Response to poetry: Underdog

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Have you ever been considered the underdog and have had a huge impact on your team? If you did, it must have been the greatest feeling ever. To be the player that nobody expected to succeed. To be the one that after that you became more valuable. All of these feeling are described in the song “Underdog” by Eddie B.

“And gold jewelry lookin like I came from El Dorado.” The similes they use say something that they are doing. “So my life be like a cinema screen, And now it’s happening, crunchin numbers like captain.” This song motivates me to do the best that I can. Reach the sky touch the stars up above. This is saying don’t anyone stop you from achieving your dream and just go for it.

“But I’m never actin nor is anybody pullin strings everything I have came from sacrificing everything I traded workin 9 to 5 for the minimum.” This shows that he is putting everything into what he is doing. He made the sacrifice to be doing what he is right now.

“To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships,” said Cristiano Ronaldo. If you truly are the underdog no one would expect you to come out on top. You would keep trying but no one thinks you will succeed.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford, England. Very little records were written, showing of the way in which Shakespeare’s professional life became his skill. We all remember him for writing some of the pest poems and plays for decades.

Although there is not an official birth date of William Shakespeare, it says he was baptized on April 26, 1564. So they believe he was born three or four days before that. He most likely attended the King’s New School, in Stratford, which taught reading, writing and the classics. William had two older sisters, and three younger brothers.

William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582, in Worcester, in Canterbury Province. They ended up having three daughters but one died at the age of eleven. Then after their third child, the next seven years had no record on their lives which is referred to as the “lost years.”

It is to be said that he died on the birth date, April 23, 1616. He left most of his possessions to his oldest daughter. It is said that he left Anne only a quarter of it and that they did not have a close marriage. However there is very little proof that they did.

Today he is known as one of the most famous poets and playwrights ever. Growing up his family was wealthy due to his father became a successful merchant and held official positions as alderman and bailiff. One of his most famous plays was the romance Romeo and Juliet. Today people still mourn his death even though it was over three and a half centuries ago.

Invictus

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The movie Invictus was about the South African rugby team going and playing in the world cup. At the beginning of the movie all the South Africans hated the sport and even tried to get rid of it from their nation. But newly elected, President Mandela convinced them and the team started winning. On their campaign they stopped and taught the rules to the children of South Africa. The children at first only liked one player, the only black player on the field, Chester. President Mandela met with their captain, Francois, and inspired him to be a leader, and he did. He lead his team to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the world noticed South Africa after that.

Lone Survivor

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In Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, he talks about when him and three other navy SEALs went on a mission to kill Taliban commander who was responsible for the death of twenty Navy SEALs. Their goal was to capture him and bring him back. When they were spying on him in the mountains of Baghdad, Afghanistan, they were seen by sheep herders. The team had three options, to let them go hike up the mountain and call to get picked up, to leave them tied up and call to get picked up, or three, to kill them bury the bodies and resume the mission. Leader Mike Murphy made the decision to let them go and hike up. The herders ended telling the Taliban and in fifteen minutes they had two hundred of them on the four seals backs. The Taliban ended up killing three of the four seals and badly wounded Marcus. He ended up being taken into an Afghan village where they protected him due to all costs, it was because of their religion.

This is definitely a great book with a lot of action, excitement, and drama. I would rate it a 5 out of 5. It is 400 pages long so it may take a little bit of patience it you will not regret reading it.

The Creature

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He prowls the woods at night

Getting rid of any intruders

Killing anyone in his sight

He does not share his space

 

Deep in the mountains

He lurks for his prey

Then one day a young boy came

And stayed in the woods

 

He came face to face with the creature

Staring paralyzed with fear

Then he starts to run

The creature is on his rear

 

Faster and faster he runs

He makes it out alive

The man has been stunned

He makes it to his car then he starts to drive

 

The creature jumps on the car

Clawing his way in

Soon he will be scarred

And it won’t be thin

 

The monster gets right in

Throws the man out

Then he starts to drive

Right up to In-n-out

 

The Birdman

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He watches over all of you

Observing each and every one

Like when a witch starts to brew

There’s no where you can run

 

He just stares at you

Watching your every move

And when you start to get a clue

He will come down to remove

 

And he leaves nothing behind

He is not afraid to detain

And nothing can rewind

And after leave you remains

 

Haiku

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The modern brick house
The grassy hill and large tree
The motionless pond

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The gushing water
The giant trees and sharp rocks
It is magical

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The fall leaves drop down
With the grassy fielding back
And the trees stand tall

Don’t do This and Don’t do That

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Don’t go off the path or Bear will eat you

Don’t go behind the alley or Wolverine will

Greet you

Beat you

Eat you

Then excrete you

Don’t Be be a Hill-billy Hoodlum

Don’t Bother Batman or your night will darken

Don’t talk to the pirate for he is on a diet

Don’t acknowledge Eddie for he is on duty

If you see the monkey then you can get funky

If you cross Sir James join in on the games

If you catch the Birdman put him in the van

But he will probably catch you then

Latch you

Scratch you

And mixmatch you

So whatever you do

Listen to me

And don’t go off the path

America

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From the mighty mountains

to the brutal sea,

Land of the brave, home of the free

Let freedom ring

They tell me that others hate you and I can believe them, for your first two wars

were not pretty,

And they say you are superior, you are the most powerful nation

You have the money, you have the people,

And after all this, you still have wars,

Fighting like it is the end,

shooting,

fighting,

bombing,

destroying,

You must be strong, you can’t get discouraged, you can’t get mad

You have to carry on

This is what makes America what it is today.

 

Creative Writing Q3 #2

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Continued from Creative Writing 1

To find the killer bear was David’s next mission. He’s already discovered Bigfoot but it was time to step up his game. He had bigger and better things on his mind. He had heard of a myth about a mysterious animal in Antarctica named the killer bear. It lived on the land and in the water. It was a slick, 20ft long half polar bear half fish. It was the fastest in the sea and the strongest on the land. He wondered if it was even real, there hasn’t been any proof, only two people have talked about it. Unlike his past adventure, he wanted to prepare for this one. He knew he had a slim chance of getting out but he didn’t about that.  All he wanted was an adventure and he was going to get it. He managed to get down to Antarctica but realized he had no shelter. He built an igloo, and he brought logs and matches for a fire he fell right asleep in his igloo when he ole up he was freezing cold. He looked out and saw he was just on a little chunk of ice drifting away from the area. Luckily he had a survival kit. Suddenly he started rocking back and forth . The waves were getting bigger and bigger, and he looked out and saw a figure in the water. They came face to face when he was knocked into the water. He was all of then a sudden at the bottom of the ocean. And that was the last time anyone ever saw him.