Things I Learned Last Year
Friends,when they meet each other
usually meet up next to the lockers.
Sometimes your phone can shut down
in the middle of and incredible game.
The new boy at school has dedicated himself
to the whole eighth grade class.
For twenty-five dollars
you can get his breath in a bag.
My eighth grade math teacher was an optimist
but she piled hatred on us.
The audience at a concert
never knows how to stop making noises during pauses.
In a home, the Mom's job
is to cook, clean, and care.
Yet, they never get appreciated enough
for what they do.
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My last year was pretty average, just like any other year I can say. I did a lot of fun things with my family, like go to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina during the summer. I also got to spend time with my friends like going to the mall for one of my friends' birthday. The school year I got to learn so many things, especially in Spanish I, which was my favorite class EVER! Overall, I felt like I celebrated the year as much as could and have as much fun as possible.
The tone of my poem is goofy and relatable, but the last part is kind of something that is true for many people, so it ends on a warm tone too. I think that some of my favorite parts in my poem are the "new boy at school" and "My eighth grade math teacher".
If I compare my poem to Stafford's poem, there are a few similarities. Sometimes I add goofy lines to mine and he adds silly ones too like, "Sometimes you can open a sticky door with your elbow" and "Ants, when they usually pass each other, usually pass on the right". Like my poem too, it also shows a true story like, " The man in Boston has dedicated himself...". The only differences in my poem is that Stafford uses historical characters like authors to make up his poem, however I didn't want to do that. He also likes to use contradicting statements many times, even though I only used a contradicting statement once.
