Original+Poetry--2013

= ORIGINAL POETRY INSPIRED BY THE WRITING OF CAROLINE B. COONEY =

I was new here No friends No family Just me Simple, plain, Anaxandra. They call me a princess. Jewels, gowns, perfume. But on the inside, I'm just a normal girl. I am so lonely here, but I feel connected to this place. __ Here lays a strip of mountains, dark and sullen, shifting like uneasy shoulders. __ Majestic and royal from a distance; but plain and ordinary up close. __ The land of Troy was dull and smooth like a sheet spread on a riverbank to dry. __ What I see when I look in the mirror. I wish I had someone to talk to; to be with. And still I sit here Simple, plain, Anaxandra.
 * __ Simple, plain, Anaxandra __**

Alexa Ufberg


 * __To Take A Life__ **
 * __By Ruthie D.__ **

Dark closes in everywhere. __Without warning, clouds covered the blue sky and the sky swelled like pus in a blister.__ I jump. I scream. No one hears No one knows what is happening,no one knows that the world is ending. No one knows that my world is ending. It will soon close down around me, taking my life as easily as taking a lolly from a baby. I pray to god that the darkness won't take my life. I pray for strength. I pray for a bird to come and take me somewhere else, somewhere where it is light. __But no eagle came.__ __No hawk.__ __No falcon.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Not even a sparrow.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The darkness rules over me now. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There is no escaping now.

=__The light__= =__By Michael Grant W.__=

= = = = =__**Time Flies**__= =__**By Julia Nahmani**__=

Working, playing, relaxing Whatever it is time goes by You can’t stop Trust me, the seasons already tried pg.216 __The days leaped forward and winter was flung aside__ Aging, growing, developing Whatever it is time goes by You can’t stop Trust me, its constant pg.78 __Cheeks wrinkled like last year’s apple__ There will be tears running down your snapple


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A Kiss? __**


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">By Ruthie C. __**

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I had not known that a kiss could sweep you away as fast as a racehorse. __

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">It lifted me up with massive force.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I couldn't breathe, I couldn't speak.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The alley was no more cold, no more bleak.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">But suddenly I fell with a thud.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">And the memories came back in a flood.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The air stood still, thinking its own thoughts. __

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Electricity coursed through my body, at least a million watts.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">There I sat, head spinning, thinking, thinking, thinking.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How could he do this to me?

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Leave me here, alone?

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A kiss is not what it's made out to be.


 * Seasons**


 * By Jon C.**

The school year went by quicker than a heartbeat.

Trees were bare and snow was already on the ground.

__The days leaped forward and winter was flung aside.__

Soon the plants grew back and the birds were chirping.

Spring had come and with it came flowers and leaves and

As I admired the trees and noticed that the the __knots and__

__elbows in the tree were like Medusa's snakes.__

Maybe it was because it was still happening.

But soon it too will pass and so will summer and again

fruit.

Spring seemed to have slowed down.

back to fall.

**__ Alone __**
 * __ By Noah Stein __**

Alone No help, nobody Stuck in a cave Cold, shivering with fear __ The days leaped forward and winter was flung aside. __ No food no water Weeks passed by Sad, worried I saw a light, I was scared There was a noise __ Its voice is very cold, as if sleet is falling __ Alone

__**So Here I Stand**__

__**By Michal L.**__

__So here I stand in the ruins.__

I am all alone.

No one will come for me now.

I am nothing.

The sun rises and sets every day,

And always shines bright.

I will never shine bright again.

So here I stand among the rocks.

I, Anaxandra.

The gods are angry.

Everyone is dead.

I feel like Rapunzel.

Alone, locked in a tower.

Nobody cares about me.

So here I stand deserted.

I pray, I hope.

I know I will win this internal war.

Me against myself.

Courage against fear.

I have learned that __an angry god can take back his wrath.__

I don't think he can forgive me though.


