two voices poem

Columbus	Both	Morning girl
I see a girl in the water		I see strange men In a square canoe
	We see a stranger
I wish to have gold and precious stones		I wish to have a sister
	We wish to have something we don’t
I believe in god		I believe I can speak to spirits
	we believe in a higher power
I gave the Indians red caps, glass beads and many other things of small value		I gave the visitors parrots, cotton thread, javelins, and many other things
	We gave many things to the people we encountered
I taste the sea salt in the air		I taste the milk of a fresh coconut
	We taste the tropics
I feel that I must succeed in the mission granted to me		I feel that I must protect my family
	We feel that we are needed

My nature name

If I got named based on what I like and how I act, I think my name would be Hazelnut, because I really like things with hazelnut in it like Nutella, or Hazelnut truffles, or Panda girl because my favorite animal has been pandas since I was really young.

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Christmas

Christmas reminds me of presents but I also remember one Christmas when I was plugging in the Christmas lights in the dark and my thumb got caught between plug and the socket and I got electrocuted, it really hurt.

Chickens

chickens remind me of when I was in the Philippines and I had to feed the many chickens at my grandmas house, they terrified me and I ended up running away from them and having my brother or sister do it from then on.

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In my first year of preschool we got excused to recess and everybody ran for a tricycle. I raced another girl, Sophie to the last one there. I beat her to it and felt proud.

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Brownie

Brownie reminds me of the pet pig that I had in the Philippines, I named my pig Brownie because of how it was brown and had different shades of brown spots on his back. After I left the Philippines Brownie had babies and I figured out that she was a boy

Hazel

I was named after my grandmother on my fathers side, I like my name because I don’t really meet people with the same name as mine. My name reminds me of eyes because some peoples eyes are the color of Hazel.

Nutella

I love to eat Nutella plain in a spoon, also just dipping pretzels into it, and putting Nutella on toast in the morning. I always have trouble deciding how to eat it though so I just do eenie meenie minie moe to choose which way to eat it.

I walk into my living room to get something

Perfectly good mood--    but then I run into the corner of an open drawer --instant bad mood

and it cuts my skin but not to the point that it bleeds

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Poetry responses to A life misunderstood and I have seen

I really like the Poem A life misunderstood by Sophie Roberts, Throughout the poem she has great imagery and alliteration, I especially like the line when she says "I feel squished by fingers as fat as sausages". The poem is great and I really get the feeling of disgust when I read it because of her word choices and how she describes everything. I also love the line "I hear gags caused by revolting smell" . I love this type of poem because it takes an abstract noun and makes it seem like its a person, and it talks about what that abstract noun does. I really like the ending of Sophie's poem because it really satisfies the reader and gives them something to really think about after reading the poem.
I also really like the poem I have seen by Tia Collins, She also includes great imagery throughout the poem, It is great and it seems like the noun that she used  was Happiness, because every verse has an event that are known to make people happy. I also really like how at the end of each line there is an approximate rhyme, I especially like the line when she says "In rain soaked earth a budding flower", I do think that she should change the verb used somewhere in the poem because she keeps it as I have seen through the entire thing. I also really like how Tia makes all of the lines rhyme but she manages to make them all fit together really well. Like Sophie's poem it had a satisfying ending and gave the reader something to think about.