Nature Poem
The calm before the storm lies heavy,
pregnant with a terror; ready
the town is in awe, the government screams
evacuation is the key, it seems
5 a cone of wind so strong and tall
making big city buildings fall
houses sent flying and people are scared
the frightening pit bull of nature's teeth are bared
there's no way to fight it, and nowhere to hide
10 maybe a basement if you stay inside
some people say that its like god is whistling
mother nature's pet wolf, and its fur is bristling
they may give it names to make it less fierce
the eye is safe, if the outside you pierce
15 tornadoes are famous for danger and woe
even in the wizard of oz all you do is watch it go
mankind has advanced far ahead of most things
but natural occurrences hold the championship ring
it'd be most wise if you would be cautious
20 the mere site of these things can make grown men nauseous
they knock out power cross the us of a
sending things flying, and darkening your day
they have an alley dedicated to them
it crosses whole states on a fast windy whim
25 yet some find it beautiful and drive right at it
they're called tornado watchers, i call them tornado addicts
id say you were crazy for driving towards death
when i saw the warning, to be honest, i left
tornadoes are a part of nature i do not like
30 and ill never forget seeing one like riding a bike
Origin Story
Most people think the Mississippi river was naturally created. In fact, before humans were evolving from bacteria, or being made from ribs, or anything you believe; the land was alive. Yes, the very earth moved and thought and spoke. The Mississippi river used to be the Mississippi Ocean. This is around 2 or 3 hundred thousand years before Adam set foot upon the earth. The Mississippi ocean was like that one guy everyone knows. The one person who perfectly fits the "douchebag " criteria. Its like the Mississippi ocean took a course in douchebaggery and aced it. The Mississippi ocean was larger then the pacific, and larger than the Atlantic. It was the biggest ocean in the area, and it made sure everyone knew it. There were two islands on either side of the ocean. They sent messages in bottles across the Mississippi to talk to each other via messenger dolphins. The islands were name Massachusetts, and Oregon. They were growing tired of the Mississippi's constant smug boasting and bragging, so they made a plan to cut him down a peg.They decided that every day, they would force themselves to grow a little bigger and take a little more of the Mississippi up until he was cut down to size. They continued this plan for 25 years (approximately 9125 days) until the Mississippi realized what was going on. By then, the islands had grown so big that the Mississippi's waters could no longer push them back. They kept taking space up until the Mississippi was the length it is today, and they laughed at it. The gurgling noise that can be heard the whole way down the Mississippi river now is it's boasting that its the longest river in america. Needless to say, the land will be glad when global warming evaporates the Mississippi away so they can stop listening to that. If you're quiet enough, you may hear the land whispering plans right this minute.
Word Count: 326
The Most Beautiful
The most beautiful thing I've ever seen is an interview of any type of artist who is really passionate about their work. Be it a rapper, singer, guitarist, pianist, painter, author, artist, or sports player. I love seeing the passion that any type of artist puts into their work. My favorite rapper to date is Childish Gambino, and this happened because I saw one of his videos and couldn't stop wanting more. He raps about his life and positive things, and life lessons instead of he "money, drugs, cars, and women" that all other popular rappers dub music. The interview Childish Gambino had with hardknocktv. Interviews in which artists go deep into their soul and share their life story, relating what you hear from them to how they make it are amazing. I was sitting at home and I got a text message from a friend stating that an interview of Childish Gambino had just been released, and I should check it out. I started watching and stared at my laptop transfixed. He admits that he sometimes raps about meaningless things, but that's all a part of hip hop, because before guns and drugs were introduced, hip hop was supposed to be fun. Hip hop was meant to be a goofy, non serious thing, which is why comedian-turned-rapper-turned actor Donald Glover(a.k.a Childish Gambino) felt that it was okay to become a rapper and have silly songs. In his interview, he addresses the racism references in his music of growing up in the south, and many other things that are often ignored. The information given in the interview isn't what made it beautiful, but specifically the video of him recording his music and seeing the feeling behind what he wrote and what he said. Music itself is an amazing feat, and making good music that fan can relate to makes music even more beautiful, so seeing an interview where an artist can let you inside their mind and show you around makes me think those types of interviews are some of the most beautiful things in the world. Most of the time, beauty is defined by what you see, but in this case, I define beauty as how what I saw made me feel.
