Poetry English 3 by KAYLEE ABNEY

Poetry English 3 by KAYLEE ABNEY https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt 10 poems chosen by me en-us 2018-02-08 18:51:32 UTC 2018-02-19 18:52:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Happiness (Reconsidered) - Poem by Judith Viorst kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231227134 Happiness
Is a clean bill of health from the doctor,
And the kids shouldn't move back home for
more than a year,
And not being audited, overdrawn, in Wilkes-Barre,
in a lawsuit or in traction.

Happiness
Is falling asleep without Valium,
And having two breasts to put in my brassiere,
And not (yet) needing to get my blood pressure lowered,
my eyelids raised or a second opinion.

And on Saturday nights
When my husband and I have rented
Something with Fred Astaire for the VCR,
And we're sitting around in our robes discussing,
The state of the world, back exercises, our Keoghs,
And whether to fix the transmission or buy a new car,
And we're eating a pint of rum-raisin ice cream
on the grounds that
Tomorrow we're starting a diet of fish, fruit and grain,
And my dad's in Miami dating a very nice widow,
And no one we love is in serious trouble or pain,
And our bringing-up-baby days are far behind us,
But our senior-citizen days have not begun,
It's not what I called happiness
When I was twenty-one,
But it's turning out to be
What happiness is. ]]> 2018-02-13 18:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231227134 "Nature" Is What We See - Poem by Emily Dickinson kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231228667 "Nature" is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity. ]]> 2018-02-13 18:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231228667 True Friendship - Poem by William S. Tsoukalas, Sr. kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231230031 The feeling of friendship from the start
Is that special feeling in your heart
A feeling from deep down inside
A feeling that no one should hide
A friend is there through good and bad
They make you happy when you're sad
they brighten up your darkest day
Just by the simple thing's they say
Now friendship can't be bought or sold
It may get tarnished, and may get old
You can over come your greatest fear
Just look around and it is there
Now friendship's one and only cost
Is to make sure that it's never lost ]]> 2018-02-13 19:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231230031 A Dog Has Died - Poem by Pablo Neruda kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231231540 My dog has died.
I buried him in the garden
next to a rusted old machine.

Some day I'll join him right there,
but now he's gone with his shaggy coat,
his bad manners and his cold nose,
and I, the materialist, who never believed
in any promised heaven in the sky
for any human being,
I believe in a heaven I'll never enter.
Yes, I believe in a heaven for all dogdom
where my dog waits for my arrival
waving his fan-like tail in friendship.

Ai, I'll not speak of sadness here on earth,
of having lost a companion
who was never servile.
His friendship for me, like that of a porcupine
withholding its authority,
was the friendship of a star, aloof,
with no more intimacy than was called for,
with no exaggerations:
he never climbed all over my clothes
filling me full of his hair or his mange,
he never rubbed up against my knee
like other dogs obsessed with sex.

No, my dog used to gaze at me,
paying me the attention I need,
the attention required
to make a vain person like me understand
that, being a dog, he was wasting time,
but, with those eyes so much purer than mine,
he'd keep on gazing at me
with a look that reserved for me alone
all his sweet and shaggy life,
always near me, never troubling me,
and asking nothing.

Ai, how many times have I envied his tail
as we walked together on the shores of the sea
in the lonely winter of Isla Negra
where the wintering birds filled the sky
and my hairy dog was jumping about
full of the voltage of the sea's movement:
my wandering dog, sniffing away
with his golden tail held high,
face to face with the ocean's spray.

Joyful, joyful, joyful,
as only dogs know how to be happy
with only the autonomy
of their shameless spirit.

There are no good-byes for my dog who has died,
and we don't now and never did lie to each other.

So now he's gone and I buried him,
and that's all there is to it.]]> 2018-02-13 19:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231231540 Life Goes On - Poem by Elizabeth Quinn kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231233924 When the sun shines LIFE GOES ON
When the rain falls LIFE GOES ON
When the sun shines or the rain falls LIFE GOES ON.
When you're happy LIFE GOES ON
When you're sad LIFE GOES ON
When you're happy or you're sad if you're good or if
you're bad LIFE GOES ON

When you're laughing LIFE GOES ON
When you're crying LIFE GOES ON
If you're laughing or you're crying
If you're' living or you're dying LIFE GOES ON.]]> 2018-02-13 19:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231233924 Be Yourself - Poem by Paul Adolphus kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231242540 Don't try to be me
and I won't try to be you
there is only one of me
and there is only one of you

Don't go around pretending to be
somebody that you are not
there real you is who you should
let people see
and not what you've got

You don't need to put on a false identity
trying to look and act like a celebrity
you are who you are with your own personality
that's the way it so just deal with reality

Looking up to someone is nothing wrong
but when you try to become that someone
that's where you don't belong
just be yourself and play it cool
why pretend and make yourself look like a fool?

