many not knowing why, </div><div>Not knowing,</div><div>They had gone with the Most High.</div><div><br></div><div>It occurred as a lightning bolt,</div><div>And like in the days of Noah,</div><div>They will be warned,</div><div>And they will be sheep, with no shepherd to guide them,</div><div>The wolf will camouflage himself, and they’ll be lost,</div><div>Forever<br><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 17:52:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The beach</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/mecoonan/iuqo44i1ly1wqi0x/wish/808636768</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>I'm  at the beach</div><div>Somewhere where I find peace</div><div>A place where I enjoy to go</div><div>The beach is Disney World to me</div><div>There nothing like it</div><div><br></div><div>I'm running through the shallow water</div><div>I'm jumping into the waves</div><div>I'm a dolphin swimming in the water</div><div>I’m floating on the water like a boat</div><div>I’m having a blast</div><div><br></div><div>The beach is beautiful </div><div>The atmosphere it creates brightens my mood</div><div>The sun is like a bright yellow sunflower</div><div>The blue cold water refreshes your mind</div><div>The beach calms you down</div><div><br></div><div>The beach is where I am happy</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-06 23:38:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>       Me</div><div>I love myself </div><div>I love to run</div><div>I like to have fun</div><div><br></div><div>I love how my eyes are bright as the sun </div><div>I shine like a star to everyone</div><div>I play hard all the time </div><div>My shorts are tighter than my games</div><div><br></div><div>My brain is a functioning computer </div><div>I think as a zooming scooter</div><div>I shoot ideas like a bullet </div><div>I sometimes want to quit</div><div><br></div><div>I love myself </div><div>I love to run </div><div>I like to have fun</div><div>I want to be done </div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2020-10-07 17:02:20 UTC</pubDate>
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