3rd Assignment

Places

There are many places I miss
Many places to get a kiss
You set down a place mat
In the wrong place on your cat
Kids told to stay put yet
Can't for there are people to be met
Some say they wanna go
To explore the new snow
I still have no place though


Confusion

She wonders through the darkness
Lost in her own mind
Struggling through the vines
Few thoughts filter past
She sees a way out and
starts to follow a broken path
Mud weighs her down
She can't ecape the depths

Thoughts rushing past
Fears climbing, no, flooding
Fear consumes her as
She refuses to see the truth
Water rising
As she takes her last breath
She see the reflection of
herself

And then it all stops
The chaos is broken, the
frantic cries of survival are gone
and she lifts herself up
She makes her own path
She follows no one but the
Soft beat of what can be
Breaking into the light
She discovers life as it is
She knows. She Lives.
She accepts.

Assignment #2

7th and 8th grade was when I really started to like to read. The author that started it all was Tamora Pierce. I had seen one of her newer books at Barnes and Noble, and read it for a project in school. I talked to one of my friends and she said that there were a lot of great books by her. That moment started my reading obsession. I went out and started from the beginning. I got the first book Alanna: The First Adventure.

A passage from the book is:
Alanna looked around and checked the hall for servants. "Tomorrow he gives us the letters for the man who trains the pages and the people at the covenant. You can imitate his writing, so you can do new letters, saying we're twin boys. You go to the convent. Say in the letter that you're to be a sorcerer. The Daughters of the Goddess are the onces who train young boys in magic, remember? When you're older, they'll send you to the priests. And I'll go the palace and learn to be a knight!"

The book is everything that I love. A young woman growing up into something she's always wanted to be. Conquering evil and standing up for what she believes in. This book and all Tamora Pierce's books have helped me through my roughest times. I know that they will always be there to cheer me up and that when you put your mind to something, anything is possible.

Writing Prompt
In the book, Alanna goes to extremes to get what she wants. She pretends to be a boy for 8 years. Has there ever been a time when you thought it would be easier to be someone else? Who is that person and why do you want to be like them?

First Assignment

I'm Jordin. My writing interests are short poems and random thoughts. I'd like to be able to make some of my random thoughts into some thing more. This semester I want to be able to write longer poems and maybe short stories. Some writers I like are Meg Cabot, Tamora Pierce, JK Rowling, and just basically a lot of teen fiction and some fantasy. I really like Tamora Pierce because she writes coming of age stories about women in a male dominated time period. She writes a lot of fantasy, but its all relatable.

Here is a sample of my writing:

Confusion naws at her mind where contentment once ruled
Longing for a moment, Longing for the return of peace