Mrs. Breen Period 5April 30th, 2010

My Poetry AnthologyBy: Sarah Saunders

Friendship

IntroductionI wrote my poetry anthology on Friendship. I choose this topic because I

care a lot for my friends and I think it is a very valuable thing in life. You can learn things from having friends and also learn lessons from the mistakes you may make with them. I know from personally experience that my friends are the ones I trust and I respect them in every way possible because they are there for me and make the best of my teenage years come real.

The poems that I've found on the internet appeal to me in many ways because I can relate to them. I can relate to them from my past and the things I have done with my friends. One poem that I like is the first one because in the first two stanzas it basically explains how me and my friends are when we’re together. The second poem I chose is something I can’t relate to just now because I'm not old yet, but in the future I will look back at my friends and hopefully be able to relate to this poem. Poem number six I can really relate to because it is more modern and it explains things that me and my best friends would do everyday.

Table Of ContentsSlide 1: Cover PageSlide 2: IntroductionSlide 3: Table Of ContentsSlide 4: Poem 1 – “The Best Of Friends”Slide 5: Poem 2 – “When You Are Old” Slide 6: Poem 3 – “Happiness”Slide 7: Poem 4 - “Be A Friend”Slide 8: Poem 5 - “A Golden Chain”Slide 9: Poem 6 – “True Friend”Slide 10: Poem 7 – “Thanks”Slide 11: Poem 8 – “Friend”Slide 12: Extra Poem- “True Friendship”Slide 13: My Own Poem – “Friends Forever”Slide 14: My Own Poem – “ Flower”, “Fights” and “Lemons”Slide 15: My Own Poem – “ Holding Hands”Slide 16: My Own Poem – “ Heartless”Slide 17: My Own Poem – “ Moving Away”Slide 18: Citations PageMarking Rubric

Poem #1The Best of FriendsBy: Jill Wolf The best of friends,Can change a frown,Into a smile,when you feel down.

The best of friends,Will understand,Your little trials,And lend a hand.

The best of friends,Will always share,Your secret dreams,Because they care.

The best of friends,Worth more than gold,Give all the love,A heart can hold.

Wolf, Jill. “The Best of Friends.” “pachome1.pacific.net”http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~dol_fin/bof.html

Poem #2When you are oldBy: William Butler Yeats

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,And nodding by the fire, take down this book,And slowly read, and dream of the soft lookYour eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true,But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fledAnd paced upon the mountains overheadAnd hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

Yeats, William Butler. “When you are old.” “poemhunter.com”http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-you-are-old/

Poem #3Happiness By: Raymond Carver

So early it's still almost dark out.I'm near the window with coffee,and the usual early morning stuffthat passes for thought. When I see the boy and his friendwalking up the roadto deliver the newspaper.

They wear caps and sweaters,and one boy has a bag over his shoulder.They are so happythey aren't saying anything, these boys.

I think if they could, they would takeeach other's arm.It's early in the morning,and they are doing this thing together.

They come on, slowly.The sky is taking on light,though the moon still hangs pale over the water.

Such beauty that for a minutedeath and ambition, even love,doesn't enter into this.

Happiness. It comes onunexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,any early morning talk about it.

Carver, Raymond. “Happiness.” “plagiartis.com”http://plagiarist.com/poetry/7454/

Poem #4Be A Friend By: Edgar A Guest

Be a friend. You don't need money: Just a disposition sunny; Just the wish to help another Get along some way or other; Just a kindly hand extended Out to one who's unbefriended; Just the will to give or lend, This will make you someone's friend.

Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story. Pass by trifling errors blindly, Gaze on honest effort kindly, Cheer the youth who's bravely trying, Pity him who's sadly sighing; Just a little labor spend On the duties of a friend.

Be a friend. The pay is bigger (Though not written by a figure) Than is earned by people clever In what's merely self-endeavor. You'll have friends instead of neighbors For the profits of your labors; You'll be richer in the end Than a prince, if you're a friend

Guest, Edgar A. “Be A Friend.” “famous-poems.biz”http://www.famous-poems.biz/friendship_poems/Be-A-Friend-new-friendship-poem-by-Edgar-A-Guest.html

Poem #5A Golden ChainBy: Helen Steiner Rice Friendship is a Golden Chain, The links are friends so dear, And like a rare and precious jewel It's treasured more each year... It's clasped together firmly With a love that's deep and true, And it's rich with happy memories and fond recollections, too... Time can't destroy its beauty For, as long as memory lives, Years can't erase the pleasure That the joy of friendship gives... For friendship is a priceless gift That can't be bought or sold, But to have an understanding friend Is worth far more than gold... And the Golden Chain of Friendship Is a strong and blessed tie Binding kindred hearts together As the years go passing by.

