poems inspired by Bullfight by Goya BULLFIGHTS ARE AS THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HORSES ARE AS THE SUN ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, RIDING AROUND THE SKY. feeling happy poem "HAPPY DAY TO ME," I SAY "I HAVE A FRIEND IN HOPE COMING THIS WAY" "HAPPY TO SEE YOU," THEY SAY, "HAPPY GOING ON ALL DAY." "I NEED MONEY TODAY. MY FRIEND NEEDS A PRESENT FORM THE BEST WAY" "HAPPY, HAPPY I AM, MY MAN IS COMING BACK!" What does it mean to not count your chickens before they hatch? IT MEANS DON'T GET TOO EXCITED BEFORE YOU KNOW. IT IS UNWISE BECAUSE I MIGHT WANT SOMETHING BEFORE I CAN HAVE IT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SOMETIMES WE SON'T GET IT. Poem inspired by Lord Byron's Apostrophe of the Ocean (I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT SILENCE) I MISS YOU OLD FRIEND, I NEED YOUR OLD PRESENTS "SILENCE IS GOLDEN" THE OLD FOLKS SAY "BUT WHAT DO THEY KNOW THEY TALK EVERY DAY." I WONDER IN SILENCE WHAT CAN I DO? I THINK IN SILENCE EVEN WITH A ZOO UNDERSTANDING MY PAIN I WONDER TO GAIN-- JUST ONE FRIEND SILENCE IS GOLDEN, WHAT CAN I DO? SILENCE IS BROKE WITH SPELLING TO YOU. MY TEACHER MY NEW FRIEND SILENCE MY OLD FRIEND I NEED BOTH OF YOU. Do you believe that education should be such that children get to follow their natural inclinations and make own discovery? Why? illustrate: I THINK ROUSSEAU IS RIGHT. HE IS NOT HIRED BY THE STATE TODAY SO I THINK I LEARN BEST WHEN I CHOSE THE TOPIC. FOR EXAMPLE, MY POEMS ARE BEST WHEN I JUST MAKE THEM UP. I THINK IT FLOWS OUT BETTER THAT WAY. I AM GETTING MORE OUT OF LIFE ITSELF BY JUST LIVING THAN EDUCATION IN MY OLD SCHOOLS. I GET MORE OUT OF EDUCATION NOW BECAUSE I AM TAUGHT AND THEN LET FREE TO EXPLORE. |
Thoughts from "Sleep of reason produces monsters"- Goya
IN THIS PAINTING THE MANN IS HORRIFIED. HE IS AMAZINGLY SLEEPING THROUGH IT. THE MAN IS NOT WAKING UP WITH THE MONSTERS THE MAN LOOKS TIRED BECAUSE HE REALLY IS. HE IS NOT HAPPY WITH HIS LIFE. IN MY LIFE I AM SOMETIMES HORRIFIED. I AM WANTING TO BEHAVE AND CAN'T. MY CONCERN IS I WANT TO AND CAN'T. IN THE END WE ARE SIMILAR.
On justice
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE JUST ALWAYS. THE REASONS ARE MANY. FIRST, THE JUST PERSON HAS FRIENDS. THE ENEMIES DISAPPEAR IN MANY CASES. THE LORD SAYS, "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES." THEREFORE WE NEED TO BE JUST. THE LORD IS GOD AND MAKES THE RULES. THE LORD IS KIND AND UNDERSTANDING. HE HEARS OUR PRAYERS AND WE ARE JUST.
SECOND, WE NEED TO BE KIND NO MATTER WHAT. THE ENEMY WILL BE NICE THEN. GOD IS GOOD SO WE MUST BE.
IN THIS PAINTING THE MANN IS HORRIFIED. HE IS AMAZINGLY SLEEPING THROUGH IT. THE MAN IS NOT WAKING UP WITH THE MONSTERS THE MAN LOOKS TIRED BECAUSE HE REALLY IS. HE IS NOT HAPPY WITH HIS LIFE. IN MY LIFE I AM SOMETIMES HORRIFIED. I AM WANTING TO BEHAVE AND CAN'T. MY CONCERN IS I WANT TO AND CAN'T. IN THE END WE ARE SIMILAR.
On justice
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE JUST ALWAYS. THE REASONS ARE MANY. FIRST, THE JUST PERSON HAS FRIENDS. THE ENEMIES DISAPPEAR IN MANY CASES. THE LORD SAYS, "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES." THEREFORE WE NEED TO BE JUST. THE LORD IS GOD AND MAKES THE RULES. THE LORD IS KIND AND UNDERSTANDING. HE HEARS OUR PRAYERS AND WE ARE JUST.
SECOND, WE NEED TO BE KIND NO MATTER WHAT. THE ENEMY WILL BE NICE THEN. GOD IS GOOD SO WE MUST BE.