MOOC (or Massive Open Online Course)

So I'm home-schooled and for one of my 'classes' I took this free online course with Coursera about poetry.  It was called ModPo (or Modern and Contemporary Poetry).  I loved it!!  It just ended this week and I can't wait til' next year.  It has brought poetry to a whole new level for me.  Thanks to the Proffesor and TA's (Teaching Assistant's - they should be called ATA's Awesome Teaching Assistant's) who put a bunch of their time into the course.  Not only to I get to explore poetry (which is something I honestly never thought I'd enjoy), but I also got to meet people from around the world.  So.... Yeah, I can not wait for next year.  Why don't you join me - explore poetry, learn, meet hundreds of wonderful people, get caught up in the ModPo 'Vacuum' and just plain enjoy yourself?  Go Here to join, can't wait to see you there!!

Love

Love is like rainbows

When you find one

You hold on

-Charlotte C.

Unique

We're all Weird

Because..

We're all Unique

Lets be Different

Lets be Freaks

Lets be Strange

We're all Weird

 Because..

We're all Unique

Lets be Emo

Lets be Goth

Lets be Scenic

We're all Weird

Because..

We're all Unique

 Lets be Girls

Lets be Boys

Lets be Us

Because We're all different

We're Weird to each other

So lets be Unique

-Charlotte

Know Me

They don't understand

 That I am me,

Just because I'm different

 They make decisions about me,

Without really knowing me

 And who I am,

I may be different from you

 But that don't mean I'm bad,

They see how I look

 And think they know me,

Just because of how I dress

 Without really knowing me,

They don't understand

 Who I am,

So this is to them

 The ones who judged me,

Without knowing me

 And who I am,

I won't get mad

 And I won't go,

I'll just explain who I am

-Charlotte

Here

Get out of here

Take your negative attitude out of here

We're being positive here

So keep the negative out of here

We're making ourselves better here

We don't need your Pessimism here

We're serious about living here

We are working here

So take your playing out of here

-Charlotte

Dreams

A broken wing

A broken dream

Keep dreaming

Keep trying

Because life's not over yet

-Charlotte

What The World Sees

The world looks and sees a kid

The world sees a kid

Livin` in the inner city

The world sees a kid

Surrounded by sin

The world sees a kid

Tainted by sin

The world sees a kid

Up to no good

The world only knows

Whats on t.v, in music and in movies

The world only knows

What it wants to see and what it sees....

Its all wrong

The world stereo-types us

Because of what it sees and where we live

The world thinks it knows us...

It doesn't

The world knows what it sees

On t.v, in movies, music and printed word

The world's too busy seeing whats not here

To see us

A small poem on what the world 'sees' and does not really see.  The inner city (against what many think) is not as evil as its shown on t.v, in movies, in music and in the news.  Yes, the inner city has problems, but so do the suburbs and rural areas.  The news is making a bigger deal about the problems today and how bad its gotten when in fact its been like that all along.  The suburbs and rural areas have those problems too, but they have the money to hide them.  I'll be posting a lot of poems and I hope they'll help you.

New Baby!!!!

Yay:)
The new baby is here. Its a Girl. 10lb 6oz and 22'.

Real quiet
Easily lovable
Baby girl now
Ever sleepy
'Kay with everything
As sweet as the birds
Happy girl

Joyful
Orchid, she is
Yes she my sister

Some short poems I made up

My Day
I wake up and get dressed for the day.
I eat breakfast and clean up.
I get mad and fight.
I hug and make up.
I eat lunch and clean up.
I make a mess and clean up.
I eat dinner and clean up.
I get dressed for the night and read.
I go to sleep and that is my day.

My Bedroom is big
My bedroom is big and has 3 dressers.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers and has 3 beds.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds and has 2 windows.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds, has 2 windows and has 2 lights.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds, has 2 windows, has 2 lights and has 1 chair.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds, has 2 windows, has 2 lights, 1 chair and 1 door.
That is my big bedroom.

Sometimes a very big and crazy family
I am the oldest in a family of 9, the Christain family and sometimes I think that our family is the most crazy family ever for as you see we are a big family.
But I know we are not biggest and craziest family.
The 2nd biggest is a family of 12 and the biggest family is a family of 18.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - the 3 R`s
We can reduce our trash by using glass plates instead of paper.
We can recycle our trash by making new paper out of old paper.
We can reuse our trash by putting things in the old box`s.

We share a love for nature
We share a love for nature that none can take away.
Our love for nature will last forever.
Our love for nature is unique, none can compare.

My sisters and me
My sisters and me,
My sisters and me,
We love each other,
My sisters and me,
We love to play with each other,
My sisters and me,
And we will love each other
and play each other forever,
My sisters and me,
My sisters and me.

Fall

Falling leaves
A time to rake the leaves that fall
Love the time of year
Love to run in the chilly fall wind

GLORY, a poem

Go and teach
Love to all men
Open hearts will
Receive the gospel
Yes Lord, I am ready

MOTHERS

Mothers are kind and loving
Mothers care for your wounds
Mothers are careful
Mothers are gentle
Mothers are made of sugar and spice and everything nice

the name of my brother BENJAMIN

Be on look out
Eats lots of cheerios
Never stops
Just a baby
Always silly
Makes a mess
Is very big
Noisy a lot

Timothys name

Tackles his brother
Is rather wild at times
Miraclously never runs out of energy
Only sometimes hes a little to wild
Trains and planes are some of his favorites
Hes the most fun of all of us eight
Yes is one of the words he likes

Daniels name

Dear as dear can be
An`t a another one like him
No one can out do him
Is really energetic
Eating a lot
Loving in a lot of ways

My Sister Abigail`s name

Always in the way
Bothers me a lot
Is rambunctious
Games are more fun then chores
Adores swimming
Is rather silly
Loves all her family

My sister Devorahs name

Daily reading
Eating with her family
Visiting our cousin sami
Oatmeal she does not like
Runny ice cream
Always has her head in a book
Helping where help is needed

A poem about my Dads name

Dear to us all
All ways picking on some one
Nothings better than having a dad
Is ever loving
Eight people in our family
Loving everyone

A poem about my Moms name

Keen is she
And nicer still
The children of hers are bright
Her children look to her for help
Ready to help is she
Is`nt mean
Nice to all
Envys not what others have

A poem about me

Calling to my sibs
Having fun is what i like
Always reading is what i like to do
Ready to have some fun
Loving my jesus and family is what i do best
O i love beautiful things
Tarts are yummy
Tulips smell pretty
Emily is a pretty name