Mother Kept Her Word

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25881345/English-Uncle-Tom-s-Cabin-Poem
This is a piece inspired by the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was written in the 1800's and is about slavery in the United States. I really enjoyed this book and it is now one of my favorites. I wrote about the bond between a mother and son, both of whom are slaves, when all they had was each other. It really touched me, and i hope you enjoy it as well!

*Address

Life Poem

This is a poem that I had written about life. I was going through a time in my life when I had to choose between following the crowd, or finding my inner self. I believe that when you read this you might also start searching for your inner self. There rhyming couplets within this poem.

*Bless, Address or Press. Whatever you feel will help improve this poem will help me.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26515166/Life-Poem

Fate

I was inspired to write this poem after reading Romeo and Juliet. I found it really interesting how the whole story relied on fate. It was fate that brought them together, and in the end; fate that led to their death. It's not very good, but i hope you like it! Address please(:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26417212

Blinks

This is TWO poems. I write, and then it's too short. I try to expand, but all that happens is the words get longer. The first was a freewrite. The second has no title yet. Suggestions welcome. I wrote that after talking to a friend about some arts school and then having a weird dream the next night about waking up from this life into another one and wondering if it's actually as much of a dream as sleep. I'm still confused.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26399299/Blinks-and-Untitled

* Press Me

- Jena (:

Winter

I wrote this poem about my hatred for winter.

Press

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26383716

A letter to Randy

I have recently read the non fiction book called The Last Lecture, By Randy Pausch. In this book, the man, Randy, is suffereing from a terminal illness. He is obviously not going to be able to continue his job as a professor, so he has to give what is called a Last Lecture. The day he is supposed to give the lecture, is the same as his wife, Jai's, birthday. For this piece, I chose to write a letter to Randy, assuming the position of Jai.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25880724/Letter-to-Randy

Jade Nelson- Goodbye, Mask

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26120312/Goodbye-Mask

I felt the need to write this poem after multiple epiphanies I had going into high school. With the help of family and close friends, I'm in the process of finding myself, and discovering who I want to be. How can anyone do that while hiding their inner-being?

*Bless, Address, Press

Jade Nelson- A Game Called Life

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26120681/A-Game-Called-Life


This is the beginning of what I was hoping to become a short story; I began writing this on my free time and decided to turn it in for the fun of it. It's mostly personal and has a lot of meaning behind it.

*Bless, Address, or Press

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25942947/Gary-Longooney


I was mowing the grass, when a large Bolivian man walked past, with a crocodile on a leash. As I stroked the large reptile, he introduced himself as Gary Longooney. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Do whatever you please

I was mowing the grass, when a large Bolivian man walked past, with a crocodile on a leash. As I stroked the large reptile, he introduced himself as Gary Longooney. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Do whatever you please

Gary Longooney

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25942947/Gary-Longooney

I was mowing the grass, when a large Bolivian man walked past, with a crocodile on a leash. As I stroked the large reptile, he introduced himself as Gary Longooney. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Do whatever you please

McDonalds Letter

This is a letter to the McDonalds Corporation. My inspiration for this piece was the book Ms. Duffy read for us in class about the funny letters that were actually sent to the major corporations. You can say whatever you would like about my piece.


http://www.scribd.com/doc/26368647/McDonalds-Letter

First Love

I wrote this piece to get feelings out during a stressful time in my life, when things with a particular boy were complicated and stressful.

*Bless.




http://www.scribd.com/doc/26368538/First-Love

The Cabin

This piece is one of my strongest in my opinion. It's not exactly real, but it's not exactly fiction either. The placement of the story is made up, but the memories and feelings are real. It's supposed to take place when I'm younger, about 7, at my cabin in Pennsylvania.
Address please.
-Deanna Fyffe
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25934946/Deanna-Fyffe-the-Cabin-the-Chalky-Dust

The Mind of a Man

This is a story I wrote that was a bit short. I figured it would be a base for a story and I would rewrite it in another form later on. Please press it, I can take the hit.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25866738/Mind-of-a-man

Trapped: Chapter One

This is just a book I had started writing about a girl who has a disease. She has been living in the hospital all her life and wants to get out. To be honest I wrote this because I was bored, then I decided to make it a portfolio piece because it had turned out pretty decent. So please enjoy!

