Need a Poem for School

"the red wheelbarrow" by william carlos williams-

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

(line spaces by original author)

or

"trees" by joyce kilmer-

1 I think that I shall never see
2 A poem as lovely as a tree.

3 A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
4 Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

5 A tree that looks at God all day,
6 And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

7 A tree that may in Summer wear
8 A nest of robins in her hair;

9 Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
10 Who intimately lives with rain.

11 Poems are made by fools like me,
12 But only God can make a tree.

The Eagle, Alfred Lord Tennyson.

He clasps the crag with crooked hands,
close to the sun in lonely lands,
ringed with the azure world he stands,

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls,
he watches from his mountain walls
and like a thunderbolt he falls.

go to the library. pick up a couple books of poems and find one.

I did this one because my brother was practicing it a week or so before. Its an excerpt from a HUGE poem, but my teacher was cool with it. It has a good rhythm too it so its not bad to remember.

Its entitled "Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.

These were the lines I used:

The man in red who reads the Law
Gave him three weeks of life,
Three little weeks in which to heal
His soul of his soul's strife,
And cleanse from every blot of blood
The hand that held the knife.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand,
The hand that held the steel:
For only blood can wipe out blood,
And only tears can heal:
And the crimson stain that was of Cain
Became Christ's snow-white seal.

heres the link to the whole thing if you need it
http://www.emotionalliteracyeducation.com/classic_books_online/rgaol10.htm

Frost


Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep

you might be able to take a song that you enjoy the lyrics of and recite it

haha yea like some biggie or big l...just find a verse without too much profanity and say the poems by christopher wallace instead of biggie

I thought about doing this for mine too, not that hard at all to get away with. I say go for it

Some ideas so far...

J.Ivy:

We are all here for a reason on a particular path
You don't need a curriculum to know that you are part of the math
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
That's why I expose my soul to the globe, the world
I'm trying to make it better for these little boys and girls
I'm not just another individual, my spirit is a part of this
That's why I get spiritual, but I get my hymns from Him
So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical
I'm not a miracle, I'm a heaven-sent instrument
My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental
That's why I'm instrumental
Vibrations is what I'm into
Yeah, I need my loot by rent day
But that is not what gives me the heart of Kunte Kinte
I'm tryina give us "us free" like Cinque
I can't stop, that's why I'm hot
Determination, dedication, motivation
I'm talking to you, my many inspirations
When I say I can't, let you or self down
If I were of the highest cliff, on the highest riff
And you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life in my grip
I would never, ever let you down

Tupac:

Can You See the Pride In the Panther
As he grows in splendor and grace
Topling obstacles placed in the way,
of the progression of his race.
Can You See the Pride In the Panther
as she nurtures her young all alone
The seed must grow regardless
of the fact that it is planted in stone.
Can You See the Pride In the Panthers
as they unify as one.
The flower blooms with brilliance,
and outshines the rays of the sun.

Tupac:

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.

'Thug' By Stayve Thomas

It's white-T, Nikes, when I hit the club
They say I can't get in cause I'm dressed like a thug
Fuck the dress code, we bout a hundred deep
And they goin let it seen, or get they ass beat
Boss Hogg Outlaws roll like the mob
Errbody paid cause we stays on our job
Drop in G-T a blessing from the Lord
So haters don't be mad that we blame it on God
I'm coming out hard, them other boys soft
So I'm a hold it down for that H and the Nawf
Brand new jewelry look what I brought
Still running from the feds, I ain't never getting caught


A slightly more contemporary piece, it is a fascinating allegory for the destruction of the earth's natural resources by an unrelenting mankind.