There comes a price to pay when you play with fire– a sacrifice that comes with having ashes for want of air in lungs that try to collapse in on themselves with every chance[…]
Tag: pain
O Captain My Captain – Walt Whitman
*I know I already mentioned some of this in class, I’m just going more in-depth.* O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we[…]
This is the Definition of Beauty (This is the Definition of Pain)
The following poem centres around the idea of body image. It also focusses on an individual’s personal definition of beauty. It explores the struggles young women often go through–though this is an issue that affects[…]
When to Trust
Trust is a very fragile thing, it takes time to build and can be broken in seconds. In modern society, it would be foolish to completely trust everyone. These days there are just too many people[…]
(for) the genius
The following is an emulation of the poem The Genius by poet, singer, and author Leonard Cohen, an incredibly talented and thought-provoking man who passed away on November 7th of this year. His music, his[…]
My Sea
My sea is layered and lively, a collection of every part of me and unrestrained in the candor of its being. My sea is me. Their sea is surface and simple, a fraction of the[…]
Mo nifẹ rẹ, Adaeze – Polished Personal Response to Text
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about how acts of courage develop and nurture personal integrity. (June 08) I met her in the rice fields. On a vast terrain[…]
A Monster’s Loneliness, a Girl’s Loneliness
As cheesy as this is about to sound, I think Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was gifted to me by the universe. I first read Frankenstein in July, and for me, this past summer was an incredibly[…]
Thank You.
*In the following poem the theme focusses on the importance of pain, as pain is why we look back. If there were no pain, we would not care to stop in our tracks for someone else. The story[…]
Regrets
If you know me, you know that on every Monday, for the last two years, I have gone to a Kumon center to do math worksheets. If you know Kumon, you know that it is,[…]