 * My Olive Tree on Siphnos**


 * By Elana K.**

As the gods cried above me, their tears hit as I ran to the olive tree

I ran, I felt free under the sky instead of a roof

__I saw Medusa as the trunk, and in each knot and elbow__

This was my spot, where no one will go

Jewels I did leave

Because here comes no thieves

I sat and thought about what the gods brought

And as the rain slackened and became mist,

__The sun floated on each drop and a rainbow lifted in the sky__

The birds sang their special song, and so did I

I was in peace

__**I Am Me**__ __**by Lily G.**__

I am me.

I am wiser than you think, and I know more than you might see.

Don't let their comments hurt you,

Let their words blow away like a balloon,

Show them your smile shining brighter than the moon.

__I stood like bones inside of two princesses I had never been,__

I lost myself in this battle of words, images yet to be seen.

Your words won't affect me,

They are floating and free.

With my __hair like the sunset, and eyes like sea__

You will always be you and I will always be me.

__**Bathroom View**__ __**By Hannah T.**__ Her toes were pressed up against the far end of the bathtub Her knees were together in an uncharacteristically fragile way Her almost comically dark eyeliner ran down her face However __she did not cringe inside her walls__ She once again looked over at her makeshift side table constructed from her books Franny and Zooey, The Overcoat, The Iliad (deemed overbloated by its owner) and Nobody Nowhere, saved from her bathroom floor for supporting a meticulously dry and uncreased sheet of paper She looked through her dirty window at the particularly unpicturesque view down below Her nine-year-old neighbor playing muted Mozart seemed to fit with sagging plaster from the rooftops of the cheap flats that occupied her window She thought of her neighbor’s music tutor; who could teach someone to master a musical instrument like that? A nine-year-old no less, at least five of those years were spent being a baby; they must have been What came to mind was either __a bear of a woman with pocked skin and fingers likes sausages__, or a permanently puckered old woman with a distinctly foreign accent reminiscent of villains from old mystery novels riddled with propaganda, or a spy permanently in black and white. She listened to the way muted Mozart and blasted-out Bach seemed to challenge each other She closed her eyes and sank lower into the tub; she noted the sharp decline of quality as the composer (former Bach player) switched to her own original piece Shortly after she tore her meticulously well-kept sheet of paper and knocked over her stack of books

=Spring= By Ari Hilibrand

= = I n the heart of winter. “__Day after day snow blurs the horizon and the passage of time”.__ As I wait in the short dark days. With the cruel howling of the wind constantly audible. And then, a miracle happens one small blade of grass finds it way through the overwhelming white mass known as snow. Not long after more follow in its footsteps. And soon the days leap forward and winter is flung aside, giving way to the green pastures of spring. As the warmth of the sun shines down upon me, I sprout my leaves and give shade to the world for I am a tree. And when every thing is inside in the warmth of their homes, I stand. Watching. Waiting. For I know that spring is just around the bend. And now it has come. I wait no longer. = =


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Anaxandra __**
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">By Becci S. __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The goddess Medusa, in a statue

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Gives courage to Anaxadra

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">She was taken from home

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Forced to betray her family at a young age

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Escaping pirates, burying a king

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Lying about identities, stealing a princess's name

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">As she said, "I stood like bones inside two princesses I had never been."

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Those are some of the many things Anaxandra did

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">As she learned about love, about the many she cared about

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Protecting a prince from his wicked parents

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Helen the mother, they called her "a pool of light and a halo from heaven"

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Saving the prince from the mighty hand of Paris

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Does she know what to do

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To protect the people she cares about

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To stop a war

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To save from afar

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To tell the truth

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">At the end

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To save her nation

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">From the curse of the Trojan War

Help me O king whose __beard raged over his cheeks like a bad temper.__ Our queen, My queen, __has regarded you as a lion regards its prey.__ She loves but one The prince, Paris. She wants to kill, you, me. Come to Troy, Rescue me and your baby boy. He has attempted to kill us Save us. Quicksilver, Swords, Save us from this terrible curse. . Guilt By Josh B.
 * __ Help us __**
 * __ By Leah M. __**

Curses poured out of me like a lava from the spout of God.

What had I just done?

What turned me into such a monster to do something like this?