**ADDRESS


http://www.scribd.com/doc/26179957/Trapped-Chapter-One

~Alex Conces

"Fun" At Grandma's

This is a true story I wrote about an adventure I had at my grandma's. It isnt inspired by anything, it is just a fun memory I had and decided to write it down.

**Address: Grammer, word choice, sentence fluency, discription of characters, ect.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26169605

~Lizz Polasky

My Link to the Fire post!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26064627/Free-Write-Inspiration-picture-of-fire

Fire

*bless!

This is the free write that I wrote, the inspiration was a picture of fire.

11/17/09
The zipping of tents and sleeping bags is what I wake up to. The fire crackles and the light filters through the tent making everything blue. I sit up and stretch. The scent of pancakes entices me out of the warm shelter of our tent and into the cool morning air. I see my dad at the fire pit making pancakes over the fire, my favorite sight in the world.

tommy tiger

This piece is inspired by the famous mouse adventurer, Geronimo Stilton, whose crazy adventures always amuse me. This is a running series about Tommy tiger and his friend Bobby the baby beluga whale. I have always enjoyed writing children's stories because you can put whatever crazy information in it, but as long as it flows well it is fine. This story is the same so be ready for a trip to Jambovi.
please press.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25870518/tommy-tiger-and-the-red-ruby

Ol' Blue Eyes Sinatra

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26014158/Old-Blue-Eyes-Sinatra

May I say (and not in a shy way) that Frank "Ol' Blue Eyes" Sinatra was definetly was one of the greatest people of all time. He was such a great singer that he sold out wherever he went. People went nuts when he appeared. I decided to write this piece after reading his biography. I left out some details to let you imagine the rest. Finally knowing his story inspired me to be myself no matter what everyone thinks.
Hence the saying "He did it his way."

Address

Santino Palma

Texting, Oh Texting

http://www.scribd.com/doc/26005024/Texting-Oh-Texting

I wrote this piece because I think texting is taking over our ever day lives. I have to admit that I did get a new phone for Christmas, and I do text a lot. Who doesn't? In my poem I tend to refer to texting like it's King Kong taking over the world. I do this because it truly annoys me when you are trying to hold a conversation with someone, but you can't because they are trying to multi-task. From what I know, most people can't hold two conversations at once. I guess what I'm getting to is that we need to work on face-to-face communication and phone calls. That is how things get done. That is how we advance society. I'm pretty sure President Obama doesn't text what he plans to do to Congress.

Please PRESS my piece.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25870348/The-kite-runner This piece of writing was inspired the book the Kite Runner. This book was awesome and while i was reading a few quotes stuck out at me so for this piece i decided to interpret the quotes in my own way. enjoy.


****Press

Dream

This piece was inspired by a very peculiar dream that I had. I usually don't remember the dreams that I have, and the ones that I do are usually normal. This one was just very odd in all aspects of it. I thought it was very interesting I guess you could say, anyways it's a portfolio piece that I wrote in October.

Press this all you want, I want ways to improve my writing.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25951861/Portfolio

Trapped

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25947477/Trapped

This is just a different scenario using characters from another story I'm writing. It's definitely not my best because I haven't edited it at all.

**Press Please

Oh, I wish I Could Drive.

