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    Poetreats

    By LGHS English 9H Class of 2022

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    After five years of great poetry ebooks, Los Gatos High School’s English 9 Honors Class of 2022 is publishing the best. book. yet. The freshman of Los Gatos High School, which is located in Los Gatos, California, have dedicated their time to write this beautifully crafted book of poetry for the public to enjoy! The ebook features the poetry of more than 200 9th grade students. And, to add on to that, all funds from the ebook will be donated to the Class of 2022. Ranging from the most romantic love poems to the most heart-wrenching environmental poems addressing issues that need increased awareness, this poetry ebook has it all. We hope you find this poetry exciting and that you choose to fund this class to keep on writing! You can purchase this incredible collection and help the 9th grade students fundraise for the LGHS Class of 2022.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTonya McQuade
    Release dateMay 14, 2019
    ISBN9780463661123
    Poetreats
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    LGHS English 9H Class of 2022

    Los Gatos High School is a prestigious high school in Los Gatos, California. The English 9 Honors classes compile a collection of poetry each year. "Poetreats," our newest anthology, features poems by approximately 200 students from the class of 2022. Purchasing the book will directly support the LGHS freshman class.

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      Poetreats - LGHS English 9H Class of 2022

      Introduction:

      What Is Poetry?

      Artwork: Veloria Pannell

      A Gateway to the Soul

      by Daniela Campos

      What exactly is poetry? Is it just another form of writing that our teachers assign us? Is it just a bunch of words that rhyme, strung together to sound artsy and pretty? To a high school student, this might be the case. But, as a matter of fact, poetry is not just some boring work that we hastily read for a quiz right before our class. Poetry is so much more than that. Poetry is emotions placed on a page to be read. Poetry is stories told through imagery and sound. Poetry is our way of taking the beauty of the brain -- our thoughts, our dreams, our memories, our troubles -- and vulnerably placing it on a piece of paper for others to dissect and contemplate.

      Poetry can’t live on its own. These are the wise words of Mike McGee, the speaker at a tutorial talk and Poet Laureate for Santa Clara. When those words came out of his mouth, I had to write them down to save for this introduction. His words align with my definition of poetry and the fact that that we use poetry as an expression of ourselves, and that it is not just insensible words. Poetry is a gateway to the soul; it allows us to talk about our feelings, recognize the problems we have in society, raise questions on our habits, and so much more. Poetry brings together groups of people for profound discussions that they would not have had otherwise. Poetry is just a description of the wonders in the mind.

      There has always been a slight disdain in me when I heard the word poetry. Up until this point, it actually was a ridiculous assignment I had to complete in order to gain points in my English class. I never took the time to dissect poems the way I did in this unit. Finding these deeper meanings in seemingly simple writing helped me to see just how precious this way of communicating is to the human race. There is no doubt in me that the essence of these rhyming words on paper has helped me see the beauty of this art form.

      The Beauty of Poetry

      by Fiona Herron

      Poetry is a form of writing in which the author can creatively display their words in a way that is traditionally incorrect in essays and other forms of literature. This is the simple definition of poetry, but it is far more. Poetry is art. It is beauty. It holds passion. It unleashes emotions. Poetry is hard to define, as it varies widely and everyone experiences it differently. It can make goose bumps rise, tears run, minds ponder, laughs bellow, and souls feel. It allows one to look into another's life and feel their pain, their joy, and their sorrow. It can be structured with a strict rhyme pattern, or it can be free flowing with no apparent format.

      The best way to describe poetry is art mixed with emotions in word form, but it is still more than that. According to Thomas Hardy, poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. Hardy illustrates the tie of emotion and art that is found in poetry. After all, poetry is the art of literature.

      Throughout this unit, my ideas about poetry have shifted, and my appreciation of it has grown. I have learned that poems come in many different forms, ranging from a sole couplet to a multiple page work of art, and this causes poetry to be hard to define. Additionally, during this unit, my appreciation of poetry came from listening to the songs, for I did not realize that music is a form of poetry. Many of the songs triggered my emotions and showed me why so many people love poetry. The most moving songs were the ones that presented sad stories. These songs unleashed emotions most forcefully and quickly.

      I also liked the short poems that were able to get their message across in just a few lines. These were powerful because they had to very carefully craft the poem in order to successfully get their message across. This unit opened up an appreciation for poetry for me.

      Poetic Expression

      by Carly Schultz

      In order for poetry to be poetry,

      it has to reach one’s ear.

      If only one soul hears the song,

      the poetry won’t disappear.

      Everyone expresses themselves differently.

      Builders express through building.

      Painters express through paints.

      Writers express through writing.

      And clouds express through the rain.

      So poets express through poetry.

      It’s what they bring to us.

      But what makes a poem? And how do I know?

      Well, it’s what I’m about to discuss.

      If just one person reads it

      and understands it in just one way,

      then the piece of writing becomes a poem,

      and that’s what it will stay.

      The life of poetry runs off comprehension.

      It lives if people understand.

      It can be slow, it can speed up,

      it can be what makes someone stand.

      Before I used to think of poetry

      as something just for fun,

      but now it’s vital for my health,

      like the earth depends on the sun.

      I thought that it couldn’t make a difference.

      I thought it rested in the shallows.

      Now I see it runs in the deep

      but drowns the ones in the shadows.

      For some the words come easy;

      for some they slowly assemble.

      For me, they’re already on the page.

      The excitement inside me trembles.

      The words you use to write this art

      must work together and not apart.

      It matters how the lyrics start

      because if written well, they may

      be able to say

      that it was they

      who touched a being’s heart.

      Poetry can be an easy-read

      or a hard-to-handle thriller.

      It can be a comedy,

      but never just a filler.

      However,

      In all the time I’ve been alive,

      I’ve never seen a single sentence

      that shows how humans could survive

      without poetry’s presence.

      Poetry laughs and cries and yawns.

      Poetry empowers, it sighs, it fawns.

      Poetry can express our pain,

      or poetry could just describe the lane.

      No matter what state,

      no matter your fate,

      it’s always there to set you straight,

      and it will come

      if you will wait

      to accept the poet into your traits

      for poetry…

      It’s simply great!

      A Vulnerable Soul

      by Iunna Shegai

      When first walking into this unit, I never realized that my voice that I struggled to find for so long could be amplified by the use of a blank paper and a keyboard. I never realized that words do not have to be direct to powerfully convey the meaning of the feelings so often untold. To me, poetry is an escape from the everlasting noise that envelops my brain on a daily basis, a door to the pathway of recovery and self-healing.

      Poetry is a silent way to scream out the anger bottled up inside the heart, a quiet stillness of the unheard melody of the lungs, an invisible key to the chains around the neck and hands, lifting the burden of emotion shoved inside the darkest crevasses of the mind. Poetry is the protest of a tortured artist and the declarations of peace from a hopeless romantic. Poetry is the driving force behind the will to fight back, to battle the persistence of misery, pain, and numbness, a way to

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