Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Story of Casey Vout

Chapter 1: Prolouge


Casey Vout had barely tucked himself into his kitten’s collar before she darted out of the room. This kitten was a small grey 4-month-old with big eyes like avocados, long white socks, and a tannish stripe at the top of her front right paw and across her back. She was awesome beyond belief, really unbelievably awesome.


The kitten’s evil owner was Elena Lopez, who got her for her 13th birthday. Her parents got her a cat in hope of making her more responsible using a little furry ball of cuteness, but all that Elena’s makeup slathered face had to say was mean things about that adorable ball of fuzz. She didn’t even bother to name it. The only time the little kitten got any attention from Elena was when she was chasing her around or torturing her, like by letting her smell a treat and then putting it away, or putting the kitten outside the door in the freezing Vermont cold and not letting her back in until she was meowing loud enough to wake up her parents.


Now, you can understand why the kitten had darted out of the room. Casey gave a cry of alarm as the kitten was on a straight course into Elena’s mom’s leg! At the last second the kitten darted out of the way, and Casey gave a sigh of relief. He make a kissing sound to calm the cute kitty down.
“Shh, girl. Woah, girl.” He sounded like he was calming a horse. His size compared to the cat was like a teen riding a full grown stallion, so I suppose it made sense. He hopped of gently, smoothing the kitten’s dusky fur. “I’ll go get you a treat. Now stay.” He whistled and Elena’s grudging father called her in for dinner.
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My Color

Maybe my color is orange,
as bright as a blazing star.
or perhaps it is yellow,
like gold glittering from afar.


perhaps it is leafy
like an evergreen?
Maybe it is purple,
like a royal queen.


Is my color blue,
darker than the sea,
or red
like a blazing inferno
flaming in the breeze.


Pink
like a flower,
blooming and aglow.
it might be blue-ish like a bird,
more specifically indigo.


Could it be dark,
as black as shadows go?


red,
      or orange,
green,
or blue. 
Indigo,
or violet,
  and purple,
...


why I know what my color is!

Its the whole RAINBOW!

So this was a homework in Creative Writing. I didn't really know how to answer it, because I have many different sides to me. This is how I handled that.

Contrasting Poems

Spring
The sun in the sky,
the wind on my cheek.
The grass and the bushes
scratching at my feet.
The mud between my toes,
the flowery smells
prying open my nose.
The birds in the sky,
the world is complete.
The prettiest sight
lying at my feet.



Fall
A floating abundance of fall
not only is the sunset red
a fiery disco globe
now with colors subdued.


birds are leaving
leaves are deceiving us
into believing they are dead


they are pretending to be pretty birds
uprising from a plush bed

Alliteration Poems

Yellow
Like butter,
soft but salty.
Like a school bus, loud and smelly.
Like new straw,
sharp and select.
Like mustard, tangy and tart.
Like a lemon,
sour or sweet
beige or blond,
selective shades of saffron,
hard or soft,
sweet or sour,
loud or quiet,
yellow can cause quite a riot.



Burning Tree
Flames that lick the sky
the tree just wanted a touch
a poke or a prod
and up went the sky
an inferno in the clouds
the tree’s touch of red
surrounded by green grass
Now a rainbow
of green and red
burning its mark
into the empty empyrean

making the welkin of the world

These two poems I'm not particularly proud of. They're okay, but I don't think alliterations aren't really my bag.

Silver Lining

Every cloud has a silver lining,
but most are filled with grey.
Every cloud has a silver lining,

does that make it just a shiny day?

This poem was inspired by the song 'Silver Lining' by Steve Poltz. You can listen to it here.

Garden Of Thoughts

A seed is sown
into my garden
of thoughts.


“Good luck”
blooms a flower
of colors galore
red and yellow and many more


“Stupid” is a weed
entangling my imagination
and creativity
making a pretty plant
die


“You rock”
Is an herb
a big, smelly herb
one I want with my dinner
It makes the whole enchilada
a treat
a magical fritter


“Weirdo” is flower
but like a dandelion
a weed nonetheless
at first it looks like “nice”
so big and jolly and pretty
then it spreads
deeper and deeper
overtaking my “good luck”
and “you rock”


where it still spreads
deeper and deeper
into my garden of thoughts.

This poem won an award at Apex Town Meeting, 2nd place! Yay! This was a 'Tuesday Prompt'.