My free writes are always random. I really couldn't tell you why, but they are rarely about anything truly important, but more about little things that are bothering me at that point in time. If there's a prompt, it normally starts off following it and then is usually abandoned for something more exiting. At this point in time, i had no ride home, so you see, i needed to find transportation. So its not really my BEST piece honestly, but its the one I'm willing to share. So enjoy :)

-Teagan Amey

**Press please...if you can

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25882148/I-Wish-I-Could-Drive

Death

This piece was from a freewrite when Ms. Duffy first read from The Last Lecture. This piece shows the effect the death of a loved one has on different people. The file didn't upload right so its not double spaced sorry.


Press



http://www.scribd.com/doc/25869635/Death

The Unknown Life

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25944134 This piece of writting was inspired by a trip to down town Cleveland. Seeing the families sleeping on the cold hard sidewalks made me wonder how it felt to not know if your going to have food to provide your family with the next day. This inspired me to attempt to put my self in their shoes. I chose for my piece to be addressed.

Dark and Light

This piece was just an abstract concept (which I'd thought about re-naming "High School", hehe) that came together with some good description to create it. I have no personal ties with this piece, so i'd like to be pressed. And so, here's, "Dark and Light Scene".

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25943236/Dark-and-Light-Scene

Baseball

baseball is one of my favorite sports. i wrote this poem as a piece for english and am aware it is not the best piece. i know i suck so you don't have to rip me to shreds.

Bless, please


http://www.scribd.com/doc/25943431/Baseball

My Chapter 5 link

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25941891/Greg-Yogan-Chapter-5

My Chapter 5

This is the 5th chapter of the book that Mr. Spacek had us start in 8th grade. All this time, I have found that I really enjoy writing these, and I really put my heart into them.

-Press

Mistaken Beauty

This piece shows the beauty that winter really has. I wanted to explain that winter can be beautiful. I always hear people complaining about winter. I wanted to prove them wrong. Please PRESS!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25940817/Mistaken-Beauty

Mr Spacek.

i wrote this poem because it covers a topic that really means a lot to me. mr. spacek's book has a very realistic topic, and it just so happens that it happened to my friends and i in real life. the book is very good and it is very interesting and you would have a great time reading it.

Bless.

www.scribd.com/doc/25941200/mr-spacek?secret_password=ml4nng3whaftd3abedo

A Memory

http://www.scribd.com/full/25941422?access_key=key-1rx5s8fmtrll2zr9cbob

For this portfolio piece, I wanted to show the reader a memory from my childhood. It wasn't the best, but surely one that I will remember for the rest of my life. I also wanted to share the same emotions and feelings I had through this experience, like in a regular story. I hope you like it! Please if you don't like it, then just tell me because I don't even know if this is a could peice or not:/
PRESS:)!!!!!

Kristen

....made revisions on printed version of peice because of computer issues:P

The Song

The Song is a short story that follows Kelly, an American soldier in Iraq. Despite the conditions it self Kelly has another problem, another soldier named Conrad. In this story Kelly and Conrad under go some exsperiences neither one of them would exspect.
I was inspired to write this piece after writing a free write will listening to a war like song in class. (Free write included) Enjoy!
Press!
~Zach Wykoff
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25938642/The-Song

Memories of Africa

At the age of 8, I was forunate enough to be able to go on a trip that would be remembered forever. This trip was to Kigali, Rwanda. (That's in the center of Africa.) Seven years later, I was inspired to write about it. Living in a thrid-world country is pretty big and I wanted to share my experiences with everyone. I wrote in detail key events that took place while I lived in Africa. Enjoy:)

*PRESS

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25938771/Personal-Peice2

Live Strong

This piece was inspired by the following free write based on The Last Lecture:

I wonder how the reader can write about this so easily. Why do you always hear about the brave people who face cancer and death with their chin held high? Surely there are people who wouldn't be strong enough, who wouldn't know how to deal with their sudden expiration date thats like the milk cartons at the store. Where is their story? Where is the story of the cancer patient who cant help but cry and mope? Is it that there aren't any? Or is it just that no one wants to hear it? Is it that cancer, although crippling, as an act of mercy bestows the strength to carry on, to bare it all on strong shoulders? I really don't know anything about cancer.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25938091/Live-Strong

PRESS

Vail Poem

I wrote a poem about Vail, Colorado. Vail is an awesome place to go snowboard or skii. It also has cool shops and restaraunts and places to see. I have been to Vail many times in my life so I wrote a poem about how it is on the mountain. Yeah here it is. http://www.scribd.com/doc/25936981/Vail-Poem Press

Untitled...

