Concrete Poem

KAITLYN LAUGHED AT ME AND THAT IS WHY
I AM MAD AT HER. THIS IS SO A
LAUGHING MATTER FOR
ME. SHE SHOULDNT
HAVE LAUGHED
AT ME
IN
THE
FIRST
PLACE!
GRAWR. ITS
A VERY SAD DAY
TODAY AND ITS NOT
GOING TO GET ANY BETTER
THANKS TO KAITLYN LINDNER!

The house was made of…

The house was made of wobbly wood and sturdy steel. The yard was a mess with a wagon in the front with only one wheel. At night the stars would twinkle above in the dark sky. In the morning when the sun came out if you looked at the house you had to squint because the shine off the steel. There was an old woman and old man that lived in the house. The old woman was a little gabby and the man was the only one that could tune her out if he wanted to. When the wind blew, the house would shake because of the wobbly wood, the only reason it never fell was the sturdy steal on the outside of it. During storms the pitter patter of the rain hitting the ceiling would put the man and woman asleep no matter what time it was. One day they woke up and the one wheeled wagon, had no wheels, so the man went to the backyard and rustled around. He found a new wheel and put it on the wagon, it was a one wheeled wagon once again.

Sonnet

I can not stand how you make me feel now

I gave you almost everything I had

I do not know what else I can allow

Now it seems like all you only make me mad

I do not know what to do anymore

I am losing my mind because of you

I feel like you just went and closed the door

You made me crazy and I thought you knew

I gave you the key to my little heart

I let you in and you pushed away

I think that things ended awfully tart

Now I can't help but feel very astray

I, myself, will just have to move along

While I am at it, I may write a song.

Dinner Table

If I could invite any three people to dinner with me, they would be, my mom, my great grandma and my grandma Donna. I would invite these three people because they are the three that no matter what have always been there for me and that I will always love. My mom has made me the person I am today and made it so I am the way I am. My great grandma was always in my life, I would help her with her garden and my brother and I would go visit her at least once a week during the summer and as often as we could during the school year. I would invite my grandma Donna to it because, besides my mom, she raised me as a kid, I would go to her house Monday through Friday from 8:30ish in the morning to around 4 in the afternoon until 1st grade and then it was just during the summer and breaks from school. She is my second mom and she is also the reason I am the way I am today.

Assonance

This assonance ain't anything I wanna write
It doesn't seem like Mr. Krebs even reads them
This class is something I wanna master
My rhymes will chime with time
I use my phone, I don't mind if its shown
My heart starts to beat when I take my seat
My friend, Jenn, tends to talk to me
Reading my blog is like taking a jog
Its simple unlike having a dimple
Kaitlyn is definitely not satin
Poems are so fun, like playing in foam
Creative writing helps me keep fighting.

Scared

One time I was really scared was when I was snowmobiling with my friends at a cabin up north. We were on there lake and everything was going well, then we decided to find a trail to go to another lake that was right next to the one the cabin was on. We found the little path that went through to the neighboring lake so we went through it. We got to the lake and it looked like no one had snowmobiled on it besides for the part the trail was on, the sides of the lake were untouched and there was a bunch of snow so we went and were boon dogging in the fresh snow. I was going straight at a decent speed and I slowed down really fast, but I didn't think anything of it. So I turned around and went by the same area, but not in the same spot and it did it again but this time the back of the sled started sinking and I wasn't going faster no matter how fast I tried to go and all of a sudden I started going faster again. I looked behind me and saw water and ice spashing all over. My sled broke through the ice for, what looked like 50 yards, so I hurried off the lake and tried to get the others to come off to. They stopeed and asked why I went off the lake and I told them and one of them said that it also happened him.

Onamatopeia

Alliteration Poem

Super smooth snowboarders
Rambunctiously riding the rail
They hide there stuff like heavy hoarders
Gnarly tricks they gotta nail.

Mountain mayhem madness
The snow is not plowed, its puffy powder
Slamming doesn't cause sadness
I'd choose powder over calm chowder.