I won't try to be you
so don't try to be me
if others can't accept they way you are
then just let them be ]]> 2018-02-13 19:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231242540 Heaven by Kane Brown kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231247284 This is perfect
Come kiss me one more time
I couldn't dream this up
Even if I tried
You and me in this moment
Feels like magic only
I'm right where I wanna be

Everybody's talking about heaven like they just can't wait to go
Saying how it's gonna be so good, so beautiful
Lying next to you, in this bed with you, I ain't convinced
'Cause, I don't know how, I don't know how heaven, heaven
Could be better than this

I swear you're an angel
Sent to this world
What did I do right to deserve you, girl?
I could stay here forver
I'd be fine if we never had to even leave this room

Everybody's talking about heaven like they just can't wait to go
Saying how it's gonna be so good, so beautiful
Lying next to you, in this bed with you, I ain't convinced
'Cause, I don't know how, I don't know how heaven, heaven
Could be better than this
Could be better than this

Everybody's talking about heaven like they just can't wait to go
Saying how it's gonna be so good, so beautiful
Lying next to you, in this bed with you, I ain't convinced
'Cause, I don't know how, I don't know how heaven, heaven
Could be better than this (heaven)
Could be better than this (heaven, heaven)

I swear, this is perfect
Come kiss me one more time

]]> 2018-02-13 19:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231247284 One Girl by Chris Lane kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231248309 Some guys need a side piece (Yup)
Some slide in the DM on the weekend
Some keep a couple on the line anytime
They want another baby sleeping, girl believe it

Oh, but me, I'm just a simple man
I'm just a dinner-for-two true gentleman, yes, ma'am
I, I ain't no numbers man
Ain't trying to rack 'em up, count 'em up on both hands

All I need is one girl, one girl, a fun girl
Can't wait to come undone, girl, hotter than the Sun, girl
One girl, second to none, girl
No one else does what you do to me, I'm looking at you like you could be
The one girl, one girl
All I need is one girl, one girl

T-take a drive on the highway
Get your sunset or a sunrise, whatever you like
Maybe stay in bed all day
Yeah, I know that it's a king size

But there's only room for one girl
You're the one girl, one girl

All I need is one girl, one girl, a fun girl
Can't wait to come undone, girl, hotter than the Sun, girl
One girl, second to none, girl
No one else does what you do to me, I'm looking at you like you could be
The one girl, one girl
All I need is one girl, one girl

(One girl, one, one girl)
(One girl, one, one girl)

Yeah, that's what the thing about you and me, you and me
We fit together like a lock and key, perfectly, certainly
I'm thinking that eternity is there in the cards
It's written with a sharpie, baby, up in them stars

Yeah, all I need is one girl
Yeah, all I need is one girl

All I need is one girl, one girl, a fun girl
Can't wait to come undone, girl, get you on rerun, girl
One girl, second to none, girl
No one else does what you do to me, I'm looking at you like you could be
The one girl, one girl
All I need is one girl, one girl

(One girl, one, one girl) All I need is one girl, one girl
(One girl, one, one girl)]]> 2018-02-13 19:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231248309 By Kaylee Abney kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231313533 I have a dog named snickers
she always has a lot of tickers
because she runs all over bem.
I sure do hate to pick them
but after she gives me lots of lickers.]]> 2018-02-13 22:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231313533 By Kaylee Abney kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231318565 Over all these years I've never been more stressed.
Victory is what I'm desperately searching for.
Everyday I study and practice.
Round and round my head spins.
Working for all of my goals.
Huge amounts of homework and responsibilities.
Enough is what I've had.
Limited amount of time is all I'm given.
Missing summer like no other.
Eager to finish the semester.
Dreaming of the last day of school.]]> 2018-02-13 22:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/231318565 Reason for A Dog Has Died kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232441746 The reasons I picked this poem is one, my dog has recently died. Two, it is very personal. Three, I can relate to it a lot. Four, I always imagine her running around and playing with her favorite toys we buried with her. Five, I know that I will see her again.]]> 2018-02-16 17:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232441746 Reasons for Happiness kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232446166 I believe that no matter what happens that you should always find the happy in it. I also hope that in the future I'm as happy as the author is in this story. Another thing is that I agree with the stuff in the beginning. Some teenagers now a days don't seem to find happiness in the little things. Finally, I hope that everyone experiences happiness no matter how big or small.]]> 2018-02-16 18:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232446166 Reason for Be Yourself kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232453492 One of the main reasons I picked this poem is because there is nothing more annoying then when someone is trying to be like you. I also hate when people are fake. Another thing is when people act different around a certain crowd. If you can't be yourself around certain people then don't you think you should learn to work on yourself? I feel like a lot of people should learn to love themselves and know that they don't have to change for other people. Finally, I think the main reason people try to act like someone else is because they are jealous of them or there are other people making fun of them.]]> 2018-02-16 18:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232453492 Reasons for Nature kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232458474 I picked this poem because there's nothing more pure than nature. Also the fact that it isn't man made like everything else makes it even more beautiful. Another reason why I picked this poem is because it explains everything that nature is about. Nature isn't something you have to think about or work for, its just there. Like the poem said its simple and refreshing. ]]> 2018-02-16 18:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232458474 Reasons for Life Goes On kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232466058 I picked this poem because no matter what life goes on. The world doesn't stop when something bad happens you. The world doesn't stop when you are at your happiest point. Bad things happen to good people everyday but not everyone drops everything for that one person. You have to get right back up when life is going bad because its not going to help you back up.]]> 2018-02-16 18:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232466058 Reasons for True Friendship kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232470950 The main reason I picked this poem is because none of my "friends" seem to come to mind when I read this poem. They are always choosing people that have betrayed me over me. But for those who are always there for me and always have my back are what I am most grateful for. If I didn't have the few people that truly care for me I wouldn't be myself. They are always there for me and I can tell them anything.]]> 2018-02-16 19:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/232470950 kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021496 2018-02-19 18:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021496 kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021622 2018-02-19 18:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021622 kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021723 2018-02-19 18:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021723 kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021866 2018-02-19 18:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233021866 kabney https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233022186 2018-02-19 18:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kabney/o9q289fy8djt/wish/233022186