Anthology #15

happiness 
is bliss

happiness, 
is when you get a new puppy
happiness, 
is when you get married
happiness, 
is when you go on you first date
happiness, 
is making your own decisions
happiness, 
is graduating
happiness, 
is getting you first job
happiness, 
is falling in love
happiness
is being proud of who you are

happiness 
is bliss

happiness, 
is glowing
happiness, 
is fun
happiness, 
is an amazing feeling
happiness, 
is when you smile all day
happiness, 
is giving someone a hug just because you can
happiness, 
is that light in your eyes
happiness, 
is what makes the world go around

happiness, 
is bliss 

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-happiness-is/

This poem really grabs my attention not only because of the style but because of the way it shows how happiness is given out to other individuals. Happiness is huge in our lives and it really shows in this poem

Anthology #14

Heart is soft 
Like the soil of garden 
Till a little 
In gratitude 
Smiles in green

Every one has a child 
Inside and believes 
In the seed 

In every leaf 
Stem and root 
There is a beauty 
A mixture of by product 
Hangs like a drop of dew.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heart-169/

I like the way this poem describes a heart as a growing seed and that there is beauty in every heart. The heart gets more efficient as it grows old just like a seed, until it gets too old of course.

Anthology #13

Friendship contains love
Friendship contains anger

Friendship guides us to light
Friendship guides us to darkness

Friendship gives us dreams
Friendship gives us nightmares

Friendship brings us a lot of friends
Friendship brings us a lot enemies

Friendship lets us have fun
Friendship lets us have fights

Friendship gives us the courage to try 
Friendship gives us the moment to be shy

Friendship means a lot to me. 
No one is to be left out

'Friendship is many'

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/friendship-is-many/

I really like this poem because it shows all the types of friendships and what can come out of a friendship. But ultimately friendship means a lot to everyone.

Anthology #12

When the burden of life is
too much 

as the rain 
to the cloud 

and you are so tuckered out 
that you can't bear

any more
the weight and pressure 

your legs are dead 
you feel burned out 

and out of coldness 
you condense and freeze 

though you try hard 
to conceal 

but the wind knows all 
and tells


different stories 
with hundred photographs 

real and genuine 
through your 

beautiful and bright eyes
only a true friend knows 

how to read 
and what goes inside your soul.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-true-friend-93/

I think this poem really hits the spot on friendship. It shows that we could not live without friendship because we rely on it too much. Friendship gets us through the toughest times of our life.

Anthology #11

Fool’s Gold

They mold a fake silver coin
From toxins they’re forced to join
It takes its toll on the skin
And tricks the blind mind to win

Refrain:
Nickel Cobalt and Chrome
That’s where the alchemists roam
To forge gold out of lead
A fool must smelt with your head

The metallic sheen that’s aglow
Bares a false toxic light bow
If an arc weld catches your gaze
Its brilliance leaves you in a daze

Scripture foretold long ago
Of the metal mind melding show
Behold mine eyes now know
Minds galvanized, synthesized,
Hypnotized and synchronized.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fool-s-gold-14/

I like this poem because it shows the friendship and companion ship of those who make up fools gold. It replicates the way humans act as friends as well based on relying on one another.

Anthology #10

Wishes

I wish you a very happy New Year
because I can only wish but I can not

make you happy unless you yourself
want to make yourself truly happy.

Happiness is certainly a seed of wish
which need to exist there embedded

within your own self, within your heart
which need be nourished by pouring

little moisture of love, care and hope
which you derive from others in turn

by making them happy by your deeds
to allow it grow into a happiness tree.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wishes-19/

I like this poem because it shows hope through wishes. It shows that only you can chose to make yourself happy.

Anthology #9

I would not deny 
That I could not 
Dream or swim 
But it was in my dream 
Slipped in a deep of ditch 
My hands were tied 
Legs were not working 
I was drowning and drowning 
From deep to deeper I felt 
Suffocated and strangulated, 
As I would not be alive, I would 
Be dead, this gave me a cry! 
I had had a strong desire to be alive! 
A gust of energy in the form of help 
Entered in me as if it was dragging me 
With a help of a rope of hope 
To the shore of life, I jerked in joy 
I found myself alive and awake 
I gave a big thank and a tight hug 
To the rope of hope.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-568/

I really like this poem because it shows the importance of hope and how it reveals new life. What I got from this is that as long as you don't give up, you can accomplish anything imaginable. 

