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Ryan was born in 1945 in San Jose, Calif., and grew up in the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. Her father was an oil well driller and sometime-prospector. She received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 1971, Ryan has lived in Marin County.

definiton poet laureate

poet laureate-a poet appointed to, or regarded unofficially as holding, an honorary representative position in a particular country, region, or group: the New York State poet laureate the poet laureate of young America.

quatrians

I AS long as Fame’s imperious music rings
Will poets mock it with crowned words august;
And haggard men will clamber to be kings
As long as Glory weighs itself in dust.
II Drink to the splendor of the unfulfilled,	5
Nor shudder for the revels that are done:
The wines that flushed Lucullus are all spilled,
The strings that Nero fingered are all gone.
III We cannot crown ourselves with everything,
Nor can we coax the Fates for us to quarrel:	10
No matter what we are, or what we sing,
Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel.

a mile

hey kyle
you ran a mile
just to see my new style
it took a while

work

Work


1.)rhyme-An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

"word with rhymes"

run-fun,done, sun,gun,one
skip- chip, clip, dip,flip,lip.
dog-bog, cog, fog,frog,log
end-friend,send,tend,bend,blend
smile-aisle,file,style,kyle,mile
laugh- calf,staff,graph,half,gaff
sigh-dry,spy,fly,fry,my,
press-bless,guess,mess,dress,less,
free -bee,spree,me,be,three,
man - tan,van,span,pan,fan

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yes that's me

Yes, that’s me
Look and you’ll see
My hair is long
My eyes are rare
My arms are very hot {cute}
My hands are pretty
My heart is big
I’m so cute
I never lie or let you down
My friends are nice
I live in moments
I hope my moments are good
I dream to be president
It’s all clear as can be.
That’s positively, absolutely me

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You would be very happy in a career that utilised your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to stimulate your senses and your mind, without having to be involved with lots of people. Some careers that would be perfect for you are:

• Novelist
  
• Photographer
  
• Vet
  
• Medical Technician
  
• Paralegal
  
• Geologist
  
• Marine Biologist
  
• Graphic Designer
  
• Online Content Developer
  
• Webmaster
  
• Computer Security
  
• Producer
  
• Computer Programmer
  
• Technical Writer
  
• Systems Analyst
  
• Meteorologist
  
• Artist

You like working and being alone. You like to avoid attention at all costs. You tend to keep to yourself, and not interact much with the people around you. You enjoy spending time with a few a close friends. You like to listen to others, but don't like sharing much about yourself. You are very quiet and private.

You are very practical, and only act after thinking things through. You don't like being forced to answer quickly. You have to evaluate the situation completely. You make decisions based on what you can verify with your senses.

You like to be involved deeply in one or two special projects. You like to be behind the scenes. You are very logical and fair. You feel you should be honest with others at all costs.

You trust what is certain. You only like new ideas if they can be practically applied to the situation. You value what is real. You use your common sense. You like to utilise the skills you have instead of learning new ones. You are very specific and detailed when writing or talking to others. You follow directions well. You like things to be laid out for you to do instead of working them out for yourself. You like decisions to be made. You don't like things to be left in limbo. You like to know what you are getting into before you commit to something.

You like to focus on the here and now. You enjoy completing projects. It is important for you to achieve and succeed. Therefore, you believe in working hard and playing later. You like to set goals and work towards them.

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I Am

I Am

I am psycho & crazy
I wonder bout people
I hear noise
I see friends
I want lots of money
I am psycho & crazy

I pretend to be nice
I feel madd
I touch water
I worry bout people
I cry about problems
I am psycho & crazy

I understand stupid people
I say that one day i will become the president of the U.S.
I dream of stuff
I try to do my best
I hope people stop lien
I am psycho & crazy

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"different types of poetry"

Acrostic-a verse or arrangement of words in which certain letters in each line, such as the first or last, when taken in order spell out a word, motto, etc.

^ex.Its in the emerald of her colour green.
Remembered in history as dark Roisin.
Erin you are dressed in the mystic of time.
Love speaks of your beauty in manys a rhyme.
About you are stories beyond wealth to hold.
Now that's why your people are so rich in soul.
Dwelling is the truth that can't be bought or sold

Ballad-a song or poem that tells a story in short stanzas and simple words, with repetition, refrain, etc.: most old ballads are of unknown authorship and have been handed down orally in more than one version.

