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=UPPER SCHOOL POETRY=

**STUDENTS: Please list only first name and grade.**
Here is today's (4/13/07) Poem of the Day from Poem Hunter: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-ever-loved-that-loved-not-at-first-sight/ What do you think?

Mrs. Djang - Library


 * Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight?**

It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin, We wish that one should love, the other win;

And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect: The reason no man knows; let it suffice What we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?
 * Christopher Marlowe**

By Nick (9th grade)
 * Things of Blue**

Blue its the color of the recycling bin Full of paper to be ground It's the color of the ocean Striving with life and things never to be found

Blue is the color of the sky And also my eye

My biology textbook is blue My english binder is, too

There is nothing that can compare to you, Oh! Beautiful blue Without you our world would be dull Boring, gray, and null Tyler Woods
 * Do You Remember?**
 * Do You Remember?**
 * Do You Remember?**

Driving down the street in a rush to get no where With no one skipping, No one walking, No one running, No one walking backwards. To me none of these are strange. Rush, rush, rush, no time for appreciation. On the way home from work Looking straight ahead like a horse with blinders Not watching the sunset, Not discussing the architecture of the houses around them, Not singing along with your favorite song on the radio, Not remembering the days you spent in the sun for hours at a time.

Tyler Woods
 * Knowing Your Place**

Stuck in the middle of the wall Looked through but not at With the thoughts of walking down the street Or swimming in the sea.

With the warm breath followed by a cool hand Seeing every thing that happens in the world around But not being able to share it with anyone.

Eyeing jealously the extravagant cars And watching the girl lay on her bed reading a book Being with her everyday but not knowing her name.

The want to laugh at a corny joke Or just be with someone you care about Yet the stationary position being shut out of the inside world When the blinds are put down.

Tyler Woods
 * When There Was You and Me**

‘Where have you been since the sun set on my last love, With the tide rising and the land disappearing beneath it, This is when I think of you, Waiting for you to come set me free of this watery world. And then you appeared and the sun raised its heavy head, And the water pulled back like a snake to a flame.’

‘What a perfect fairytale. Too bad it isn’t true. You clung to me like I was the one for you. Yet you then left like I was the one who had broken your heart. I never got a chance to fully love you, And now I never will.’

‘We loved each other like the moon and the stars. You could never find one of us with out the other. Then you left me. And my sun began to set And my tide began to rise But this time there was no one there to save me.’

She is fairer than the moon Hair more dazzling than the sun A flower in bloom More delicate than silk as it’s spun
 * __My Mistress__**

The work of a craftsman hand So marvelous to see! The most enchanting of women Yet so very far from me

A Garb of spring She gleams in the night With dripping wings And Golden Light

And when this Siren sings her seductive sonata My heart begins to set sail With the Notus at her call I try to reach this Naiad to no avail

O Goddess carved from sunset In silken palate of gold You bring my winters to an end Despite the chill of cold

My sails are ocean worthy! Yet your songs seduce the sea And so the tides recede And selfishly keep you from me

O Venus, Hera, Helen why don’t you see! This maiden She’s the most bewitching Her beauty surpasses all of thee

By Tobi Nwangwu (in 10th)

On a bright dewy morning The skies gray And the weathermen say Watch for snow today
 * The Great Snow**

And while flakes fall With a texture so fine Children are startled with surprise As they open their eyes

And as the flakes fall And pound the ground A white sheet smothers the earth Without a sound

By Tobi Nwangwu (in 9th)

My house is not Built in the sky On white clouds For all to see
 * My House**

My house is not Built at heaven’s gates Or even by the sea

My house is not adorned With gems or the envied by the world

My house is made of wood

By Tobi Nwangwu (in 9th)


 * The Longing of a Screen Door**

Everyday those Homo sapiens Slam me unnecessarily, day and night When will they learn To respect my plight

I have dreams Desires long sought for I wish to walk To talk

I desire to hold A woman close to me To caress her In my embrace

But my fear Keeps me so very near To the glass And so I

I continue my masquerade You see…. Unfortunately I am not A gifted speaker

By Tobi Nwangwu (In 9th)