journal 31

I chose to do one of my poems on song lyrics, so the song that I chose to do was "Fighters" by Lupe Fiasco. I took the second verse:

"I hope that god forgive us
All of us sinners
Turn us back into beginners
Put us up where the winners go
Holy apartments in the gardens
In which the rivers flow
Thank you for all your blessins
And all of your miracles
I thank all my fans and all my supports
Shout out to bishop g
Congrats on ya new baby daughter
I tip my hat to all my family and friends
Now we just got one more to go........" If you listen to the whole song it is really nice, this is probably one of my favorite songs, because it makes you feel calm and peaceful.  and if you wanted to listen to the whole song here is a link http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/detail.asp?=Lupe-Fiasco-Matthew-Santos-Fighters-Atlantic-Records&ID=12184

I also wanted to do a poem by Langston Hughes because he is my favorite poet. I decided to do one of my favorite poems and one of his most famous poems called: "Dreams".

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow. 
Langston Hughes

I like this poem because speaks the truth about dreams.

I also want to do a poem that my cousin Steve Wong did, because he is a slam poetry master, and I heard him perform before and he was excellent.

Metaphor poem: rough draft

"Go with the flow",

thats what clouds do,

we do nothing but sit around in the open blue sky,

only to move when a gust of wind has to push us along,

we are very social,

we meet other clouds and seem to connect as if we were one of the same cloud,

different times of the year our moods change,

we're either bright and fluffy,

sad and soggy,

or mad and thunderous,

but when I think of clouds I think of me!

metaphor brainstorm

I had a few metaphors for me, one is a highlighter because i am bright but sometimes I have my cap on or I just don't show how bright I am. I would also pick this because I help other people shine like a highlighter makes words shine. Another metaphor I was going to do was clouds, because they are "lazy", they do nothing but sit in the sky, I am very lazy, I would rather lay down and do nothing than to work.

Metaphor

My metaphor is I am like a cloud.