"I am . . ."
By Justine Small
I am caring, sharing and true
I wonder what he thinks of me
I hear laughter from him often
I see toothless grins from him too
I want him to be happy
I am caring, sharing and true
I am caring, sharing and true
I pretend to act goofy
I feel the need to be silly
I touch his heart, I hope
I worry how he feels inside
I cry if I think he hurts
I am caring, sharing and true
I am caring, sharing and true
I understand if something's wrong
I say it'll be ok
I dream of our time together
I try to picture our future
I hope we will always be this close
I am caring, sharing and true
"I am currently a part-time Nicolet student and part-time high school student. I am going to UW Stevens Point next year, and I will be working towards earning my CPA license. I plan on becoming an accountant then later hopefully become a counselor. I wrote these poems for my junior English class, and they all have to do with feelings I had at the time or about a boy I really liked."
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"Bananagrams and Women"
By Noved Nednav Levueh
The words are there in a pile
Good vocab, bus, coat, coin
No Q's please
Senile mind too slow
Laughing, laughing all around
Daughters, wife, I cannot beat
Damn this game
"This game was mentioned by a cohort's daughter, and it instantly brought to mind my constant battle for that elusive victory. When I play my daughters and wife in this game, they always seem to win with such simple word combinations. I swear I will not play this game with them anymore, but when they bring it up I always cave in, thinking that this is the time I am going to come out a winner. Drat! Foiled again!"