Rice, Helen Steiner. “A Golden Chain.” “gagirl.com”http://www.gagirl.com/friends/friends.html

Poem #6True FriendMiley Cyrus

[VERSE 1] We sign our cards and letters BFFYou've got a million ways to make me laughYou're lookin' out for me; you've got my backIt's so good to have you aroundYou know the secrets I could never tellAnd when I'm quiet you break through my shellDon't feel the need to do a rebel yellCause you keep my feet on the ground

[CHORUS 1] You're a true friendYou're here till the endYou pull me asideWhen something ain't rightTalk with me now and into the night'Til it's alright againYou're a true friend

[VERSE 2] You don't get angry when I change the plansSomehow you're never out of second chancesWon't say "I told you" when I'm wrong againI'm so lucky that I've found

[CHORUS 2]

[BRIDGE] True friends will go to the ends of the earthTill they find the thing you needFriends hang on through the ups and the downsCause they've got someone to believe in

[CHORUS X3]

Cyrus, Miley. “True Friend.” “sing365.com”http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/true-friend-lyrics-hannah-montana/745f723c8970b2bc482573080010117c

Poem #7ThanksBy: Sheila Cheasbro

You're my friend because you're always there,If there's sadness around or in the air,At night, in the morning or anytime of day,You're there to cheer me up and chase the sadness away. I just want to thank you for all you've done,You've helped me through a lot, you're really number one.Thanks for all the good times that we share,It shows that you're one who really does care. Thanks for being there when time got rough,You make it easier when times get too toughThanks for being there each and every day,Thanks for being you in that very special way.

Cheasbro, Sheila. “Thanks.” “friendship.com”http://www.friendship.com.au/poetry/best/best7.html#thanks

Poem #8FriendBy: Renee donna Bufete

A friend is a personto laugh and cry with,An inspiration,Someone who lends a helping hand,though friends may not be forever,And they may not end up together,the memories of a true friendship willlast forever.A friend is not a shadow nor a servantBut someone who holda piece of a person in his heart.Someone who shares a smile,Someone who brightens up your dayWhat makes a person a friend?Is by saying your Love will stay?

Bufete, Renee Donna. “Friend.” “theholidayspot.com”http://www.theholidayspot.com/friendship/poems_for_friendship.htm

Poem #9 (Extra Poem)

True FriendshipBy: Samantha Sumler

True friends are for life Until the end They're more than special They're your bestest friends.

They're the ones you can go to When you're in despair The ones that'll help you Even when you got gum in your hair!

They're the ones who'll laugh And go laughing with you all through the night The ones who'll help you Help you with all their might

To have a good friend You have to be one So be nice to one another So you can be friends forever And that's how to be the best friend you can be.

Sumler, Samantha. “True Friendship.” “theholidayspot.com”http://www.theholidayspot.com/friendship/poems_for_friendship.htm

Friends Forever By: Sarah Saunders(Free Verse)

Ever since elementaryAnd into High SchoolWe’ve been the best of friendsEveryone is jealousOf our bond that's so closeThey wish they had itEven though they knowIt’s right there in front of themBy the laugh of a jokeAnd a touch of the handA friendship growsAnd becomes unbreakable

My Poem #1

My Poem #2FlowerBy: Sarah Saunders(Haiku)

My friend is the bestShe is like a bright flowerShinning in the sun

FightsBy: Sarah Saunders(Haiku)

Fights are very badYet they can end up betterJust like the weather

LemonsBy: Sarah Saunders(Haiku)

Friends are like lemonsSometimes sour sometimes sweetBut always the best

My Poem #3Holding HandsBy: Sarah Saunders(Sonnet)

Once you meet that friendYou will start to careYou will break and bendTo show that you’ll share

Share that bond you loveEver since you metThat no one should shoveTo make a regret

You will be friends foreverMake sure your on timeBut never everBe the one to climb

That ladder of loveAnd become a dove

My Poem #4Heartless(Shape Poem)By: Sarah Saunders

You should never be That one too be fall in love with Your very best friend for if that will happenThen you both with be cursed with the horrible thingOf perhaps loosing your best friend, or even your mateBecause if that is the case, then you should not even try You do not want this in your future, yet it will be good For your bestfriend who is there for you, will be there for good, but all in all, your husband or wife, could be the bestfriend you will end up needing the most, when your best- friend is not there for you..... ................... ........... ......

My Poem #5Moving AwayBy: Sarah Saunders(Rhyme Scheme)

When you have that one for such a long timeYou know, that friend that is there to help you rhymeAnd then it all comes crumbling downFrom happy days to frownsCause of that one phone call from workOf how your moving away with that clerkSo now you don't know what to doWith all your other friends away tooShe was the one that stuck byEven though she has to say bye

Citations Page

Bufete, Renee Donna. “Friend.” “theholidayspot.com”http://www.theholidayspot.com/friendship/poems_for_friendship.htm

Carver, Raymond. “Happiness.” “plagiartis.com”http://plagiarist.com/poetry/7454/

Cheasbro, Sheila. “Thanks.” “friendship.com”http://www.friendship.com.au/poetry/best/best7.html#thanks

Cyrus, Miley. “True Friend.” “sing365.com”http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/true-friend-lyrics-hannah-montana/745f723c8970b2bc482573080010117c

Guest, Edgar A. “Be A Friend.” “famous-poems.biz”http://www.famous-poems.biz/friendship_poems/Be-A-Friend-new-friendship-poem-by-Edgar-A-Guest.html

Rice, Helen Steiner. “A Golden Chain.” “gagirl.com”http://www.gagirl.com/friends/friends.html

Sumler, Samantha. “True Friendship.” “theholidayspot.com”http://www.theholidayspot.com/friendship/poems_for_friendship.htm

Wolf, Jill. “The Best of Friends.” “pachome1.pacific.net”http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~dol_fin/bof.html

Yeats, William Butler. “When you are old.” “poemhunter.com”http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-you-are-old/