There are so many people like me, but they don’t understand how I feel.

I feel as though the world has just fallen on my shoulders.

She swung the final door and held it open for Paris.

Why have I this feeling of despair?

Is it just because I don’t feel ashamed about what I just committed?

Maybe the true answer will be revealed within time itself.

Maybe it wasn’t my fault because I didn’t commit it.

Yet watching it happen…

NOT DOING SOMETHING, is even worse. The Monster by Ari M. The monster __with obsidian eyes that glitter black in the smoke__ the smoke of my small fire the fire that I am trying to hide behind behind the monster their is a princess a princess made __of hot gold infused with silver__ with a heart of ice ice is cold and hard hard to keep her waiting waiting for her cold black eyes to leave leave me alone to live live in fear of that monster that monster that will never die, never leave, never perish perish the thought of fighting it it is unbeatable __ Stone __ By Harrison S. __ Stone is stronger than bone. __ That is what my coach said as I fell on my stomach. As I fell, __words poured out of me like lava from the spout of a god__ “Why did Dora push me? This is only a game,” I cried My team crowded around No one made a sound Except for my moans The coach said I was shocked Dora was mocked And the game went on

I have survived They have survived- page151 We have survived
 * __ We Can Survive __**
 * __ By Yasi S. __**

__ The city struggled for breath __ As we sorrowed through many deaths But we shall keep our heads high When we wait for someone to hear our cry

I have survived They have survived We have survived

I always hope for the best Yet sometimes we have to settle for less Most of the days are very dreary I dream of someday being super cheery

__ A Good Boy Like You __ By Gabe Y. When my sister and I Fought like cats and dogs Over money mom was giving us __ Curses poured from my mouth like lava __ Then I called for my aba And my safta too They said, What can I do for you? Their response was then We would do anything For a good boy like you Don’t worry Gabey We will give The money to you I would love to ride that horse. His horse. His horse was sired by the wind. An act of grace and beauty. An act of power, an act of speed, a dare. That dare should soon be mine. I have been dared to sit on the horse’s broad back. I did. I have been dared to run free. I did. As I did The wind flowed through the mare's mane as a river flows downhill And so did it flow through mine. Then came a leap. A leap of faith, trust and beauty. I could feel, I could feel every long graceful stride bring me, us, closer. Then that moment, the moment we left the ground, I could see it, a future. A future with no killing no hunting. A future with man and animal living in a world of peace. A future where everyone is free. Then we landed. I felt like I had been to another universe, but now I'm back home where I will decide my future and so will you.
 * __ His Horse, Dove __**
 * __ By Emily B. __**

__ Racing Up the Ice __ By Tal P. Racing up the ice with adrenaline pumping. I yell at the other team's goalie when __ curses spill out of my mouth like lava. __ As I see the other team being very aggressive I act fast like a cheetah Like a boxer I punch, hit and angrily skate away as I was given a penalty. Four minutes in the penalty box go by quickly I’m out of the box in my head I say, Here I go!!! I have the puck -- GOAL!!!! __ Seven ways of terror __ __ In a wood full of pine. __ The crow starts crying As the wind is yelling Please goddess of yesterday __ Be my goddess of tomorrow __ The boat rocks like The sea below it The water lashes As if it is trying to swallow the boat Light is now dark White is now black Hope is now fright Seven ways of terror In a wood full of pine Drops of rain become spheres of cold hail trees are swaying as the earth is shaking lightning strikes the ground then the thunder sounds The tigers are looking for prey While the snakes are gliding away The creak from a tree is As bad as the chill in the air The noises are normal But the sounds are different There are no tears on my face because The fright is inside Seven ways of terror In a wood full of pine
 * __ Terror __**
 * By Rebecca R. **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Devil in Disguise __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">By Dori H.F. __**

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Paris ____<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> is not my enemy __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Heart beating in my chest <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I hear the words of my queen __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Trojans are coming for me __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">My eyes search the room <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Looking for an escape <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">And now once again I am alone <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Alone in a room with a beauty <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">But on the inside she has a heart of stone <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">She is the devil in disguise