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Table of Contents
Friends? (Original Poem)……………………………………………………………….1
What I do for you! (Original poem)……………………………………………………..2
Where I’m from………………………………………………………………………....3
Family is like a blanket (Simile poem)……………………………………………….....4
The big BANG (Life lesson poem)………………………………………………….….5
Life is a rollercoaster (Metaphor poem)………………………………………………...6
Back to reality (poetic device poem)……………………………………………………7
Summer time (Rhyme Scheme Poem)…………………………………………………..8
Famous (Annotated)…………………………………………………………………….9
Famous: Naomi Shihab Nye (Analysis)………………………………………………..10
Friends? (Original Poem)
You claim the label friend?
So then no matter how crazy or how much you think I’m wrong, or over reacting you should
have my back. Right?
But out of you I wouldn’t expect that much
Friends are called friends for a reason they eventually end
“She was a Fri (end); He was a Fri (end)”
That was once upon a time
But time has passed and I healed just fine
Well it’s sad to say but your bestfri (end) has a bestfri (end)
If you was my friend like you claim to be then why does our friendship crush like leaves in the
fall
I just want somebody to talk to and walk around the mall
I want someone to be there for me that’s all
Who are your real Friends?
What I do for you! (Original poem)
You ask me for it it’s yours
You want it you got it
No matter what you want my answer is “yes”
“Can I, Will you, I need”
You can have what you want
It’s been that way for a long time
When I ask you for something will the answer always be the same?
When I first met you I didn’t know you cost so much
Next time I meet a friend I will just say “How much do you cost?”
Am I going to be able to always depend on you, because I’m no walking bank?
Can you put a price on me?
Look at what I do for you
Where I’m From
I am from mouth balls smelling though the whole house
From bullet holes in the corner of the couch and rugs that smell of dog
I am from family dinner on Wednesdays and lighting fire crackers on the 4Th of July
I am from sweet corn bread
From turkey on Thanksgiving and holes in the ceiling
I am from come correct or don’t come at all
From more bark then bit and picture frame and scrap books
My family is only getting bigger
Family is like a blanket (Simile poem)
Family is like a blanket
Without it you’re cold
If you have enough you will always stay warm
If you treat it wrong you will no longer have it
Each stitch is like a memory
Good times, bad times and unforgettable times
Family is like a blanket
Once you get new ones the old ones pass on
The hold you down when you need it
Family is like a big sheet that spreads out everywhere
I love my family like a fat kid loves candy
Family is like a blanket
The big BANG (Life lesson poem)
My dad got shot around 10’Oclock
He got a man up set and got shot in the neck
He is face first on the floor, the man run out the door
The first shoot I jump…BANG!
The second shot I run…BANG!
Unaware of what’s going on I stay still and quite
My dad yells for help and I stay quite
I don’t come out until I hear sirens
My mom stands over him crying
He is swimming in a pool of blood dying
Laying in silence he opens his eyes
The police rush in and I hurry down the steps
He gave my dad 10 gun wounds
But he is in jail and won’t be getting out any time soon
Life is the worst lesson learned and I found this out because of the big BANG
Life is a rollercoaster (Metaphor poem)
Life is rollercoaster
We all have our ups and downs
When we get to the top we somehow end up on the ground
You scream and yell making many different types of sounds
Life is rocky
We go through hard times
Problems appear unwanted
Life is sweet
Like biting into a pear and juice squirting out
It taste bitter and creamy or sweet and crunchy
Life is a rollercoaster so sit back and enjoy the ride
Life is a ride that I’ve got on to many times
Back to reality (poetic device poem)
When I walk down the driveway to get into my car the wind slapped me as if it said “wake up”
I got in the car and pulled up my muffler yelled at me with a sassy purr
I drove from Sea Sea wondering why I felt so life less
It’s a typical day, going with the flow whatever comes my way
The wind is blowing, the trees are waving
My car doesn’t stop for me I hope out doing a tuck and roll
Off a cliff my car goes
I dust myself off and give my arm a pinch
I wake up from a dream barely remembering it
Quickly snapping back to reality realizing how hard I try to escape life
Summer time (Rhyme Scheme Poem)
Summer time fine (A)
The old ladies wine and dine (A)
The men drink and swim (B)
The days are longer nights are shorter (C)
Moms and dads look out the windows for their daughters (C)
The hood rats get crazy (D)
Girls walk in flip flops pushing their babies (D)
When school comes back around every one gets lazy (D)
People like to fight day and night (E)
Stay out late and get shot on sight (E)
It is warm out, people in salons getting their hair and nails done (F)
On every corner there is a house party, inside you can hear people scream and shout (G)
Summer time is the time we should be able to have fun (H)
People’s kids should be able to play in the loving summer sun (H)
Famous: Naomi Shihab Nye (Analysis)
To me the poem means that one thing is famous to another, or saying one thing is familiar or
knows something well. In the poem the author uses many poetic devices such as Alliteration,
personification and rhymes. Most of the poetic devices are rhymes, some poetic devices you
have to really keep an eye open for. The idea of the poem in my point of view is she takes two
common things that usually go together for example; Jelly is famous to peanut butter. The tone
of the poem is the mood and emotion or feeling in a poem. The emotion I feel coming out of the
poem is victory. This is a good poem but to understand it you have annotate and read it over
more than once.