Free write #3

I worked last night. The cashier was very busy because we kept our gas prices down at $3.15 per gallon which was like 14 cents cheaper than everyone else I guess. The shop where I work was busier than it usually is, I did two tires last night. One of them had a nail in it and the person with the other one just wanted me to check for a leak. Thursday night, so tomorrow night, I am going to go to Buck Hill and probably do the "Thursday night rail jam", I did it last week but didn't do very well at all. So we'll see how I feel tomorrow and if I don't do it I will either watch the other people do it or I will go snowboard on the actual terrain park. Then I think on Saturday I am going to go again because I believe it is the "Rep your City" competition, I've never done that one before or even seen it. I don't know what else I will be doing this weekend, maybe hanging out with friends? Or something fun like that. I work tonight which I am not very excited about, I would rather go do something fun or just relax at home. Over Saturday over the long weekend I hung out with a friend, and her and I went to the mall with her family and then went to my Uncle's 50th birthday party. After that we went back to her house and play Xbox until I had to go home, it was a fun day. But then I got snowed in on Sunday and Monday I had to clear the driveway.

Earliest Childhood Memory

My favorite things to do when I was a little kid was motocross, baseball, and going to the cabin. We use to go racing every weekend during the spring all the way into the fall when the tracks closed for the season. We went all over the state and ion occasion would travel to a neighboring state to race at one of the bigger races. During the week when we weren't racing I would be playing in-house baseball with my friends, this was a big part of my life, it was where my family and I met friends that we still have to this day. On the few weekends we had off of racing we would go up to the cabin. Up there we would fish, float down the Kettle River, ride the four- wheelers, or ride the dirt bikes around. We would take the four-wheelers and dirt bikes down to the gravel pit just down the road and ride around there all of the time, until the guy that owned it put blocks on all of the entrances so we couldn't get in. Doing these three things are the earliest memories that I have.

Sense of Time Poem

January
January is white
The color of the snow on the ground
January feels like an ice bath
It sounds like the wind whistling
It smells like snowmobile gas
It tastes like hot cocoa
January is a month that can slip by or last forever

The man and woman

A man and woman walk in the night air. Their hands are shaking from what just happened, they were a happy couple and were walking in the city because it was calm, nice night. They went around a corner and there were all these people stnading there giving them bad looks. So they started to walk faster to try and get away from them, a few of the people started to follow them. No matter how fast they walked the couple could not get away from the strangers following them. When they got into a less crowded part of the town the strangers started running to the couple and then the couple started running away from them. The strangers eventually caught up to them and yelled at them to stop so the couple stopped. The strangers circled them and started talking to the couple, then one of them reaches into his pocket to pull something out. He slowly takes his hand out and has something in it, but its to dark to tell what it is. When it is completely out of his pocket the woman realizes it was her wallet, the stranger then hands it to the woman and says, "I think you dropped this."

Parts of Speech Poem

A dog
Strong but gentle
Playing and barking
Man's best friend.

Free writing #2

I worked last night. I work at the BP service station on Burnsville Parkway and 35W in Burnsville. I was cars before they go into the car wash, help the cashier with the store, and I also do whatever I can if someone comes in and needs help with their car. Last night was slow for the most part, I washed a few cars, I had one lady come in for a valve stem sensor that we had ordered for her the day before and when we told her the price she said forget it. I also had to stock the cooler and move one of them to get something that fell behind them. The four and a half hours I was there felt like forever. I don't work anymore this week so that is a plus. This three day weekend should be fun. I am staying at my sister's on Friday and then going to my uncle's 50th birthday party Saturday. Sunday I might hang out with a friend, but I know that night I am either going over to my cousin's house or she is coming to stay the night at my house, it's gonna be a party! I hope I can go snowboarding sometime soon, I haven't gone forever. Lax season is starting up at the end of next month, the kick off meeting was just on Tuesday night, so I have to start practicing and working out to be ready for try outs. I really hope my friend talks to me soon, I don't know why she wont or if I did anything that made her stop, I dislike it very much though! I might go visit Jenn at her work place on Saturday? Who knows! I hope it is an overall good weekend though!

Cinquain

The view
Takes your breath away
It is so beautiful
I never want to leave this place
Mountains.

I wake up...

I wake up and try to take a deep breath, but the deeper the breath the more severe the pain. The ground is hard beneath my back, and I feel a dull pain in my arm I try to move it, but it won't move no matter how hard I try. I start to panic and don't know what to do, I look around and realize I'm in the woods and I don't remember what for, and I start to think of what could have happened. Did I fall out of a tree? Did someone beat me up then drag me there? That was the least of my worries though, I had to get up and find help some how, I tried to yell but it was not very loud because the louder I got the more pain there was. So I got to my knees and then to my feet, and I started to walk, I have no idea where I am going but I figure if I go one way the whole time I will eventually find someone that may be able to help. As I stumble through the woods I hear things moving behind me, but when I look there is nothing there so I keep going. The farther and farther I go the more it hurts. After what feels like days of walking I come across a gravel road in the woods and sit there and wait for someone to come across me and help.

