vanessa

2006-04-27T09:39:00.000-07:00

Friends

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

- Jean Kyler McManus -

2006-04-27T09:28:00.000-07:00

Five years have passed, and we're still going strong.
Sometimes i wonder if my life is set, or will something go wrong?
When you're happy, you cant explain your feelings,
When you're upset, it's the worst form of healing.
It's hard to think..how did this all start?
But that doesnt matter, the feelings take over your heart.

Some days you want out,
and some you cant get enough.
Dealing with all the complications seems to be tough.
In the end, you find out you're stronger
and you can see how your heart beats longer.

2006-04-27T09:26:00.000-07:00

Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile,
and finds in your presence that life is worth while.
So when you are l o n e l y, remember it's true
Somebody somewhere is thinking of you.

2006-04-27T09:23:00.000-07:00

Friendship is like the breeze,
You can't hold it,
Smell it,Taste it,
Or know when it's coming,
But you can always feel it,
And you'll always know it's there,
It may come and then go,
But you can know it'll always be back.

Created by Terri Fanning -

2006-04-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

Fateful Yes

My emotions are too intense to describe;I could never explain the way I feel,I've forgotten how to breathe as he takes my hand,And before me, begins to kneel.I gaze into his hopeful eyesAnd feel his gentle grasp,Time was held still all around,Yet an eternity seemed to elapse.Although he barely whispered the words,In a delicate, loving voice,They landed on my ears like a thunderstorm,That ceases to await my choice.I hated putting you in suspense,But I lost ability to speak,My heart had stopped altogether,A tear rolled down my cheek.I reached out and caressed his lovely face,My decision I'd never second-guess,Loving him so much it hurt,I uttered my fateful, "Yes."

- Angelia Kristy -

2006-04-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I-I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost-The Road not Taken

2006-04-23T12:20:00.000-07:00

Poem of the Day, April 23rd 2006
John Berryman - Dream Song 11:

His mother goes. The mother comes & goes.
Poem of the Day, April 23rd 2006His mother goes. The mother comes & goes.
Chen Lung's too came, came and crampt & then
that dragoner's mother was gone.
It seem we don't have no good bed to lie on,
forever. While he drawing his first breath,
while skinning his knees,
while he was so beastly with love for Charlotte Coquet
he skated up & down in front of her house
wishing he could, sir, die,
while being bullied & he dreamt he could flyâ€”
during irregular verbsâ€”them world-sought bodies
safe in the Arctic lay:
Strindberg rocked in his niche, the great AndrÃ©e
by muscled Fraenkel under what's of the tent,
torn like then limbs, by bears
over fierce decades, harmless. Up in pairs
go we not, but we have a good bed.
I have said what I had to say.

http://www.americanpoems.com/poemotd.php

...it's kind of weird.

2006-03-26T14:20:00.000-08:00

Love so well engrained in one's heart,

No jest or jolt can remove from mind,

The thoughts of you flow so full, never to depart.

By and by the truth i know, hard it has been to find.

Long i was alone at heart, but no one i told

Trapped, am i always thinking of reasons why?

Lost in those radient eyes, your beauty i could not behold.

For in this world you were placed on a scale too high,

Know this: your heart is my trust enchantment,

and your beauty is but a blissful merriment.

These were poems that we had to write for our english class, senior year of highschool. I think it went along with shakespere, but im not sure.

2006-03-10T09:28:00.000-08:00

At night

before take off

black shutters

pale skin

casually comfortable

soon enough

smells like money

under me, pink houses

and green grass

will begin to look like

beautiful flowers

how important

two people

falling in love

the future entails.

This was my poem mixed with ashleys and danielles. I broke it up so each line was from someone else's poem and it actually fit together pretty well.

2006-03-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

pink house

green grass

black shutters

various people

long driveway

smells like money

beautiful flowers

three cars

very peaceful

two people

falling in love

perfect life.

This was the poem that we did in class before we combined them with someone else's work.

