My Imagination
By Sadie Mae
Written on 2-3-11

When on rare chance

                I manage a moment to spare,

I don’t jump on stage and prance

                Or go downtown to stare

Should I let my mind soar?

                Back to a famous war

Or should I go to the heavens and fly?

                If you thought that then you must not know I!

For the place that I shall be

                Is catching clams beside the sea

Then the second I am needed

                I come right back to home

Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming of the next occasion I’m alone

I wrote this poem for my writing class last year. It was one of the first times I realized how much I liked poetry. 

My Shadow

By Robert Louis Stevenson

 

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,

And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;

And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—

Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;

For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,

And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,

And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.

He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;

I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,

I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;

But my lazy little shadow, like an errant sleepy-head,

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

 

    I am doing this poem because it is one of my favorites, and it reminds me of a friend of my sister who can quote the entire poem. Besides, today is one of those days where the lazy little shadow is still in bed:o)

Poetry Posts

         I love poetry. I love reading it. I love writing it. I love it so much I've decided to have a poetry blog. I will post my favorite poetry by others and my own poetry on the occasion that I'm in a poetry mood. Also, I have written multiple short stories and will include these on occasion. There will also be posts of my favorite fables from story books.

Happy Reading,

Sadie Mae