Life Metaphor

Life is a beach.
No matter what some days will be bad
Some will be good.
The view never changes
Unless you move somewhere else.
When it gets rough,
You just have to wait it out.
It can be amazing.
It can be horrible.
So just grab a towel and enjoy it.

Best Friend Journal

My best friend, Jenn, is one of the nicest people I have ever met. She is short and small but she has the biggest heart. She has always been there for me and is always there if I need to talk which makes her such an amazing friend. Sometimes we will not talk for awhile, but no matter what we pick up right where we left off and don't skip a beat. One time when I was not having a good day I texted her and she happened to be doing nothing at the time so she told me to come over so we could talk and so I would hopefully get my mind off of what was bothering me, so I went to her house and we sat outside in her front yard for a few hours and just talked, made jokes, and laughed. When I left her house I felt l lot better and like everything was going to end up alright. No matter what I know I can go to her if I need help or advice about anything, because she gives me the best advice and is extremely helpful all the time. This is one friend I hope will always be a big part of my life.

Simile poem

Snow like clouds beneath your feet
A view like a picture from a fairly tale
The cold wind brushing your face like a soft hand
A snowboard on your feet feels like that's what keeps you calm
Riding in the mountain powder is like heaven on earth.

Simile Activity

1. A calendar is like a mirror because it flashes before your eyes.
2. A sandwich is like a spoon because it holds everything.
3. An ice cube is like a cookie because it melts away.
4. A knife is like a whisper because you have to be gentle as you can be.
5. Kissing is like a careful collision because it could change things forever.
6. Rough skin feels like a peeled grape.
7. River valleys feel like leftover spaghetti.
8. Falling in love sounds like a heart beating because it is so frightening.
9. A dentist’s drill feels like a gold mine because it beats to the core.
10. Tomato soup tastes like bleeding hearts because there is no taste no more.

Out of the dark we came into the...

Out of the dark we came into the attic and there was a trumpet that was sitting there with light shining on the brass finish. Then my brother squealed because he saw a mouse scurry across the floor in front of him. As we kept walking the floor began to creek and we began to think it might be dangerous, but we kept moving forward. We found a crafty work of art that my grandma made when she was a little girl. As we were walking farther in it started to reek so we both decided to turn around and not discover what was making the disgusting smell. When we got out of the attuic we tiold our grandma everything and what we found and she wanted to go up and see for herself becuase she didn't believe us.

Change Poem

Death

One
Day
You
Are
There.

The
Next
You
Are
Gone.

Why
This
Happened?
I
Do
Not
Know.

But
I
Do
Know
Your
Memory
Lives
On.

Bucket List

1. Sky dive
     I want to do this because I like adreneline rushes.
2. Travel to Europe
     I would like to see more of the world and I heard some places in Europe are beautiful.
3. Go to Australia
     This was one of my mom's dreams and she wanted to go on a family vacation there.
4. Own a luxury car
     I want to have a nice car when I grow up.
5. Visit all 50 states
     I have only been to a few states outside of Minnesota and I want to see other places in the USA.
6. Get married
     I don't want to live my whole life alone.
7. Have a family
     I want to have my own children and a happy family.
8. Start dirtbike racing... again
     It was my favorite thing to do when I was younger and I miss it still.
9. Own a house
     I want a place to call mine.
10. Own a motorcycle
     Its something I want right now but my dad will not let me because it is to dangerous.

Limerick

You wish you had this shoe
It's black and blue
This kick
Is sick
You look like a foo'

10 years from now

Today I am at my house in the lovely state Minnesota with my family. I just woke up and cooked myself some breakfast before I head off to my police officer job. The job is not very exciting cause everyone in this city is respectful and they follow the rules. Today I have a feeling it will be a little different and something bad will happen, but I am not sure. Before I go to work though I have to drop the kids off at school, Jason is in 5th grade and my Lily is in second grade, they go to the same school and are very good kids. Maybe after work I will take Jason to the local ski/ snowboard hill and go snowboarding with him if he wants to. After I drop the kids off at school I go to work and get in my patrol car and start protecting the city from all evil.

