Tid-Bit of a Poem

Never have I seen a pair of eyes
That stare as deep into the soul as thine's

Christmas Sunrise

Most godly scene I have seen with my two eyes in a long time.

How to write a sonnet By eHow Contributing Writer

The sonnet, a 14-line poem, has two main types: English (or Shakespearean) and Italian (or Petrarchan). The poem's the thing-- follow these brief and simple steps to master the language of the bard and ensnare your object of affection.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Godiva or Whitman Chocolates
• Dictionaries
• Thesauri
• Roses
• Boxes Of Chocolates
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Notebook Papers
• Pencils
• Pens
• Spiral Notebooks
• Word Processors
• Pencils
• Pens

1. Step 1

   Select the subject matter for your sonnet. Themes have often focused on love or philosophy, but modern sonnets can cover almost any topic.

2. Step 2

   Divide the theme of your sonnet into two sections. In the first section you will present the situation or thought to the reader; in the second section you can present some sort of conclusion or climax.

3. Step 3

   Compose your first section as three quatrains - that is, three stanzas of four lines each.

4. Step 4

   Write the three quatrains with an a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f rhyme scheme, where each letter stands for a line of the sonnet and the last words of all lines with the same letter rhyme with each other. Most sonnets employ the meter of iambic pentameter (see Tips), as seen in these three quatrains from Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 30':

5. Step 5

   When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (a)/ I summon up remembrance of things past, (b)/ I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, (a)/ And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste: (b)/ Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, (c)/ For precious friends hid in death's dateless night, (d)/ And weep afresh love's long since canceled woe, (c)/ And moan the expense of many a vanished sight: (d)/ Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, (e)/ And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er (f)/ The sad account of fore-bemoanéd moan, (e)/ Which I new pay as if not paid before. (f)

6. Step 6

   Compose the last section as a couplet - two rhyming lines of poetry. This time, use a g-g rhyme scheme, where the last words of the two lines rhyme with each other. We refer once more to 'Sonnet 30':

7. Step 7

   But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, (g)/ All losses are restored and sorrows end. (g)

Winter Song

Contrast

Red as an apple white as snow.

Ever growing feeling

Ever growing feeling

Fear of rejection is starting to rule over my life. I need to stop
what I am doing and set forth on a new way to look and solve this ever-
growing perdicament. Every person my age should have someone older to
talk to and learn from. From experience. . . Listening to just your
peers is a bad idea and just ends even worse.

Is love alive? I hope so.

You and I? Possibly. Let's just see who ends up saying it first.

Like a fairytale? Hope not. Rather be the one doing the saving.

I can't help falling in love with you? True just going with the
current. No use swimming against something that you love.

Is writing a love song possible, for me at least? Melodies are the
easy part. it's the words to express the feeling that gets tangled in
my head.

Would you really like to go somewhere over the rainbow? Yes it's where troubles
melt like lemon drops.

Butterflies

What do you do when the butterflies,
evolve into massive moths,
trying to rip their way out of your stomach?
It hurts.
D :

Finding Myself

Over the past couple week I have been in a couple situations that have helped me find out 3 things about myself.
1. I am extremely afraid of rejection.
2. I am extremely afraid of disappointing myself and the people I am close to.
3. I would to anything to help a friend even if I wouldn't get the same support back.

1&2 are the ones that a severely affecting my life at this time. I've been waiting for a year and a half but these things are just holding me back from doing it.

I heard once that "Be not afraid" is mentioned 365 times in the bible. So is it as simple as putting my faith in god and taking that leap?

"The Lord is my shepherd, whom shall I fear?" - Psalm 23:1

Under Pressure

Okay. I have so much stuff to do but only there are only 24 hours in a day. There is so much pressure around me between grades, extracurricular activities, and church. And now I am becoming even more stressed because of auditions for the musical.I know if I get into the musical things will be cut out from my life but i don't want that to happen. I like being with people doing the things I love that is the main point of me joining anything. I'm not sure how i will do it all in 24 hours. I wish sleep wasn't a major part of my well being. It would make everything so much easier. I would now have the full 24 hours instead of the 18 i usually get.

Life is complicated. I wish it wasn't

"Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure - that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be"
-Queen

Bright Red

"help throw me a rope I think I downing in shallow people" - Butterfly Boucher

This is the refrain of a song I listen to contantly. I like it because of it's metaphoricle meaning and the connection to my life, because we are all drowning in something. However, it's our job to grab onto the rope when it is thrown and to be the one to throw it when you know you are no longer drowning.

