Top 8 smells

1. Brownies baking in the oven.


2. Freshly mowed grass.


3.  The world after a rainstorm.


4. Method sweet water soap.


5. My dog.


6.Chocolate milk.


7. My orange air freshener.


8. New shoes!

 

Sunshine

Shine
Shimmer
Feel the warmth in your hair

Burn
Blaze
Turn crisp in the glare

Sunglasses
Smile
Mister Sun

Grow
Keep alive
His work is never done

Red
Orange
Yellow too

I never see colors like
Green
Or blue

Sun
Up there
 In the big blue sky

Now the
nighttime's here
So I say goodbye

Bye, Mister Sun!

Inspired by the recent heat that has popped up in my area
 

 

Thank you to cartoonclipartworld.com for this image! (clicky!) 

English: Thoughts or Not?

     So, in English, we are studying poetry. I used to be able to, in school, write poetry about anything, all my thoughts. Now, the class follows strict subjects like Summer or an animal inside me. When I asked the teacher if we would be writing a poem on a topic we would choose, she shook her head, no. So, my question today is: why spend all of class writing answers to open-response questions and following strict guidelines instead of letting the class' imagination run wild like a herd of horses, instead of letting emotion flow like a river from deep inside their souls?

     If there was at least one free-topic poem or story, I would be satisfied. I raised this point to the substitute who stood in for the teacher(who, by the way, delivered a fine baby boy recently) and, she told me that she has lesson plans to follow, but that she might, just maybe, be able to squeeze one in.

     I am a writer who, when given guidelines, can follow, but when allowed to run wild, paints a vivid, detailed picture instead of the  pencil sketch of a guided writing assignment. This is part of the reason I decided to begin blogging. I have notebooks filled with stories(not many with endings, though) and a folder of tales on my computer. I would have an awesome grade in English, if only I could put my own feelings in.

So, English: Thoughts, or Not?