My piece was a piece inspired by literature, and I got my idea for the story from The Luxe series. The Luxe is about drama that occurs between the young ladies of a high-class society set in the late 1800 and early 1900's. I didn't title my piece because I couldn't think of a good name for it, but it doesn't really matter. I'll think of one eventually. I'm asking for address because I'm not sure where to take the piece from where it ends, since I'd like to continue it. I'm also not sure if the ending is too sudden and I need to stretch it out a bit. Other than that, I'm pretty happy with this piece. Let me know what you think :)

Link : http://www.scribd.com/doc/25932844/untitled

Cross Slash (Chapter 5)

This is the fifth chapter in my ongoing story Cross Slash. The story follows Vincent Redwood a young man who fell victim to pirate attacks along the coast of England where his parents die in a fire. Vincent is driven by revenge and it is the only thing keeping him going. His persistence to kill the man responsible, a notorious pirate captain known as "Scythe", will draw him into a world full of pirates, brotherhoods, carnage, and death. At the center of it all a conspiracy involving the highest level of power in this 17th century setting. In the last chapter the main character struggled over his damaged sword and body, but found now has found a new adventure on the sea. What lies in store now for our tortured main character, read ahead and find out.
PRESS!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25932948/Cross-Slash-Chapter-5

shhh... its the cops!

i wrote this story one night because in the book that I was reading at the time, Beautiful Boy, had one of the characters act rather rebelious so I thought, why not write a rebelious story? So i did, kind of. Go ahead and press this story. Enjoy!



http://scribd.com/doc/25930745

Mistakes.

I wrote a poem based on the reading of my non-fiction book, Beautiful Boy. This book talks about the struggle a family, especially the father, goes through after realizing that their son has a drug addiction problem. My poem talks about the effects struggles, and problems that a drug addict goes through. Hope you like it.

Address.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25929932/Mistakes

The Defeat of a Bully

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25929525/The-Defeat-of-a-Bully

This is a piece that i wrote with the inspiration from two places. One was a short story I read, "The Scarlet Ibis." This story was a part of my inspiration because the main character's brother, Doodle was pushed to excel in a way that could be considered bullying. The other inspiration was real life around me. Everyday if you look around you see different things happening. I saw jerks, innocence, annoyance and people just being plain rude. I decided to make a scene to show the emotions of the bully, and the bullied with a great outcome in the end.

Address?

~Kelly Fussner~

“Commodore Emulator”

My online Writer’s Portfolio Piece was a choice piece. It was inspired by my little brother’s obsession of old computers − particularly the Commodore VIC−20, a BASIC computer used for programming step by step. In my piece, the “program” is already running. My piece is the transcript of how I think the supercomputer would respond to a scenario where war is forever, aka infinite. In order for it to do so, the supercomputer scans its database, which would be really a dictionary, and puts together whether or not it would be possible and why, (of course, a real supercomputer would have much more than six “intersecting definitions”, but that would go on for more than two pages). Finally, I would just like to add that this supercomputer must not be connected to historical events or be at all conscience, because common sense tells us that nothing can last forever, especially war.

−Phoenix
PRESS
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25898622/Portfolio-Piece-4

Alexios Mark

This narrative poem was inspired by a rather frivolous free write with a silly joke. Nonetheless, the joke ended with a question mark. I commented on what a strange symbol the question mark was. Its a squiggle and a dot . I decided to come up with my own original story as to how it came about. I liked the idea of making a folktale, but I wasn't sure if I had the time, so I settled for a narrative poem.