Question

What is a dream?
Why do we dream?
Why do we not dream?
Why do dreams inspire us?
Are we all living a dream?
Are we all living in a dream?

Dreams

Have you ever wished you could finish a dream? I feel that whenever I dream I am always awakened at a vital part. So tonight I wish u could have the same dream I had last night but actually finish it.
While I am on the subject of dreams I'm finding that I am having less and less nightmares. This makes me happy because let's face it, who likes nightmares because I sure don't.
Hope you all gave plesent dreams tonight that make you feel better about yourself and life.
:0) PEACE

Prayer Labrinth

Over this weekend I went to Camp Johnsonburg with members of my church and another church from Trenton. At J-Burg (what we call the camp) there is a prayer labyrinth in the middle of the woods. To give you a little background on the labyrinth, it is made up of rocks and there are trees growing in certain spots.

On the first night I was there, my friends (Tadd, Kelly, Kenz, Mel and Than) and I walked out in the dark, freezing cold. Only some had flashlights with us and I was not one of them. Once we got there I was the first to go in.

The beginning of the labyrinth was sorta easy because some of the light was being shinned on the ground but when you are in the begining of a line of people and you have no way of knowing where you are going, your going to trip and that's exactly what i did is stumbled and tripped my way through the labyrinth and I even went the wrong way and one point. However I did make it to the end and makeing it though to Part 1 of the end was so moving for me. What made life even easier is after I was ready to make my way back Tadd walked before me and lighted the way for me. What I thought was so amazing was that when someone has the tools to walk though life (in this case it was a flashlight) the people following have it easier because now they know where they are going. While in the prayer labyrinth I was happy to have Tadd infront of me because I had a feeling that if I was leading again I would have tripped and stumbled again. Sometimes you just have to let someone else lead when you aren't ready enough and don't have the tools to reach your final destination safely.

Vacation

My life is so busy. I feel like I have no "me time". I'm in school to 4 or 5 everyday because of:

Vocal ensemble (till 5)
Vocal Chorale (till 4)
Tech Club (till 4)
STAND (till 4:30)

then I go to church for:

Youth Bells (6:15-7:15)
Chancel bells (7:15-9)
Choir (7-9)

add in homework and I'm up anywhere from 11pm- 1 am. And I'm still doing homework at lunch and on the bus.
What is even worse is that I'm the type of person who gets sick and tired when she doesn't get more than 8 hours of sleep a day. I've been sick for a month.


This is why I'm so glad to be getting away from it all for a weekend and having a somewhat of a "me time." its just me, nature, and god. . . (and church friends)

Quote

"Success is dependent on effort."
-Sophocles

I found this quote most true today.

Quote

"Sleep is the best meditation"
- Dalai Lama

Sorry.

To all who read my no so much of a blog (Tadd, Mel, McKenzie). I'm sorry. I abandoned my blog for almost two months but I'm making a promise to myself and you.
I Abigail May Gardner will update my blog every single week until posted otherwise. Each post must be more than 3 sentences long and cannot be a rant about something stupid (ex: toilet paper) . If I break one of these promises, I give you full permission to yell at me until i fix said mistake.

Your, now, proper blogger,
Abi

P.S I also want to put a quote on everyday. . . but I'd forget once in a while.

I'm Done!

I am finally done with "The Great Gatsby." By the time I reached page 74 everything clicked and I started to enjoy the story. However, it doesn't mean that this book is in my top 20 favorite books. Now I all i have to do is write about the pictures I took that relates to the chosen theme of violence in the book.

Summer Homework

In the state of NJ, and the United States, torturing is illegal. However, I consider summer homework a form of torture. Sure it's not physical, but I find it mentally torturing. There is no reason for schools to give work on a vacation. Especially when the work they give is on a book that is so detailed their is no way to even think about using your imagination.


I'm forty pages into the Great Gatsby and all I know is that its told through the eyes of a guy named nick and his cousin in-law is cheating on his cousin. Why would someone write about cheating on your spouse and make it sound good? I really hope this books gets better.



Authors I do NOT like: F. Scott Fitzgerald

My Life In Numbers

1. Me .

2. Parents that love me dearly.

3. Days till I see my sister.

4. Playbills at my fingertips.

5. More weeks till I return to school.

6. Scarfs hanging on my bedpost.

7. Coins next to my computer.

8. Hours since I was at the hospital.

9. hundred and seventeen songs on my iTunes play list.

10. Freckles on my left arm.

Starting a Blog

My 2 main questions about blogging:

How does one "start a blog"?
- I am human, therefore I Google. "How to start a blog"

And once you "start", what do you write?
-I write about starting my very own blog