Poems and Poets

Hey guys, I've only done one Top Ten Tuesday* on my blog before, but I've decided to try and do at least two a month from now on. Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by brokenandbookish.com   that encourages bloggers to make lists of their top ten..... of a topic they provide every week. This week, the topic is Top Ten Authors you've met or would like to meet. I've actually never met any authors, so my list includes my Top Ten Favourite Authors. 1. Malala Yousafzai. This amazing woman is the youngest nobel laureate, and has done great things for female empowerment around the world. Her autobiography "I am Malala" is one of my favourite books. 2. Agatha Christie. I know that this isn't a possibility, but I can't help dreaming about a day when I meet the "Queen of Crime"! 3. J.K. Rowling. Author of the "Harry Potter" Series, Rowling has been an inspiration to me since fourth grade. I haven't encountered another author who...

Hey guys, I'm back with another post about my trip to Italy, this time highlighting a few tourist destinations in Rome. *This meme is hosted by westmetromommyreads.com Colosseum- viewed away from the tourists! Pantheon Inside the Colosseum 

Sailing on a calm sea, For far less time than  Other sailors and crewmen Soon it is not sailing, but  Soaring, over a calm sea On a safe hand-glider Sailing it is, once again For a brief period only She is able to glide Most of the time Sail, just for the ease When the boat tips, Slight water fills. Before cleaning it up, She is pushed overboard Without the trust, That she will find her way Back, ever to the hand-glide Probably never, to the boat -Poem Fanatic

Publication Date : 19 May 2015 Genre: Young Adult My Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Source:  Own Copy I recently finished reading "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia, a young-adult novel about a schizophrenic teenager finding her way into normality.   Alexandra is a high-school senior who's recently shifted schools. Over the summer, she makes a friend while working at a restaurant, and uses the owner's Magic 8 Ball to navigate through both her paranoia and schizophrenia.   While waiting on a customer, she bumps into a character she from her childhood, whom she always thought that she'd imagined. When she realizes that he goes to her new school, she's confused by the fact that everyone else can see him as well.  Alex uses her camera regularly to take pictures of what she feels might be a product of her schizophrenia. Over time, the reality is captured in the image, and the imaginary items fade away, allowing her to have a clearer recollection of what happened. ...

Exhausted from the effort, Efforts further cannot be put in By the eyes that have once cried For all your misfortune, Misfortune further follows, Eyes that have once cried, Refuse to put the matter aside Cry into your shell, Shells that you cannot come out of For the eyes that have once cried, Will not let the matter die The tears will dry, The day will go by, But it is at bedtime, When you will feel like you cried. -Poem Fanatic

Hey guys! I know it's been a while since I've updated you all on my reading, but to be honest, I haven't really been reading much. The week of 6th March, I was away on a camping trip, so I didn't get in much reading at all. Last week however, was much better in terms of reading! I finished reading "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia (look out for my review this week). This book is about a schizophrenic girl attempting to adjust to normal teen life when she stumbles upon a person she always thought was imaginary. I also finished "Poison Study" by Maria V Snyder , a young adult novel about a prisoner/poison taster in a militarist country. The series soon turns into a fantasy one. It's a series that you can go through in a month, as the language is colloquial and simple.   This week, I read "Magic Study" the second book in the "Chronicles of Ixia" by Maria V. Snyder . They're quite light reads, and I've had ...

It's that time of week again! I'm back with yet another Saturday Snapshot*. This week I'll be further elaborating on my trip to Italy in 2012. So sit back, relax and soak in as many Mediterranean vibes as you can get from your screen! *This meme is hosted by westmetromommyreads.com

I recently picked up "Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust" by Barbara Rogasky from my school library. We'd been studying about WWII in History and I picked up the book for further information. I'm so glad I did, as I found out so many things I'd never have known otherwise, including various horrendously overlooked elements of the Holocaust.  I read the second edition of this historical book, which had a revised format and more information. What struck me most about this was the dedication at the beginning, to Rogasky's fifty family members who'd been killed during the Holocaust in the U.S.S.R.

Rise up, gurgling, Boiling, it's almost over  The edge of containment Be held within a beating Body, pulsating with the beat Of energy and excitement Energetically awaiting, The rush, the whirlwind Of the awaited Whirling through the  Stormy days before, The anticipation surges Straight into what becomes Anticlimactic in reality -Poem Fanatic

Hey everyone! I'm back with another Saturday Snapshot* post. Today, I'll be starting a new mini-series, about a family trip to Italy back in 2012. This post highlights some of the quaint, small-town expressions of a few places we visited. *This meme is hosted by westmetromommyreads.com

Flitting between cracks, In the ethereal ice, This minuscule, magnificent Being considers them gorges Of delicate ice, yes, Not of the gray, scratched Rock that makes a gorge So harsh and hurtful The majestic ice-cap, Prepares for its funeral, Slowly gives way to the  Haunting presence above Cracking for relief, is a  movement the insect applauds For the Ice that is dying, Has preserved far too many  dead insects -Poem Fanatic

Publication Date: June 7th 1946 Genre : Murder-Mystery My Goodreads Rating:  3/5 Source:  Own Copy Hercule Poirot has been invited to Lady Angkatell's weekend house party. Also invited are a few cousins and family friends, who all arrive before the famous Belgian detective. When he does arrive, he doesn't appreciate the elaborate murder tableau that has been set for him.  Dr. John Christow lies near the swimming pool in a large puddle of red paint, and his meek and timid wife stands over him holding a gun. The rest of the party, scattered around the scene look shocked.   What Poirot doesn't realize immediately is, that this is no scene. However fake it may look, Christow is dead and the immediate suspect is his wife, the seemingly simple-minded Gerda Christow.

Hey everyone! Now if you're a regular here at Poems and Poets- you'll know that every Saturday I post a Saturday Snapshot*. You'll also have guessed that in between holiday mini-series, I often have a post about a short trip my family took. Well this is one of those posts. Today I'll be showing you some pictures from a family trip to a hill-station in India, called Kasauli. *Saturday Snapshot is hosted by westmetromommyreads.com

Packaged as one would A beauty, a gift Is a thorn of a rose Acceptance of the water, Is rare, but penalties For nonchalance are commodities When presented, without an option Without a say, without a choice As a disguise of a self, The thorn blooms further, Than the rose ever will grow  -Poem Fanatic