Press it.
http://www.scribd.com/full/25881588?access_key=key-1ds8bxme05j58gr3gnng

If I Could Tell You the Truth

This is a piece I wrote about some one who really opened my eyes. They opened my eyes to what true friendship really is, and that maybe we never really were true friends. I wrote in one of my free-writes, "as they say, it takes two to tango, but now I am dancing alone with the ghost of what I thought was there, because she has given up." This was also inspired by this certain person, and even though I didn't put this in my piece, I feel this really summarizes some of the emotions I felt when writing this piece.

-Lauren Bowen
*Address
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25880981/English-Piece-If-i-Could-Tell-You-the-Truth

The Promises of Empty Minds

I wrote this piece after i finished reading a book about cryptology, and how there is always a hidden code in things. I wanted to write about it in the way that i did because i thought that it would be interesting to try to write a good piece of writing, and have that writing contain some simplistic code in it. I decided that a poem would be the easiest to create like this.



Address

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25879668/Coded-Message-Address

In Loving Memory of Michael Iammarino

I wrote this piece about my Uncle Mike who died eight years ago. I was inspired by this piece when we read a little bit of The Last Lecture. The Last Lecture was about a man who cancer, that inspired me because my uncle died of Leukemia. This piece is just about how his death affected my life and the lives of my family.


*Press



http://www.scribd.com/doc/25879436/In-Loving-Memory-of-Michael-Iammarino

Unable to Fly

This is a poem I wrote about a depressed penguin who wishes it could fly with all the other birds. I had no inspiration for this piece. I was just thinking of how a penguin might feel about being a flightless bird. I would like my poem to be blessed. Hope you like it!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25878496/Unable-to-Fly

The Island

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25879626?secret_password=114scawa3f9tqbri8e5p

I didn't exacty have an inspiration for this peice. I was texting Kim about going to the beach last summer, and it had me starting to think about the sand, the water, and the warmth. when i began type this story came out on the paper. i hope you enjoy this short peice of writing :) k bye!
-Sabrina

* ADDRESS

Romeo's Journal

My inspiration for this piece was the play Romeo and Juliet by Willam Shakespare. We read this play two months ago in class. This piece was inspired by the play becasue I basically wrote a summary of the whole play in Romeo's point of view. I made sure that what I put into the diary entries was truthful and that the facts evened up. My journal entries reflected how Romeo probably felt during the play while all those things were happening. The whole play didn't follow Romeo around. So, you didn't always know what he was thinking. So, I decided to make what I thought Romeo would be thinking during parts of the play.

BLESS-

http://www.scribd.com/full/25878543?access_key=key-b4h0yytey5qnmbyruhf

Friends

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25877767

I wrote this piece of writing because I feel that friends are very important in ones life, so I decided to write about the qualities a "good" friend would have. I wrote my piece of writing in the form of a poem, for peoms are more difficult for me to write than straight forward essays. Not only did i decide to pick an acrostic poem, but for every letter of my acrostic poem I created a haiku poem. I believe I grew as a writer not only because I feel my poem was well written, but because I used a more difficult genre that I think is harder to write.

BLESS

Winter

This sonnet is just a personal piece and it is about my feelings of the season winter. The sonnet starts off as I enjoy winter and I love playing in the snow, but then after the holidays I get sick of it and I just look forward to spring. The sonnet concludes with myself realizing that every season has its ups and downs and you just have to look on the bright side of things. I would like this piece to be addressed. I hope you enjoy it!

http://www.scribd.com/full/25875097?access_key=key-1b55hsvc5dtstsml0kj2

Fall Leaves Were My Friends

This is a piece I wrote about how much I love the fall and it's leaves. I wrote it 1st qaurter because fall was coming to an end, and winter soon coming. Fall is my Favorite season , and I hate to see it, and the leaves go away. Hope you like it!

