#18 mans (or woman's) best friend

Driving five hours to get to Kalispell, Montana
All I take is one right and two lefts
When I pull into the drive he barks like crazy
As black as midnight
Trying to park as he runs towards me
Such playful barks welcome me
One step out, I have a tennis ball at my feet
I throw it and he runs like the wind
Like a horse out of the gate he swiftly grabs the ball and rushes back
To the finish line
Panting hard but ready to race once again
He's delighted when I throw the
Ball for a while
Finally needing water he stomps inside slerping it
Ready for a nap he climbs on my lap. He always thinks
He needs a treat for everything.
He eats the treat so fast
Did he even taste it?
A nice big yawn, he closes his eyes
Still breathing heavy from racing for the ball
Pure black with dark brown eyes, hes fun, warm, and cuddly
Always ready to play
All I say is "outside" and hes good to go
I love my lab

Can poetry matter?

Poetry does and always will matter. In poetry one word can mean so many different things. That is one thing that I do like about it. Poetry can have so many different meanings yet also have the same. Poetry is almost lost in certain ways. I feel like not many people want to spend time anymore thinking of or about poetry. If you just sit back and listen around many people may quote songs. If you look at the lyrics most of them rhyme and tell a story. That is what poetry does, tell a story. Whether it is two lines or two hundred lines it gives you a story and insight to some thought. It may be a new though or view of something or it may trigger a memory and make you laugh, cry, feel sad or excited. This is just a very small insight to why I think that poetry matters.

#15 everyday conversation

u= unstressed
/ = stressed

How was the Haunted House?
/            /    u   /     u       /
It was interesting
/    u    u  /   u  /
I can't believe that you went
/   u      u  /        u     /      u
Haha well my friend Chancey came too
/   u     u      /     u        /     /          u      u
Oh ok
/      u
We missed you though
u      /          /        u
Yeah, I didn't want to get scared
   /      u   /  u      /    u   u     /
Haha it wasn't to bad about a half hour to a hour after hahaha
/  u     u    /       u    /      u      u   u     /     u  u  u        /     /  / /
That's what I was afraid of
/            u    /    u      /       u
Haha, yeah
/    /      u
I want to sleep
u    /     u     /
Me too but I'm here at LC reffing volleyball
/       u   u     /       u    u   /     /   u      /      /
Hey are the kids still going to be there Sunday?
/       u     u   /        /      /   u   u  u     /        u  /
I don't know, I think so
/     u       /      u   /      /

#14 My younger siblings

Waiting to see what they become, watching them grow.

Gone like summer to winter.