Anthology #8

The Great Red Giant could no longer bear
The forces of fission held within its care
Collected fuels over such a great time
A load too heavy, and fusion too prime
So far beneath its plasmatic sea
The forces of mass built up by three
The critical forces accumulated too fast
And multiple fissions started to blast
The uncontrolled sum of the reactions compactions
Finally overcame their gravitational attraction
And then burst forth in a great cosmic cry
And gave birth to a new baby’s sigh

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/super-nova-a-star-is-born/

I like this poem because I like the way it tells a story through a stars perspective. It enlightens how we see life because of the way a super nova portrays it. 

Anthology #7

The weaving
of many
threads
together
creating
a
beaut iful
tapestry.

A tapestry
for life.

Two young
lovers
caressing
in the moon
light.

Planning
for
a future
weaving
their
tapestry
for life.


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Heather burns

Submitted: Monday, August 09, 2010

Edited: Wednesday, September 25, 2013

I really enjoy this poem because it truly demonstrates the ways of ignoring punctuation which shows more personality through the writer. It allows the writer to express themselves on a different level.  

Anthology #6

The Fire

Katie Ford

When a human is asked about a particular fire,
she comes close:
then it is too hot,
so she turns her face—

and that’s when the forest of her bearable life appears,
always on the other side of the fire. The fire
she’s been asked to tell the story of,
she has to turn from it, so the story you hear
is that of pines and twitching leaves
and how her body is like neither—

all the while there is a fire
at her back
which she feels in fine detail,
as if the flame were a dremel
and her back its etching glass.

You will not know all about the fire
simply because you asked.
When she speaks of the forest
this is what she is teaching you,

you who thought you were her master.

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/fire, Poem written by Katie Ford

I really like this poem because of the realism. The poem basically speaks to you and sends out important messages. I like the way fire is brought upon this poem in showing and telling a story.

Short Story

Brandon Borcic

The Expedition

It added on to the infinite life throughout the universe. It gave light to the dark. It reduced the need for the most powerful aspect in the galaxy, the sun. The bright blue traveled farther than anything imaginable. Biff calls it “The Blue Planet.” Biff is the discoverer of this planet which wasn't very hard to find because of its enormous size. It is 156 times larger than the sun and its rays are 4 times as powerful. As the numbers seem big, the expedition was even bigger. Biff was 15 when he caught sight of “The Blue Planet.”

I was standing outside my porch on a normal afternoon. The wind whistling through my ears, the leaves crackling as they floated through the atmosphere. The area calm as can be, and then I see a bright blue gleaming light at the corner of my eye. It looked like what they call “The Blue Planet.” It is only visible to the United States portion of the earth for a week every 50 years. No science has recorded why, yet. The Blue Planet seems fairly close as its appearance is massive. As I stare off into the beauty and wonders of this planet, I come to think of the mechanics it would take to have possible human life on this planet like I usually would do with Mars and Jupiter. I do not know if the atmosphere on the Blue Planet is burning hot or freezing cold so I would have to create a mutation in the human body that accommodates both. I would have to reduce oxygen needed for the human body not knowing how much or how little oxygen is on the Blue Planet. I would have to adjust to gravity changes and most importantly I would have to cope with not seeing any loved ones for the longest time. As 50 years blow by I have achieved much greatness and hope in visiting the Blue Planet. I’m 65 now and have the mutations needed to survive on this voyage. My eyes can stare at the sun like no other. Brightness does not affect my eyes. I can withstand heat up to 3.6 billion degrees and a temperature down to negative 2.8 billion degrees does not bother me. My body runs off of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. So it is ok if the oxygen supply is low on the Blue Planet. I remember at age 15 staring off into the Blue planet. My dreams have become a reality now and it is time to get going.

Anthology #5

In Loving Memory of Kelly Doe

She never got to dance,
Or go to her own Prom.
She never got the chance,
To forget where she came from.

She never got to kiss,
A man she idolized.
She never felt love's bliss,
'Cause she was paralyzed.

She never got to talk,
About love with a smile.
She never got to walk,
Down a Church's Aisle.

She never got to say,
Those precious words "I Do".
But she was far and away,
The strongest girl I ever knew.

She couldn't brush her hair,
Or put make up on her face.
She couldn't hold you dear,
Or give you a warm embrace.

She couldn't clasp her hands,
As if in the form of prayer.
She couldn't understand,
Why she was in a wheelchair.

She never showed her fears,
Or let you hear her cries.
She never showed the tears,
That fell down from her eyes.

She never looked for pity,
Or sympathy from you.
That's why she'll always be,
The strongest girl I ever knew.

By Ronnie Doe

I really like this Poem because it reminds me that I am very grateful for how I am and being able to walk. I also like this poem because it shows us to live life at the greatest and it shows us to make good out of anything that is bad.

Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-strongest-girl-i-ever-knew#ixzz30TJCgGw1 

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