Poetry...about poems, plus some by me

Hello! This is Dawn! ^.^

One thing I love to do is write poetry. The thing about poetry is that you need inspiration. You can write stories without inspiration if you have imagination, but with poetry you need both (inspiration also helps for writing stories, of course). One good description of poetry is "the right words in the right order''.  Poems do not have to rhyme, but good rhymes make a poem lovely. Poems can be funny, beautiful, tragic, moving, anything, or a mix of things, of course. :) 

Now, here are some of my poems! :3

                    Mozzi, Mozzi in The Car

By Kinyonga, SilverDawn, and their mother

Mozzi, mozzi, in the car, 

I am sure you've gone to far.

You must mend your evil ways, 

Before I use my sprays!

Oh, you little pest, 

I'm sure you've done your best, 

To horrify the nation, 

And disgust the population!

The Rain

By SilverDawn

Hear the Rain!

Drumming on the rooftops, 

Splashing in a puddle!

You are left in a muddle,

So think again, 

Is the Rain a pain?

The answer is no,
The Rain is a wonder,
As not many know!

It can save the crops,
With its little drops!

Today We Went To The Stream
By SilverDawn

Today we went to the stream, 

The sun was all of a beam!

We gave some biscuit to the neighbour's horses, 

But when we ventured into the horses' paddock, 

We had to run with all our forces, 

Unless we wanted to be reduced to mushed haddock!

We waded into the stream, 

The water was warmer than it would seem!

I got my dress quite wet, 

But that was no reason to fret!

We had a very nice time, 

And we'll be back again soon to pick some thyme!

Treacle
By SilverDawn

Poet's Note: For those of you who didn't know, Treacle is our three-legged cat ^.^  

Trifoot tornado

Radiant

Energetic

Adorable

Cute :3

Lovable

Extremely fluffy

    

 

**Note from Kinyonga - Meep! :3 Does anyone here have a cure for stupid rhymes? I mean, while I'm (for instance) tidying, I start garbling ridiculous stuff...

E.g. The end of the world is nigh! So come and say bye-bye! Everyone is sad, including the prime minister...

Then I couldn't find a rhyme for "minister" >.<  

Please tell me if you have a cure! :3**

Teehee, just like Kiny (she is my big sister). :3

   

Capacity

If you're trying to find capacity, such as how many square cubic yards are in such and such box, you must do the following.


Say the box, - which will always be three dimensional - two faces of 16 cubic units, and the rest of 12 cubic units, you'd understand the base should be 4x3, right? So, now, let's find the cubic units in all!

Remember,

Length x Width x Height = Your number!

So, the 4x3 tells us that we have the length, 4, and the width, 3.

Now to find the height.

First, you remember, it's 12 and 16. It's vertical, so it's not 3 high. It's 4 high! Time to multiply...

(4x3)x4= 48.

48 cubic units!

Hello!

Hello! :3

I have recently been made a contributor to this blog. Thank you!!! :D :D You may know me as SilverDawn, Dawn Woodlands, Philly Woodlands, or possibly StarryGem or Rainydawn. (By the way, about the Dawn/Philly Woodlands thing, my pen-name used to be Philly but then I had to change it to Dawn due to other meanings of the word "philly".)

Anyway, a bit about me. I'm 11 years old (if you think you're looking at this a while after I've written it, check the posted date, as years may have passed). I like:

• Horses
• All animals
• All nature
• Art
• Writing
• Reading 
• Geography
• History
• Fudge
• Blogging

I like a lot of other things as well, but that's the top...erm...nine. Well, I'll add another one, to make it ten. *Adds blogging.*

I would like to ask vms915 if it would be correct for me to post about writing and drawing on here (as well as, of course, posting my writing and drawings). I may also post (again, if it is correct) book reviews and other random things. :)

 PS. If anyone would like a signature like mine (or even not like mine), click here! ^.^

Talking Words

Hello fellow writers!

Many times, writers find it hard to come up with alternate words when writing. This includes words for dialogue (if that's the right word: I don't know the difference between that and dialog. :P).

Here are a list of great words for dialogue, from Wikipedia:

acknowledged, agreed, announced, answered, asked, asserted, articulated, argued, babbled, barked, begged, belched, bellowed, boomed, claimed, commented, communicated, complained, conceded, concluded, confirmed, contended, continued, declared, denied, described, drawled,drooled, echoed, inquired, exclaimed, explained, expressed, found, gasped, gestured, giggled, granted, grumbled, hinted, hollered, illustrated, implied, informed, insisted, jeered, laughed, maintained, mentioned, mumbled, muttered, nagged, narrated, noted, observed, offered, ordered, panted, pleaded, pointed out, puffed, questioned, recounted, refuted, related, reminded, repeated, replied, reported, responded, restated, revealed, sang, screamed, scoffed, shouted, sighed, simpered, smiled, snapped, sneered, snickered, sniffed, speculated, spewed, sputtered, squeaked, squealed, stated, suggested, supposed, told, uttered, voiced, warbled, warned, went, whined, whispered, yelled


Proofreading tip: Never have the word "said" too many times. When proofreading, and if you find this, replace the word "said" with some of the words above. Make sure the context is correct, though.



You can still use the word "said," but balance it out with other words. If you do use "said," you can always add in an adverb, to improve the effect of the dialogue.

Examples:


"Gee, what a great teacher," Holly said sarcastically.
"That Seth kid thinks he's so great," Jerry said disdainfully, "but he's just a great windbag."
"Hello all! Great morning, isn't it?" Christine said cheerfully.

*note from a writer: This may just be a personal preference, but try not to use the word "reply" to much when inserting dialogue. Like I said, this may just be me, but it is kind of a bulky but delicate word, and should be used sparingly.*



Peace out, writers!