JOURNAL ENTRY #4

IF I LEARNED I WOULD DIE IN A FEW DAYS I WOULD HAVE NO REGRETS. I DON’T REGRET ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT MY LIFETIME. IF I WERE GIVEN FIVE EXTRA YEARS OF LIFE THERE WOULD BE NOTHING I WOULD CHANGE BECAUSE I ENJOY MY LIFE AND REGRET NOTHING. I HAVE MADE PLENTY OF MISTAKES BUT IT’S NOTHING I WOULD EVER THINK ABOUT TAKING BACK. IF I WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO CHANGE HOW MY LIFE IS I WOULDN’T DO IT. I TRY TO LIVE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT THAT I KEEP MY MEMORIES ALIVE AND ENJOY EVERY BIT OF IT. SOME PEOPLE IN THE OIL SPILL WERE NOT ABLE TO LIVE HOW THEY WANTED OR LIVE THEY LIFE TO THE FULLEST BUT THOSE WHO SURVIVED SHOULD LOVE THEY LIFE AND ENJOY EVERY BIT OF IT BECAUSE IT COULD ONE DAY BE TAKEN.

POEM #4

A DREAM IS A SUCCESSION OF IMAGES, THOUGHTS, OR EMOTIONS PASSING THROUGH THE MIND DURING SLEEP LIKE SHOOTING STARS.
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE DREAMS THAT WILL PASS THEN TO NEVER HAVE DREAMED AT ALL.
DREAMS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM YOU WOULDN’T HAVE CERTAIN GOALS YOU WANT TO OBTAIN LIKE A KID CHASING AFTER A BALL.
YOU ALSO WOULDN’T HAVE CREATIVE IMAGES IN YOUR MIND ABOUT ALL TYPE OF THINGS.
IF YOUR SERIOUS ABOUT CERTAIN DREAMS AND YOU REALLY WANT THEM YOU WILL TRY HARD TO ACHIEVE THEM.
DREAMS VARY ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE DREAM DIFFERENT THINGS ALL THE TIME SUCH AS BEING ASTRONAUTS, DOCTORS, AND MAYBE EVEN ZOOLOGISTS.
MY LIFE WOULD BE PHENOMENAL IF I ACHIEVED MY DREAMS AND STUCK BY WHAT I WANT TO DO.
IT WOULD BE EASY AND FUN TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING I WORKED HARD ON OR TO BECOME THE NURSE I LONGED FOR.

JOURNAL ENTRY #3

A DREAM IS A SUCCESSION OF IMAGES, THOUGHTS, OR EMOTIONS PASSING THROUGH THE MIND DURING SLEEP. IT IS BETTER TO HAVE DREAMS THAT WILL PASS THEN TO NEVER HAVE DREAMED AT ALL. DREAMS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM YOU WOULDN’T HAVE CERTAIN GOALS YOU WANT TO OBTAIN. YOU ALSO WOULDN’T HAVE CREATIVE IMAGES IN YOUR MIND ABOUT ALL TYPE OF THINGS. IF YOUR SERIOUS ABOUT CERTAIN DREAMS AND YOU REALLY WANT THEM YOU WILL TRY HARD TO ACHIEVE THEM. DREAMS VARY ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE. PEOPLE DREAM DIFFERENT THINGS ALL THE TIME SUCH AS ASTRONAUTS, DOCTORS, AND MAYBE EVEN ZOOLOGISTS. MY LIFE WOULD BE PHENOMENAL IF I ACHIEVED MY DREAMS AND STUCK BY WHAT I WANT TO DO. IT WOULD BE EASY AND FUN TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING I WORKED HARD ON OR TO BECOME THE NURSE I LONGED FOR.

JOURNAL ENTRY #2

FOR AN ALL EXPENSE PAID VACATION ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD I WOULDN’T BE WILLING TO KILL A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO KILL A COCKROACH. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT BUTTERFLIES DON’T GET INTO YOUR FOOD AS ON THE OTHER HAND ROACHES DO. ROACHES INVADE YOUR SPACE AND MAKE YOU FEEL DIRTY. BUTTERFLIES DON’T CAUSE ANY HARM OR DISGUST. IT MAY DAMAGE SOME PEOPLE WHEN THEY KILL A BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE THEY GROW ATTACHED TO BEAUTIFUL THINGS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PULLING THE WINGS OFF AN INSECT AND STEPPING ON ONE IS THAT THE INSECT SUFFERS MORE WHEN IT’S BEING KILLED SLOWLY. WHEN YOU STEP ON AN INSECT IT’S AUTOMATICALLY KILLED. WHEN YOU’RE PULLING THE WINGS OFF AN INSECT YOU’RE TORTURING THE INSECT AND THEREFORE GIVING IT A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH. THE PEOPLE IN THE OIL SPILL ARE HARMING ANIMALS SUCH AS TURTLES BY BURING THEM ALIVE. THEY’RE NOT CONSIDERING THE LIVES OF THESE ANIMALS AND HOW THEY’RE EFFECTED BY THE OIL SPILL.

JOURNAL ENTRY #1

HAPPINESS IS THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING HAPPY. IF I COULD SPEND ONE YEAR IN PERFECT HAPPINESS BUT REMEMBER NOTHING AFTERWARD I WOULDN’T DO IT. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CHERISH MY MEMORIES AND ALWAYS HAVE THEM WITH ME. MEMORIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LIFE, WITHOUT THEM MOST PEOPLE COULDN’T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ATE FOR BREAKFAST. MEMORIES ARE JOYOUS. LIVING IN PERFECT HAPPINESS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA BUT WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WITHIN THAT PERFECT HAPPINESS? I WOULD RATHER KEEP MY MEMORIES AND CREATE MY OWN HAPPINESS.

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys is moving and when she speaks she speaks from the heart. Her poem “P.O.W.(prisoner of words) talks about how she tells people what they want to hear instead of saying what she truly feels. Alicia Keys speaks about how she’s looking for herself how she is a prisoner. The mood of her poem is very deep. It moves people in ways some poems can’t and has a deep thought. She gives people the image of prison walls and some who is speaking the truth from behind them.

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou is a phenomenal woman. She’s talented, inspiring, and moving. Her poem “Phenomenal Woman” is moving and helps women view themselves in a different but good way. In this poem Maya Angelou is talking about what makes a woman, a phenomenal woman at that. The mood of her poem is calm and confident. She helps people imagine what she may look or feel like. She gives people the image of how she’s no supermodel’s size but maybe her own size that she’s comfortable with.