Word Count:373
Weather Experience
There once was a village called TornTown; where all the houses were mad out of torn pieces of paper thrown onto the ground. "Torn pieces of paper?" one might ask, "it must take a million sheets a house!". Well under normal circumstances with normal people, you'd be right, but in TornTown, everyone is about the size of half of your index finger. The tallest man in TornTown, named O'keal Shaneil was only the size of your pinky. Their town was located in a remote valley near the paper mache river, and they were a town full of jolly people.The village chief, Jon Bovi was a wise leader, and he had foretold a flood by hearing one of the humans' talking color boxes. "A food will be heading through the greater tri-state area(which is how the humans referenced TornTown)", repeated the chief. An old woman wearing a dress made of construction paper and a glue stick fainted and a baby started crying. The chief knew what he had to do, because it was his job to keep TornTown calm. He gather twenty of the strongest men in TornTown and they went scavenging for materials to build floodgates. They returned from their trip and brought back 4 pencils, a styrofoam tray, and a ball of yarn. The flood was coming in two moons, so they had to hurry. They stuck all of the pencils into the dirt and glued the styrofoam tray to them. Then they wrapped string around the whole thing to hold together. They finished just before it started to rain, when they heard a terrible sound. "MROEOOWWWWW!!", heard the tiny people from TornTown.They looked up and saw an animal taller than any of their skyscrapers. It had a tail longer than any one of their winding trails, and it was orange and striped. "This may be what the humans call a 'tabby cat'; the most fearsome of all of the manbeasts.", whispered the chief from where they were hiding. One of the warriors did not belong to a family, and he wanted to be brave so he could start one of his own."HYAAAAH", yelled the warrior as he charged at the cat. He threw a toothpick at it and rolled to the side from one of its paws. The cat batted away the toothpick
Word Count: 326
The Most Beautiful
The most beautiful thing I've ever seen is an interview of any type of artist who is really passionate about their work. Be it a rapper, singer, guitarist, pianist, painter, author, artist, or sports player. I love seeing the passion that any type of artist puts into their work. My favorite rapper to date is Childish Gambino, and this happened because I saw one of his videos and couldn't stop wanting more. He raps about his life and positive things, and life lessons instead of he "money, drugs, cars, and women" that all other popular rappers dub music. The interview Childish Gambino had with hardknocktv. Interviews in which artists go deep into their soul and share their life story, relating what you hear from them to how they make it are amazing. I was sitting at home and I got a text message from a friend stating that an interview of Childish Gambino had just been released, and I should check it out. I started watching and stared at my laptop transfixed. He admits that he sometimes raps about meaningless things, but that's all a part of hip hop, because before guns and drugs were introduced, hip hop was supposed to be fun. Hip hop was meant to be a goofy, non serious thing, which is why comedian-turned-rapper-turned actor Donald Glover(a.k.a Childish Gambino) felt that it was okay to become a rapper and have silly songs. In his interview, he addresses the racism references in his music of growing up in the south, and many other things that are often ignored. The information given in the interview isn't what made it beautiful, but specifically the video of him recording his music and seeing the feeling behind what he wrote and what he said. Music itself is an amazing feat, and making good music that fan can relate to makes music even more beautiful, so seeing an interview where an artist can let you inside their mind and show you around makes me think those types of interviews are some of the most beautiful things in the world. Most of the time, beauty is defined by what you see, but in this case, I define beauty as how what I saw made me feel.
Word Count:373
Weather Experience
There once was a village called TornTown; where all the houses were mad out of torn pieces of paper thrown onto the ground. "Torn pieces of paper?" one might ask, "it must take a million sheets a house!". Well under normal circumstances with normal people, you'd be right, but in TornTown, everyone is about the size of half of your index finger. The tallest man in TornTown, named O'keal Shaneil was only the size of your pinky. Their town was located in a remote valley near the paper mache river, and they were a town full of jolly people.The village chief, Jon Bovi was a wise leader, and he had foretold a flood by hearing one of the humans' talking color boxes. "A food will be heading through the greater tri-state area(which is how the humans referenced TornTown)", repeated the chief. An old woman wearing a dress made of construction paper and a glue stick fainted and a baby started crying. The chief knew what he had to do, because it was his job to keep TornTown calm. He gather twenty of the strongest men in TornTown and they went scavenging for materials to build floodgates. They returned from their trip and brought back 4 pencils, a styrofoam tray, and a ball of yarn. The flood was coming in two moons, so they had to hurry. They stuck all of the pencils into the dirt and glued the styrofoam tray to them. Then they wrapped string around the whole thing to hold together. They finished just before it started to rain, when they heard a terrible sound. "MROEOOWWWWW!!", heard the tiny people from TornTown.They looked up and saw an animal taller than any of their skyscrapers. It had a tail longer than any one of their winding trails, and it was orange and striped. "This may be what the humans call a 'tabby cat'; the most fearsome of all of the manbeasts.", whispered the chief from where they were hiding. One of the warriors did not belong to a family, and he wanted to be brave so he could start one of his own."HYAAAAH", yelled the warrior as he charged at the cat. He threw a toothpick at it and rolled to the side from one of its paws. The cat batted away the toothpick