^ex. Oh the ocean waves may roll,
And the stormy winds may blow,
While we poor sailors go skipping aloft
And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below
And the land lubbers lay down below.

Blank Verse- unrhymed verse; esp., unrhymed verse having five iambic feet per line, as in Elizabethan drama

^ex. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Epic-noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.

^ex.By the shore of Gitchie Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.

Epitaph-a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.

^ex. Here lies a most beautiful lady,
Light of step and heart was she:
I think she was the most beautiful lady
That ever was in the West Country.
But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare, rare it be;
And when I crumble who shall remember
This lady of the West Country?

Haiku-a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.

^ex.Hot June day --

an otter

slips into the sea

Limerick-a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.

^ex.And let me the canakin clink, clink;
And let me the canakin clink
A soldier's a man;
A life's but a span;
Why, then, let a soldier drink."

Narrative-a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.

^ex."By the shore of Gitchie Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited."

Sonnet-Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.

^ex.Talking to myself there
Someone had overheard.
I was lost for a word.
There was nothing to share.
Embarrassed I was there.
Left awkward and absurd .
A broken wingless bird.
With nowhere to fly there.
Caught red faced there was I.
Didn't want to be seen.
I just wanted to die.
I just wanted to scream.
I'm so terribly shy.
Lost for words it would seem.

"Defined Term"

"Defined Term"

1.)Poetry-is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define.

2.)Rhyme- a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines.

3.)Rhythm-flow, movement, procedure, etc. characterized by basically regular recurrence of elements or features, as beat, or accent, in alternation with opposite or different elements or features the rhythm of speech, dancing, the heartbeat, etc.

4.)Form- the shape, outline, or configuration of anything; structure as apart from color, material, etc.

5.)Stanzas-a group of lines of verse forming one of the divisions of a poem or song: it is usually made up of four or more lines and often has a regular pattern in the number of lines and the arrangement of meter and rhyme.

6.)Free Verse- poetry without regular meter, rhyme, or stanzaic forms.

7.)Repetition- the act of repeating; a doing or saying again, or again and again.

8.)Imagery- images generally; esp., statues.

9.)Figurative Language-To communicate clearly, students must be able to identify and use.

10.)Simile- a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale, her tears flowed like wine).

11.)Metaphor-a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another (Ex.: the curtain of night, “all the world's a stage”).

12.)Personification-a personifying or being personified person or thing thought of as representing some quality, thing, or idea; embodiment; perfect example he is the personification of honesty a figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.

13.)Speaker- a person who speaks; esp., a person who makes a speech or speeches in public the officer presiding over any of various lawmaking bodies the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives.

14.)Theme-a topic or subject, as of a lecture, sermon, essay, etc.a recurring, unifying subject or idea; motif, often one used decoratively

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MORE BOOK HE WROTE

5 EX. ARE

• JOHNNY'S IN THE BASEMENT
• SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL
  
• THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM
• BOY WHO LOST HIS FACE
• WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN
  

THE AUTHER OF HOLES

THE AUTHOR OF HOLES IS LOUIS SACHAR HE WAS BORN MARCH,1954.HE IS AN AMERICAN AUTHOR OF CHILDREN'S BOOK.HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR "THE SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL" BOOK SERIES AND THE 1998 NOVEL HOLES, FOR WHICH SACHAR WON A "NATIONAL BOOK AWARD" AND THE NEWBERY MEDAL.HE ALSO WROTE THE FOLLOW -UP CALLED "SMALL STEP".YOU CAN LOOK UP MORE .
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A SUMMARY OF "HOLES" THE BOOK

THE BOOK "HOLES", IS ABOUT A BOY NAMED STANLEY YELNATS.HE HAD A CHOICE TO EITHER GO TO JAIL ,OR TO GO TO CAMP GREEN LAKE.HIS FAMILY WAS SO POOR THAT HE NEVER WENT TO A CAMP BEFORE.SO HE DECIDED TO GO TO CAMP GREEN LAKE.HE IS NOT GOING WHERE HE THINK HE IS GOING.IT IS A PLACE THAT ONCE HELD "THE LARGEST LAKE IN TEXAS", BUT TODAY IT IS ONLY A SCORCHING DESERT WASTELAND,DOTTED WITH COUNTLESS HOLES DUG BY THE BOYS WHO LIVE AT THE CAMP.THERES MORE JUST SEE THE MOVIE OR READ THE BOOK
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