"Poetry Reflection" by, Stanley Suter

         Poetry reflection 

         Stanley S.

        Poetry’s importance in my life is very small. As I do not enjoy either reading or writing it I do not consider it very important, at least in my life. I find that writing it has been very slow and I have trouble finding a good topic to write on. I end up sounding very cheesy and my poem doesn’t flow well. I haven’t seen or done many things worth writing, and that would be the easiest type of poetry, I think for me, is to write story.

        I also do not think that poetry belongs to everyone. Myself being a living example, I know several other kids that struggle and don’t like poetry. That is why I would say that poetry is not for everyone. Some people like to read, but not write poetry and I would say poetry would be for them. It is like other things, not all people are for baseball, or basketball are they? People that do not like poetry, I would say poetry is not for them. 

        I know these two things from personal experience alone. Several of my friends, including me have asked each other for help on a topic, that usually does not turn out well. I also know that many people don’t like poetry and surely do not like writing it, I think that if you asked them, they would tell you straight up that poetry was not for them.  Again, things like music, sports, and other things, people say all the time is not for them. Like people being less athletic than another, the same sort of rule applies for poetry, people that are in that mental mind set will do much better than those not.

        They life and experiences of a poet affects the poem that he or she creates drastically. If the poet has a bad childhood, many of the poems could be bad as well, or just the opposite. For example, if someone only knows of gum drops and unicorns, they won’t be writing about the monster under the bed. The experiences of the poet is the poem.

"Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf" By:Stanley S.

Prompt-Describe your most and least favorite characters and explain why.

        This week I have been reading "Wereworld: Rise of the wolf" and I really like it. There are certain very slow parts that develop into awesome fighting scenes. I starts with a kid, a loving mother and a hating father who falsly accuses the son of killing his mom and trys to kill him. Even though it was a giant rat, in this world of transforming humans. This boy, Drew is the last of the wolves, all of the others having been slaughtered by the lions in the great war. In the book he starts out going to high cliff to oppose the lion king but is side tracked several times and is finally captured by the kings guard.

        My favorite character is Drew. He is the "lone wolf" (that was a good one, you have to admit it) and travels on his own for the most part. He meets up with the medic, Hector and from then on they travel together. I like Drew the best because he is the toughest and the most determined. Hector is frightened easily and often throwes up, looking like a wimp. He acts bold but he isn't arrogant, a nice strong boy.

        My least favorite character by far would be Gretchen. She is the girly girl "Im a little princess" (she really is) type of character, who complains way too much. When Drew kidnaps her she is totally unpredictable and irrational, making very stupid moves. The thing about her that really angers me is her unstopping persistence of stupid moves. She leaves the hotel in the middle of no where just to try to get away from Drew and Hector, when she has no idea that 95% of the guard is corrupt and would hold her for ransome. Luckily Drew caught her in time...