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July 14, 2011
By Laura_Oliver GOLD, Manchester, Connecticut
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A lethargic daze
Stretching over those
Precious two months
The sun
Blazes overhead
A fog enters my brain
Slowly
The past school year
Drifts out of one ear
The beach awaits
But first
The painstaking car ride
Last minute plans
To visit
My frail grandmother
Camping out
In the local state park
A feast for the mosquitoes
Parties where
Good food dominates
My good sense
In the hammock
Enjoying the company
Of a graphic novel
Half-court basketball
On the driveway with
My laughing family
And school comes in
The dreaded month of
September
The bell rings
I walk to class
English awaits
And now
I truly appreciate
Summer

© Vania M., Voorhees, NJ

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This poem is, I believe, a universal truth to all people my age.
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sunny.all.day. GOLD said...
on Aug. 13 2011 at 2:23 pm
sunny.all.day. GOLD, Potomac, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.&quot;<br /> &mdash; A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)<br /> &quot;writing is a struggle against silence&quot; carlos fuentos<br /> You miss 100% of the shots you don&#039;t take.&quot;

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oh ok, sorry :P and i meant they're all good not they all good
Laura_Oliver GOLD said...
on Aug. 13 2011 at 2:10 pm
Laura_Oliver GOLD, Manchester, Connecticut
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Actually I do it on purpose, but I now have one (kind of silly) poem called "A tale sadly spun" that uses rhyming and stanzas. And I will have more of those, because it was fun to write!!!
sunny.all.day. GOLD said...
on Aug. 13 2011 at 12:34 pm
sunny.all.day. GOLD, Potomac, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.&quot;<br /> &mdash; A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)<br /> &quot;writing is a struggle against silence&quot; carlos fuentos<br /> You miss 100% of the shots you don&#039;t take.&quot;

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all ur poems are really good :) but just a small suggestion; it might help to seperate then into multiple stanzas ? unless you do it on purpose.... but they all awesome!