Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Poetry Night Speech

Ben’jamin

I was told that I have two minutes, and the clock is ticking. So much I want to say, so little time to say it in, so all I will say is this: thank you. Thank you Mr. T, for you were my first teacher, and taught me to read. Thank you Ms. Newberry, who taught me that’s it’s not all about me. Thank you Mrs. T, who taught me how to be quiet, and thank you Mrs. Smith, who taught me how to write. Also thank you to Ms. Shay, who taught me to tie my shoes, and thank you Ms. Mitchell, who taught me how to be polite. Thank you Mrs. Iacoi who taught me how to draw, and Ms. Martin, who taught me to sing. I want to thank Ms. Williams, who taught me how to dance, and Ms. Davis, who taught me how to play. Thank you also Ms. Crawford, who taught me math, and how drive, and also to Ms. David, who taught me of the world. Thank you Ms.Raf, who taught me that chocolate is a vegetable, and also to Mrs. Mortrude, who taught me what words are good words to write with. Thank you Ms. Cogan, who taught me that you cant make a triangle with two right angles no matter how hard you try, and thanks to Ms. Bennet, who taught me about electricity. Thank you Mr. D for you taught me about sports and staying fit, and thank you Mrs. Lozis, who taught me how to sing in a group. Thank you about Ms. Long, who taught me the history of our country, and thank you Ms. Pattenden, who taught me about Earth. Thank you Ms. Roper, who taught me how to make a good sentence, and thank you Mr. Brown, who taught me about ancient history, and Ms. Rice who taught me about Latin. Thank you Mrs. Call, who taught me about the environment, and also to Dok, who taught me how to build a building. Thank you Mr. Mitchell, who taught me how to study, and thank you to Ms. Owen, who taught me how to graph. Thank you Mr. Dolfin, who taught me Spanish as well as football, and to Madame Halburg for, even though I never had you, you taught my classmates French. Mr. Williams who took care of me in Honduras as well as Zack in Japan, And thank you Mr. Salsich, for you have lifted me off the ground, and taught me how to write an essay. Thank you Mr. Hannon, who taught me about business, as well as Mr. Cruthers, who taught me about the real high five. Thank you Mrs. Maureen, who taught me how to deliverer a message, and thank you Mr. Ringer, who taught me when it is right to make a good joke. Thank you Ms. Abbiati, who taught me to cook, and thank you Mr. Hurtgen, who taught me how to lead. Thank you nurse Sharon who kept me healthy. Thank you mom and dad, for you have taken me through thick and thin, keeping my ankles dry as you wade through the marsh. Thank you Zack, who broke the ice thousand times before me. Thank you friends who made me laugh when I was down. Thank you Mr. Guise, for you saw me through these 12 years. Thank you teachers, who made me how I am, and thank you Pine Point, for being who you are.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Graduation Poem-2

There is joy in my eye
But there is also sadness
Here in my eye at this moment
For now I say "later"
Now I leave forever
But my spirit shall live on

My life shall stay, my word I swear on
See the truth in the glint of my eye
That I intend to stay forever
As to keep away the sadness
Eventually, I will fade, but later
for I shall stay at this moment

When I disappear one moment
I, you must not give up on
For I shall return, later
I shall be gone, for just the blink of an eye
So do not be sad
For nothing is forever

I will live on with this school forever
Until the moment
When all the world tumbles over, then be sad
Memories of us shall always live on
The memories of you and I.
As the sun sets, time getting later and later.

My time goes late
The time I thought would last forever
But maybe I
Wasted all these moments
Maybe I will have nothing to look back on
But what a fate that would be, so sad.

But I know my past will not be sad,
I know it will not just be the later
I know Pine Point will live on,
For I have friends that last forever
And far behond this moment
As strong and calm, as the nights eye

When I look back on my memories, I will not be sad.
I will not fade, my time is later.
My time is forever, not just this moment.