POETRY OWWWT LOUD

For the upcoming Poetry Out Loud competition, I chose the poem Barter, by Sara Teasdale. As I was scrolling down the list looking for titles that appealed to me, I found a few that sounded interesting... But I wanted something different. I went through the list again and found this poem and then remembered singing it in choir last year. When I read through it, I can't help but sing along because I think it is pretty song, as well as a poem, and also has really nice imagery. (ha!) I  get kind of nervous when speaking in front of the class, (even though I am hardly nervous when I act, which is weird) and so I am getting a little anxious that I won't screw it up. 

To prepare for this competition, I practice a couple minutes a day acting out how I will recite this poem to convey its true meaning (ha). Occasionally, I read it out loud to some of my friends... This poem means a lot to me also which helps practicing and the reciting easier. I think it is a metaphor for all the beautiful things in life and how we kind of take them for granted so we should do all we can to keep things beautiful and admire stuff. I think it teaches a lesson and kind of makes you realize that maybe we shouldn't take all the nice things in life for granted and appreciate them. 

yay :] 

...kbye.

The Road Not Takenn

This week we read poems by Robert Frost, Fire and Ice, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken, Mrs. Gilman was talking about. Each of these poems are very well written and can relate to anyone. However, The Road Not Taken related to somethings in my life and most likely relate to many other people in everyday life. To me, this poem meant that we have to make important decisions- whether we want to 'follow the crowd', or be independent and 'travel' a different way. Most people like to be in a crowd, but many people like to be unique and not do something they may not want to do but is expected to be done. 

I chose this poem because I thought the metaphor was very good. It was also something that was relative to many things in life, I have mentioned before. "I shall be telling this with  sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." (Stanza 4) Sometimes when I am at school, there are some decisions I have to make, a choice between whether I should be with my friends, or whether I should be with new people. It really depends on the situation, but everybody makes choices like this.