Garcia+Pauline

Kahlil Gibran
= Ode to Joy :) =

Ode to the teddy bears that I see in stores They are the best gift that I adore They are cuddly They are fluffy What more can you ask for? They help me sleep at night Because the monsters give me a fright They help me fell better When the school send letters. Ode to teddy bears They are the only one that cares On how I sleep at night And not allowing the bed bugs bite. Ode to the teddy bears that I see in stores <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">They are the best gift that I adore = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Sonnet #1 =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">It hurts to see her pain because of me. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I should be the one who take care of her <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">But now all I can do is pray to thee <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Before her faith in me becomes a blur <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">If love is a scary battle field <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">A frightening feel for a lovely girl <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">O, I will be her strong and shiny shield <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">So she does not have to cry and curl <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">My love for her is true so remember <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">That I will always be here to protect <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Her because my love will last forever. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">O, there will be no sunshine if she's gone <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">There will be no reason for her to cry <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Because she's never going to get hurt = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I was raised by =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I was raised by  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Filipino people <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Humble and loving <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Generous yet strict <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"How was your day?" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of people <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Long black silky hair <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Tan soft skin <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Button nose <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And always smiling <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"You are beautiful just the way you are" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of women <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Button shirt <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kacky pants <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Eyeglasses <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Newspaper reading <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"Where are you going" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of men <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Colorful dresses <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Make up wearing <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Deep red lipstick <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Pearl necklace and bracelet <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"Are you hungry?" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of grandmoms <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Professional <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Knee long skirts <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Ponytail wearing <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">High heels bearing <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"What do you want to be in the future?" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of aunts <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Funny moments <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Heavy drinkers <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Karaoke singers <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Laughing all the time <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"Do you have a boyfriend" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of uncles <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Hater to the max <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Annoying person <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Call of duty addict <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Always hungry <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"I didnt do it, she did." <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kind of brother <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">WAS <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">RAISED <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">BY <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">FILIPINO <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">PEOPLE = Nothing Lasts Forever = There’s a saying that nothing lasts forever That people don’t always stay together. When sky never stays sunny And jokes are not always funny.

People change Feelings never stay the same Kids age And clowns grow lame

Nothing lasts forever But will you be my forever? Even though I’m nothing? So we can last together?

Because as they say, Nothing lasts forever.

When I write poems, I always write what I am passionate to, it hard for me to write poems that doesn’t relate to my life or my current emotion. It is difficult for me to write poems when I am not strongly attached to the prompt. For example is my Ode about teddy bears. I am addicted to teddy bears and I wrote my thoughts and feelings about them. It was easy for me to write the poem because I feel passionate about the topic. On my second poem, I was talking about who raised me and when this prompt was given; I was on the roll and kept writing and writing on my paper. For me this topic is pretty easy because I can explain and put image in my poems about the people I grew around with. I can really relate to this topic that is why it was a piece of cake for me when we had to write about it. For my last poem, I was talking about how nothing lasts forever. I think this was the time when my friend and her long time boyfriend broke up. I was appalled because they have been together for like forever and then they broke up. That is why I wrote this poem, Nothing lasts Forever. I feel a strong emotion about the current situation that is why I thought I should write a poem about it. I am not good at writing poems. The only thing that I can think of that can make my poem flow rhyming. Rhyming is always my best friend whenever I write poems. However, now that I learned how to write a sonnet and freestyle poems, I think I can stop using rhyming all the time and use other tools in poetry. Sonnet has rhymes too but there are syllable counts so that will be another challenge for me.

= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Because I could not stop for Death = = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Emily Dickinson =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Because I could not stop for Death – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">He kindly stopped for me – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The Carriage held but just Ourselves – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And Immortality. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We slowly drove – He knew no haste <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And I had put away <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">My labor and my leisure too, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">For His Civility – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We passed the School, where Children strove <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">At Recess – in the Ring – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We passed the Setting Sun – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Or rather – He passed us – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The Dews drew quivering and chill – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">For only Gossamer, my Gown – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">My Tippet – only Tulle – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We paused before a House that seemed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">A Swelling of the Ground – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The Roof was scarcely visible – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The Cornice – in the Ground – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Feels shorter than the Day <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I first surmised the Horses' Heads <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Were toward Eternity –

<span style="display: block; line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> In this poem, Emily Dickinson personified the man of death more like a gentleman rather than a scary reaper. In the poem she didn't talk about how she's scared or frightened. The poem is not focused on her cowering or running away from death. In fact, according to this poem, she is more likely welcoming death. In the last stanza, the reader might think that there are two characters in the carriage, death and immortality. However, immortality is not another character. Immortality is kind of saying that when someone died, the world is going to stop. According to this poem, that is not the explanation. In this poem, dying is immortal because time will seem so slow and become endless. Death is not death but it is immortality. <span style="display: block; line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> Dickinson is well known for not using periods or commas to divide her sentences when it gets to poem. Most of the time, Dickinson uses dashes to emphasize or stress the lines or word. She uses capitalization when the word is Death, Eternity, Civility and Immortality. This is also her way to highlight the words that she wanted you to focus on. She is making Death and Immortality as a name in this poem. There are more words that are capitalized, but like I said earlier, Dickinson was using these to emphasize the words and to highlight them in the poem. However, when it comes to rhyming, this poem doesn’t have as much rhyming in it. But there are syllables counts in each line; you can somehow see that there are some connections with each of them. It is not precise that every single line has the same amount of syllables, but the flow of the syllables was how the poem is written and formed. These are the reasons why you can recognize Dickinson’s poems easily.

= = = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I’m Nobody, Who are you? =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I'm Nobody! Who are you? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Are you – Nobody – too? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Then there's a pair of us? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">How dreary – to be – Somebody! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">How public – like a Frog – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">To tell one's name – the livelong June – <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">To an admiring Bog!

In this poem by Emily Dickinson, she was saying how she's unsociable and keeping her privacy while other people are yelling their names "like a frog" on summertime. They are boasting and trying to show of their self. Also Dickinson uses a lot of dashes to stress the words in her poem. For example is "How dreary - to be - Somebody!” Also the quote where she wrote, “Are you – Nobody – too!” You can see that she somewhat trapped “nobody” to express the word more. This helps the reader to stress and pay attention more on the words that are written in the poem. Another thing in this poem is that even though it is only two stanzas long, she have a few rhyming words in it. For example is "you" and "too". Dickinson uses this unique way of writing poems most of the time. In this poem, Dickinson is also taking to the readers like they are in the same room. She is talking to the reader.

= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I Gave Myself to Him = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I gave myself to him, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And took himself for pay. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The solemn contract of a life <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Was ratified this way <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> The value might disappoint, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Myself a poorer prove <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Than this my purchaser suspect, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> The daily own of Love <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Depreciates the sight; <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">But, 'til the merchant buy, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Still fabled, in the isles of spice <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> The subtle cargoes lie. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> At least, 'tis mutual risk, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Some found it mutual gain; <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Sweet debt of Life, each night to owe, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Insolvent, every noon.

This is a really interesting poem of Emily Dickinson because people tend to translate it differently. Other people think that this is a wedding poem because if the following: This poem could be a wedding vow of the bride to the groom. By saying that she is entitled to the groom, it is saying that she is his wife. In the first stanza, she is saying that she is entitled or married to the man then in the last stanza it can mean that marriage might be difficult but it pays off. However, other people said that this could be a religious poem because by saying “him” it could be Jesus or God. If you look at the first stanza in a religion’s point of view, it could mean that she is entitled to God her whole life. In the last stanza it could mean that even though being entitled to God is difficult, there are risks and gains by being with him. In my point of view, it is neither because it can depend on how the poem is used and performed. Dickinson made an interesting twist in this poem because it plays with people’s brain on what this poem is really about. In this poem of Dickinson, if you pay attention to the syllables in each line you will see that there are connections. Not every stanza has the same amount of syllables that flow. However, every line in the stanza compliments each other that is why the flow of the poem is smooth.