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Cold I’m sitting in snow, My toes are cold they are froze, This is not the vibe.

Ugly I see a squirrel, It’s very cute yes indeed, No I lied it’s not.

Ew I walk down the path, I enjoy the bright sunshine, There is poop right here.

The referees are my morals that keep me in line.

The opponent’s floor are my personal goals.

My teammates are the people in my life helping me move towards my goals.

The net is the obstacles that I have to face.

My coach is that one voice telling me I can do it.

The lines on the floor are the boundaries I have set for myself. 

I am tall, Blonde, Some might call basic. But I am so much more, Than a girl who likes volleyball, A girl who likes to wear pyjama pants. I’m a person of interests and curiosity. I’m someone who loves animals in all shapes and sizes. I love reading, even though it feels like I’m always busy. I am an immature person who says “ur mom”. I love listening to music. I love my friends and family and my dog :) I love food. I like playing video games. I like watching Netflix while eating chocolate. I love sleeping. I am not a boring person. I am not an object. I am me.

A growth mindset they say, Will help you get through the day, But I can assure you that every grade 9, Is sick and tired of this cliché.

I walk out on stage, Confidently, I hear the music start, I count myself off, 5, 6, 7, 8. I begin, The rhythm of my dance moves flows through me, I hit every beat and nail all the timings, My feet turned out to their fullest, My arms glued tightly to my side, A smile plastered on my face. I place third. I’m disappointed in myself, I thought I did so well. Later that week in dance class, I do the exact same step, I notice small things that could be improved. So I work on them. Day in and day out. I walk out on stage, Again, Confidently, I hear the music start, I count myself off, 5, 6, 7, 8. And I win.

Tysm for always being there and supporting me through the hardest times!

The poem I made using some of the words from the prose

It was a long and wearisome day. The afternoon classes went much the same as the morning ones: First Reynie would feel heartened by how well he and Sticky had done on the quiz, then dismayed by the hateful looks their successes brought them from other students and Messengers in general, but especially from Martina. And if Kate and Constance were drawing no such unpleasant attention themselves, it was only because they were having a terrible time with the quizzes, which was even more discouraging. - The Mysterious Benedict Society

It was long and wearisome, That day, The afternoon went much like the morning, Feeling good, Then feeling dismayed, By the hateful looks, That success brought them.

Drip drip, The rain slides down my glossy coat, The wind whispers through the trees, The rain hits the sidewalks swollen with water, Pitter patter, pitter patter, The pungent smell of wet concrete, Then, Crack, A bolt of lightning illuminates the forbidding night sky, Boom, The thunder shakes the shuttered up houses around me, I resume my brisk pace, As the rain, Continues to drip down my glossy coat.

The poem that me and my group made in class

When worldview walks into the room, It looks different, Colourful and diverse. It strolls confidently around, It speaks in many languages, Most of which I don’t understand. It talks in a loud and confident voice, As if nothing can bother it. It looks all knowing and inquisitive at the same time. It fills the room with joy.

pg: 1 - about me 2 - poetry terms 3 - who am i? part 1 4 - who am i? part 2 5 - the ball of volley 6 - cold, ew, and ugly 7 - a day 8 - drip drip 9 - perseverance 10 - who is worldview? 11- who tis i? 12 - I’m sorry it’s true

As broken as a piece of shattered glass, As perfect as a rose petal, As wacky as a strand of grass, As wonderful as a sunset.

As weird as some music nowadays, As lovely as a hot cocoa on a cold day, As bizarre as the latest craze, As blissful as a sunny beach.

And that is my worldview in all it’s perplexing weird and wonderful ways.

I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into my worldview through poetry :)

Set One: 1. Simile - Comparing two things using like or as 2. Cliché - A phrase that is overused 3. Rhyme Scheme - The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse 4. Metaphor - Comparing two unlike things 5. Free Verse - A poem that does not have a rhyme or structure

Set Two: 6. Haiku - A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world 7. Juxtaposition - The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect 8. Found Poem - Created from literature that already exists

Set Three: 9. Imagery - Using words to create a mental imagine in the readers head (touch, sight, smell, sound, taste) 10. Mood - The feeling a reader gets 11. Repetition - Sounds or rhythm, phrases, words, repeat the use of poetic devices, images, meanings 12. Alliteration - The repetition of a consonant sound

Set Four: 13. Assonance - Repeated vowel sounds 14. Onomatopoeia - the way the word is said in relation to the word, sounds as words 15. Denotation - the literal dictionary definition 16. Connotation - the emotional feeling that the word invokes

Set Five: 17. Theme - Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by literary work, not a word, themes are implied

Set Six: 18. Personification - the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Hi! My name’s Dana and this is my poetry book. I loved writing these poems and I have a blog post about them. You can check out my blog below.

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