Not Reality (California)

Started this discussion. Last reply by Danielle Shapiro Mar 27, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

I live in the bubbleWhere paying $30,000 for private school is affordableWhere Range Rovers and Mercedes roam the streetsWhere Organic foods are the way to eatAnd five dollars is worth nothingI live in the unreal worldThe world where millions of impoverished children lie asleep hungryWhileI am able to live this spectacular life Im stuck in this privileged bubbleWhere foreclosures of houses and Parents holding signs on the sides of streets raising even one dollar for a mealWhere eating at…Continue

Courageous Soldiers

Started Mar 20, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

The courageous battlefieldCovered with brave soldiers acting as a shieldThey never know if they will have a tomorrowWhile their family's household is filled with sorrowDesiring their inspiring soldiers to come home Without them our country would be a messAnd many terrorists would not have confessedThey protect our nation from cruel countries such as IraqAnd try to put corrupt governments back on trackWithout these dedicated soldiers our country would not survive and many of us would not be…Continue

The Regretful Car Ride (California)

Started Mar 18, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

The noisesThe boomThe crashThe clankThe glass shattering to the groundEach piece containing a drop of bloodThe marking of the scar that will stay with me forever One small mistakeOne regretful mistakeLives taken away by this horrific minor mistakeI thought it was going to funExhilaratingGoing against the lawDoing an action that I shouldn't I thought it was one quick car rideThat would make me look sensationalMake me become popularI thought soon people would be lining up to sit next to meBut…Continue

The Dissolving City (California)

Started Mar 17, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

The hustleAnd bustleThe used napkins dancing in the waving windIt feels as if the wind's hands are grabbing youAnd drifting you to the beatFor less than a second you may feel you're in the wildBut,BoomA car horn is being honkedAnd your vision in your imagination is instantly fading awayThen the stench of the pollution clasps onto youTrying to slither into your nose as if it were a snakeThe extravagant cars are lined up back to back like a marching bandBut instead of moving swiftly like the…Continue

Tags: cars, traffic, pollution, warming, global

Recipe for a 7th Grader

Started this discussion. Last reply by Danielle Shapiro Mar 19, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Before you begin you must wash your hands and have the water drain out all of patienceMake sure you scrub roughly off the silenceAnd have mellowness swoop down the drainIf you eat any obedienceYou must call poison control immediatelyThese are ingredients that you will not find in your 7th Grader Now,Let's begin with the cooking!In a large sized bowlPour 3 cups of Albert Einstein IQTo make sure your 7th Grader succeeds in the ovenNext,Add 6 tablespoons of soap operasSo she understands all of the…Continue

Tags: English, grader, 7th, Recipe

Ode to my Family

Started this discussion. Last reply by Danielle Shapiro Mar 14, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

The interlocking puzzle pieces that make me upThe cheer squad that helps me keep my head up highThey introduce me to the path I should followThey guide meInstruct meFrom what's wrong andlead me in the direction of rightThey lend me an earGive me a shoulder to lean onTo cry onTo share my feelings withWhen I fall in a dark black creviceWith all their wisdom strength they yank me back up to the serviceOur relationship isIndescribableOur conversations MemorableOur vacations ExtraordinaryOur time…Continue

Tags: Family, Ode

Ode to Oreos

Started Mar 13, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

      Ode to Oreos Oreos o' OreosVibrantDeliciousVanilla frostingCoreAnd chocolateCrunchTastefulShellIs truly milks favorite companion The perfectQuench to my sugar toothAnd the best satisfyingTasteFor dessertYou're a completePackage Eat youFor breakfastLunchDinnerDesertOr a Midnight SnackNext to a pailWhiteGlassOf milkYou are the…Continue

Life is a Chapter Book

Started this discussion. Last reply by Danielle Shapiro Mar 15, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Life is a chapter bookChapter 1,The very beginningYou learn the charactersYou learn who you areYou learn what life is likeWhat family feels likeWhat love is  Chapter 30In the snap of finger it zooms byLike the speed of the Ferrari you just purchasedYour adulthood now is in the airAnd your familyIs leaning on your shoulders to hold them upNow you're paying the billsHaving a jobSending your children to schoolYou're now the spectatorWatching your children become who you wish you were You flip…Continue

The Deadliest War

Started Mar 11, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

The Deadliest War The worst battle of them allThe suffering,The pain,The knowledge that you only have three months to live,It's the deadliest, Most frightening, Most depressing,Word in the world,Cancer It wipes out childrenAnd adults from across the globeIt is the hardest war to fightAnd the worst part isIs that it's only you and the enemyKnowing that the chances are in favor of the foeKnowing that death is creeping up behindWaiting to claw into youWaiting to pull you into another world I…Continue

(I'm From) My Forever Home

Started this discussion. Last reply by Danielle Shapiro Mar 10, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Nestled in the discrete mountains of Beverly HillsWhere the only noise you hear are dogs howling in the starry nightsAnd Wild animals tip toeing through the streets and on the dry bland mountainsThis is my homeThis is meWe consider ourselves a neighborhoodBut really the word neighborly isn't in any of the residents' vocabulariesScarcely will you ever hear a helloAnd block parties are unheard ofI've been blessed to have this gorgeous home for the thirteen years I've been on this EarthThe thought…Continue