Ode to Mom

Mom, mom, mom
You are a best friend
Never judgmental toward anyone
Always there to talk and listen
Honest to the core
Hate is unknown
The most caring person around
Never stop worrying about your friends and family
Everyday I miss you more and more
I love you mom.

Most Embarrassing Moment

An embarrassing moment is when I was in a dirtbike race and I was leading for the whole race and near the end of it I fell. It was at Brookston, which is a track up north and was one of my favorite tracks. I got the holeshot so I was in first from the very begining of the race and I was doing really well and was pulling away from teh person in second place and all my family that was there was watching and cheering me on. Then one of the last laps in a sandy corner in front of everyone I hit the front brake a little to hard and and the front wheel of my bike washed out and I fell. As soon as I got my bike up and was about to get going the person behind me passed me and I ended up getting second in the race. After the race the person that won came up to me and told me if I hadn't fell in that corner I would have won the race. This was embarrassing because it was the first time I had ever been in first place for almost the whole race, also when he told me I would have won if I didn't fall was embarrassing.

Auto- Bio Poem

Jonathan
Caring, trustworthy, honest, funny
Brother of Chelsey and Jeremy
Lover of Snowboarding, friendships, fun
Who feels the happiest around true friends
Who needs laughing every day
Who gives love, kindness, and honesty
Who fears pain, graduation, and losing people
Who would like to see who cares and who doesn't
Apple Valley
LeClaire

Daily Journal

So I panic. I freeze where I am while my brain tries to catch up to what is going on and process what is happening. The lion starts to walk toward me and show the massive teeth inside its mouth. I am shaking becuase I am so scared and then somehow my legs begin to move and I start running away, but I can't stop looking behind me. I see he is getting closer and I try to run faster but can't. Then I see a tree that looks like it would be easy to climb so I start running towards it, when I reach it I jump and start climbing it. The lion tries to jump and do the same thing as me but he is too heavy and the tree begins to shake and I hold on as tight as I can so I don't fall off. The lion all of a sudden jumps off the tree and lays down right under it, waiting for me to come down. After awhile his eyes start to close and he starts to fall alseep, so I begin to try to sneak away and climb down the tree. When I reach the ground I start carefully walking away but step on a branch and it snaps and the lion's eyes open and see me, but he closes them again and falls back alseep and I get away.

Haiku

I am all alone
I don't know what else to do
I always miss you.

Thank you.

Dear Amanda,
Thank you so much for always being there for me when I need someone to talk to. I can't thank you enough for caring about me and being a best friend to me. You are like a sister to me and you always will be. You've helped me through the toughest times I have had so far and you are the only one that has been there through everything. I am so grateful to have you in my life, I don't know what I would do, or where I would be without you. I remember the good old days when we would sit around my grandma's computer and play Oregon Trail all day! I wish we could go back to those days sometime, or at least get the crew back together up at the cabin? I think we should. Again, I can't thank you enough for being the best friend I never thought I would have and being there for me through everything and not walking away like other people did.

           Love,
               Jon

List of Memories

Great Grandma's death
Reconnecting with friends
Grandma's house
Motocross
Breaking my arm
Wahington DC/ Maryland
Florida
Big Sky, Montana
Red Lodge, Montana
Friends cabin
Snowmobiling
South Dakota
Michigan
Cabin
Losing friends
Grandpa's stroke

Best place in the World

Summer weekends, winter weekends, it doesn't matter when it is, the cabin is the best place in the world. Its always eaceful, away from the cities, away from problem at home. In the morning all you can hear is the birds singing and wind crashing through the woods that are around it. During the summer days the Kettle River down the hill is a perfect place to cool off on the hot days, or the private lake down the road is the place to go for fishing and swimming. On the winter days when you wake up and it is silent with a light snow layer on the trees. Shortly after you wake up the cabin becomes alive, snowmobiles start, dogs start playing, people start talking, the smell of food starts to fill the inside of the cabin. After a fun winter or summer day the grill is fired up and dinner is starting to cook while someone is making the fire to sit around and share stories or just spend quality time with family and friends. Then long after everyone goes to sleep you look up at the sky and see the starts and everything is quiet again.

Free Writing

In creative writing I want to learn how to write better and hopefully get a good grade in the class. I also want to use my imagination more and write about stories I have. I am hoping that this class will be very fun and that maybe by end of it I will enjoy writing for once.