A Year in the Life of a Complete and Total Genius by Stacey Matson

Author:Stacey Matson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 2015-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Cupid Misses Mark During Poetry Reading

By Arthur Bean

Mrs. Ireland’s eighth-grade English class performed original works they wrote for Valentine’s Day in a lunchtime poetry reading February 14th. The poems ranged from mushy to heartbroken to downright depressing. No one should be forced to sit through an hour of rhyming couplets that end with the words heart and part. I, for one, can think of one more word that rhymes with heart, and it smells about as good as most of the poetry at the reading. School events like this are excellent reasons as to why the lunch period should be shortened to thirty minutes.

Of course, there were a few poems that stood out in the sea of banality. Daisy Yau’s poem “Grandfather Clock” was simple and moving, capturing the love between granddaughter and grandfather. Amaya Hazmeet wrote and performed a ballad called “Heartbroken Annie.” Although the lyrics were forced at times, her guitar playing was good and broke up the monotony of the poems. The worst poem award goes to Sandy Dickason for his poem titled “Love Is All Around My Heart.” It’s possible that this was plagiarized, because it sure sounded like it was written by a six-year-old. It is expected that he will be suspended for writing terrible poems.

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