2006-03-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

She's got a whole lot of reasons
She cant think of a single one
That can justify leaving
and he got none but he thinks he got so many problems
Man he got, too much time to waste
His dreams are like commercials
But her dreams are picture perfect and
Our dreams are so related though they're often underestimated.
~Jack Johnson

i like this part of the song, i think it really stands out and it makes you think to understand it completely.

2006-03-03T10:18:00.000-08:00

Everybody here is living life in fear of falling out of line
Tearing lives apart and breaking lots of hearts just to pass the time
And the eyes get red in the back of your head, this place will make you blind
Put it all behind me and I'll be just fine
Another sunny day beneath this cloudless sky
Sometimes I wish that it would rain here
And wash away the west coast dreaming from my eyes
There's nothing real for them to see here
Another starry night in Californ-i-a
I'm sure back home they'd love to see it
But they don't know that what you love is ripped away
Before you get a chance, before you get a chance to feel it.

Back Home- Yellowcard Lyrics

2006-02-27T17:53:00.000-08:00

Everyday it gets harder to try to be right
Wondering what youre going to with your life day and night
Decisions to be made that only you can make
Wondering who you really are in this world full of fakes
Knowing that nothing is perfect and trying to accept it
Losing loved ones and falling to pieces by the bit
Never knowing when your time will come to be called by Him
Trying to make the best of your life and hanging in there by a limb
Its hard to do what will make you happy because of what people will think
Afraid that you will miss something important in just one blink
To find yourself is something only you can do
Find who the real you is and just be true
Live for the moment and dont worry about the next day
Tomorrow may never come so tell your loved ones what you need to say
Open up your heart and let the real you show
Dont be afraid, sometimes you just need to let go
Trying to life for today isnt so easy and youll find that out
Youll learn what it means to just be you and what lifes really all about
It takes time to overcome heartaches and losing the ones close to you
But never let life get the best of you: just open up and be true
Youll learn that girls cause drama and guys are confusing
Youll learn that people judge you and lifes abusing
But you just keep on going and keep your head held high
You put on a fake smile and pretend youre getting by
You know your hearts breaking yet dont dare let your cover be blown
You make someone elses day even it you cant make your own
Youll have friends come and go
But the most important are those that let their love show
He comes and holds you when youve been shedding tears
Tells you he loves you, and then everything seems clear
Knows you better than anyone; knows how you feel by the look in your eyes
Knowing that without him you wouldnt possibly get by
This is the friend that makes you live for today
The friend that makes you who are and makes your problems go away
The friend that makes the world seem to disappear when youre in his arms
You live to see his smile, the smile that carries his charm
You can break down and cry right in front of him and not care
Secrets, promises, and dreams is what you share
He keeps you going and living for the moment in this world of hate
Hes your best friend and your soul mate

by Ericka Newton
http://www.friendship-poems.com/poems.php?id=620287

i really liked this poem, it stuck out alot when i was reading through the poems. Most of the things that the writer is explaining is true and everyone learns that eventually.

2006-02-27T17:30:00.000-08:00

This poem was found on a website where you send your poems in and other people read them and then rate them on how well they are written.

http://www.best-love-poems.com/poems.php?id=620011

Its something special that we feel
something tender deep and real
it enters the heart and we know its there
just by the way we care
but in all the world not another thing
ever gives us the joy that love will bring

2006-02-07T10:26:00.000-08:00

Last time i talked to you,
you were lonely and out of place.

You were looking down on me,
lost out in space.

Laid underneath the stars,
strug out and feeling brave.

Watch the riddles glow,
watch them float away.

Down here in the atmosphere,
garbage and city lights,
you gotta save your tired soul,
you gotta save our lives.

Somewhere Out There-
Our Lady Peace

2006-02-07T10:15:00.000-08:00

I stare in awe
at the wondrous sky
the most undeniable
of each and all surroundings
the space that has no strength
until the revealing of night
like the surface of the oceans
if reflects the beauty held
within each of our hearts
as each mystery plays on another
I'm left only in wonder
at the masterpiece of a moment
not a bit the same, but not different