December 20, 2010

Walking home frome school
your insides are in a knot
its your birthday
and you're 12
you're SOOOO excited
'cause its your birthday
you walk in your door
and its quiet
you remember your mother saying
we'll be home after school
but
they're not
you hear a rustling and giggling
you turn
nothing
you turn back around
and.........
SURPRISE!!!!!!
they jusmp out
like lions on an antalope
yelling
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
in your ear
suprise indeed

December 20, 2010

You can never think
of the future
until you get there
if you think about
the sun rising tomorrow
don't
wait until tomorrow
then think about it
go outside
and enjoy the now

October 14, 2010

I wish
that I could touch
the stars
they twinkle
and shine at me
but I can't reach out
to them
They cry
because I can't play
with them
And I wish
I could
reach out
and comfort them

STUCK!!!

I'm stuck on ideas to write about. If you can think of any, please tell me. Comment your ideas on this post. Thank you.

September 10, 2010

Its the first day of school
and even worse
middle school
the older kids
growl at you
as you walk past
your locker gets jammed
and you are
late
to your first class
your teacher
ends up being mean
your best friend
isn't in
any
of your classes
its a nightmare
I'm so glad
that was a dream

The first day of school
was wonderful
it wasn't
half
as bad as i
thought
it would be
the older kids
pretended we
wern't there
which was fine
with us
my locker
opened on the
first
try
not the 5th
which is what
all the 7th graders
say
happened
the first day
of 6th grade
was easy
I'm happy
that
was not
a dream

August 17, 2010

I've figured out
how the beginning
of the poem goes
it's about
a little girl
who is riding
her bike down
a beaten path
her bike swerves
on a rock
and she falls
but lands in a pile
of hay
I can't figure out
an ending though
that poem could go on
forever
you don't know
where the beginning
or the ending is
you don't know
where the middle
or the 3/4 line is
I've figured out
the beginning
of that poem
about a little girl
who is riding
her bike down
a beaten path
her bike swerves
on a rock
and she falls
but lands in a
pile of hay
this poem could
go on forever
it almost has
and I can't
figure out
the end

Note

I HAVE POEMS IN THE BACK AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!! Just saying.

August 1, 2010

Vacation is awesome
you get to relax
and play
and be lazy
and do.....
whatever
its fun
and boring
adventure filled
and TV filled
vacation
is enjoyable
unless
in my case
you get bucked
off of a
horse

July 16, 2010

The waves are
crashing
against the shore
like cannon balls
on a battle field
like raindrops
in a rain storm
like risen hopes
that are doomed to fall
the waves
are perfect
they rise
out of the ocean
slowly moving
toward the shore
and then they
curl
until they
meet
the hot
white
sand

July 10,2010

Today
we are going to
the beach
but its raining
who ever heard
of going to
the beach
while the rain
is pouring down
we will be
driving
for 3 hours
to get there
but when we
get out
of the car
it will be raining
in Maryland
in July
at the
beach

July 1, 2010

It is the first of July
and everyone will know
that in 2 days
Hillary will be 6
she will wake up in the morning
as if it is Christmas
and jump on my parents bed
saying
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!
I have
quit a few months left
before I can say
that today is my birthday
and that I am 12
but right now
I am still 11
and my sister will say
I am 6
and today is my
birthday

June 9, 2010

Life is a series

of twists and turns

you don't know

if you will be

going straight for

a long time or

taking a sharp turn

it could be either

you will never know

June 7, 2010

Music fills your body

with a warm sensation

like drinking hot coco

on a January morning

you will find occasional

marshmallows

sweet bits that wake you up

from a deep

warm sleep

Music

Sometimes

the hot coco gets cold

and you suddenly realize

that your cup is empty

that the music is over

and you'll have to get

some more later

but not now

not now

June 7, 2010

It's just poems

that are in this book

simply poems

songs

made into words

ideas

put on paper

as I said

its just poems

that are in this book

my favorite kind of

story

June 7, 2010 (for Lisa)

When you see the face

of the sick one

it fills you with sadness

a penetrating

hurting sadness

but you feel happy
when you see their

shining smiles
look down at you

and it pushes

the sadness away

May 27, 2010

People say
that life is a highway
but it is not
even close
it is more like
a mountain range
with loose rocks
along the way
yes
sometimes life is
a highway
but then you trip
and fall into a trench

May 27, 2010

Sometimes i wish

that things would go

my way

that I could get

an ipod

that I really want

that I would get

and A on that

really hard test

but it's in my control

I could save up

my money

for the ipod

I could study

for that really hard test

Everything

that we do

in in our control

and we can't change

that

May 21, 2010

The quietness
of the classroom
while a test is out
is calming
with the murmmur
of workers
and the
shuffle of feet
the fixing of papers
the moving of desks
it is all on present
in the classroom
package

May 14, 2010

Friendship
is something good
tht you should
NEVER
let go
the only reason
you should
ever
ever
ever
let friendship go
is if it is not
a good one

Even then

it might hurt

to let it go
You should
never

ever

let a good friendship
go.

May 11, 2010

Books
their crisp pages
their smells
every time
you turn a page
there is a new
journey
waiting for
you to discover
books
are adventures
in your hand
with a voice
in your mind

May 5, 2010

Anger
is like
an enemy
coming to
take over
your body
and control
your mind

you do weird

and bad

things when you

are angry

Anger

is like

an angry bull

rushing toward

you

and you jump

and ride on

it's back

the best thing

is to jump off

and hit the

soft ground

and let the bull

run away

May 3, 2010

I hate it when people
think
that I don't know anything
at all
when they are talking
and I ask
and they say
that I don't know
what
they are talking about
and that I wouldn't know
the topic
but then I find out later
and i know the issue
it hurts
I hate it
when they think
I'm dumb

April 30, 2010

The day of the play
is hectic
you're scrambling around
trying to get on stage
you forget to go on
when your favorite scene comes
but when it's all over
people say it was great
you blush and say
"I guess it was."

April 28, 2010

1 is not nothing
it is something
it is more than zero
so it has to be something
1 is like the last
leaf on the tree
no one pays it mind
as it falls
1 is like
the last drop of water
in a rain storm
it is there
1 is not nothing

April 26, 2010

I can't think of
what to write
what to put
down on this page
'Cause I don't want
to put down
mumble jumble
words that don't
make sense
But I guess
I just wrote
a poem

April 19, 2010

The waves crash
the rain slashes
against my window
as I sleep
there is silence
but I don't mind
it is calming
as I sleep
the sun appears
the birds sing
their happy song
as I sleep
there is a voice
soothing
growing near
and I
wake
up

April 19, 2010

All I need
is the buzz
of my bike
the wind
in my ears
and the world
passing by
to be happy

April 19, 2010

When you
are in a tree
you see the earth
through different eyes
the world passes you by
as if you are traveling
through time
you never want to
get down
unless you are
afraid of heights

April 15, 2010

Have you ever

wondered

why the world
is how it is
why the tides
go in and out
why the wind
blows strong
why friends
are friends
and birds
sing in the trees
Have you ever
wondered why
it is how it
is?

April 14, 2010

I am a poet
when I am bored
I write poem
after poem
after poem
and I hide them
in a safe place
until I want to
read them again
They are secret
hidden stories
about my life
codes
waiting to be figured out
messages
waiting to be answered
I love my poems
because I am a
poet