**PRESS**

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25875965/2nd-Piece-Fall-Leaves-Were-My-Friends

A Tear in the Mud

I wrote the piece A Tear in the Mud to show life in war from another point of view. It used a lot of imagery and is extremely emotional. I think the piece will give people a new sense of graditude for what they have. It shows how passionate a soldier can be about their country. I wrote this because I was inspired by a free-write about a war song. A Tear in the Mud helped me experiment from different view points and is an emotional piece that is completely worth reading. I would like you guys to address it because I don't know if it really shows an image in the reader's head. Thanks, I hope you like it! http://www.scribd.com/doc/25873724

Rachael Schwartz

Growing Up

This is a poem about my opinion on growing up. I hope you enjoy reading it!
-Rebecca


http://www.scribd.com/doc/25875113?secret_password=y6czuulcajnwdz5klhn


*Press

Dear Brother

This piece was inspired by the short story The Scarlet Ibis. I find this one of my most influenced and personal piece because it has me speaking for Doodle and what I think he would say. I would think that this was simple.

*Address






http://www.scribd.com/doc/25871378/Dear-Brother

A Wonderful Feeling

This piece is essentially something that I wrote about an experience in orchestra. It is a reflection to a free write that I wrote at the beginnging of the year. It was a very memorable time, so I wanted to expand my free write into something more thorough that could capture more of my thoughts. So, I decided to do that for my portfolio piece inspired by a free write. I hope you enjoy it. :)

~Press

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25870353

Change.

This piece is just what the titles says, change. Its just my views and how I think change should be expressed. It was inspired by this poem from W.s. Merwin. It was just a thoughtful piece, so I think you should just BLESS it. Thanks guys, enjoy




http://www.scribd.com/doc/25868551/Change-by-Kristen-Hirter

My Moving Experience

This is a true story about my experiences moving from Chicago and making the transitions here in Aurora. If you've moved before, you can relate to this experience, and for those of you who haven't, this story pretty much sums it up. As Rossane Cash once said, "the key to change...is to let go of fear." I hope you enjoy my story.



*Press









http://www.scribd.com/doc/25867938/My-Moving-Experience

How the World Started and How it Will End!!!

This piece of literature that you are about to read is my opinion on how the world started and how it will end. Although I am pretty sure you knew that once you read the title. Anyway this piece started from my free write and I decided to extend it for a portfolio piece. I really did not have any inspiration for this piece. The topic sort of popped into my head and I just kept writing more and more. I hope you enjoy it. It is kind of short but its has humor to keep you entertained. I really just want this piece to be BLESSED because it was just for fun. As I said again I hope you enjoy it but if you do not that’s okay too.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25866755/Portfolio-Piece

I am an artist

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25810532/I-am-an-artist

* BLESS

~ Ms. Duffy

Dear Winter

This is a poem I wrote during my writing class at Kent State this summer. One of our teachers was presenting a lesson about how to inspire poetry that uses imagery. We viewed a PowerPoint of images of winter while enjoying Peppermint Patties, and we selected words from a list of adjectives that are synonymous with cold. I tried to express my loathing of winter by choosing specific images and unique combinations of descriptive words. Enjoy! :) ~ Ms. Duffy

*PRESS

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25215381/Dear-Winter-1

Welcome to the Writers' Forum!

There are two purposes of the Writers' Forum: to allow students to share their writing with one another to celebrate their creative abilities and acheivements and for students to gain meaningful and constructive feedback about their writing in order to revise and improve a piece of writing.

This is a place to celebrate writing! I hope you enjoy sharing your writing with one another as much as I have enjoyed reading your writing througout the first semester. You all have unique voices and bright, creative minds, and you are growing as writers each time you put pen to paper or hands to a keyboard. Please be respectful of your fellow writers and their work as you post comments on our forum.

As playwright Tom Stoppard said- "Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."

~ Ms. Duffy