<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649</id><updated>2011-07-28T21:53:18.651-07:00</updated><category term='The Sun'/><category term='Love Poem'/><category term='Edward Cullen'/><category term='God'/><category term='stuff'/><category term='My poem'/><category term='ice-cream'/><category term='history report'/><category term='hope'/><category term='life'/><category term='strong feelings'/><category term='Love the Earth'/><category term='INDESCRIBABLE FANTASTIC religion'/><category term='My INCREDIBLE'/><category term='Bella'/><category term='balloons'/><category term='My AMAZING religion'/><category term='Love'/><category term='immortality'/><category term='Christianity'/><category term='sorry'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='getting along'/><category term='a haiku'/><category term='pioneer life'/><category term='poems'/><title type='text'>The Sophisticated Poet!</title><subtitle type='html'>Writing poems straight from my soul.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-8637781674549841344</id><published>2008-07-05T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:15.445-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='INDESCRIBABLE FANTASTIC religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My INCREDIBLE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>Faithful Jesus by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SG_jcKURzkI/AAAAAAAAAXU/Tfi_G6VR2FI/s1600-h/y8uhyhih%27bn.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219640566090944066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SG_jcKURzkI/AAAAAAAAAXU/Tfi_G6VR2FI/s400/y8uhyhih%27bn.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Jesus is with me all day long&lt;br /&gt;I sing and praise Him with my song&lt;br /&gt;He’s the moon, the stars, the sun, the rain&lt;br /&gt;No one can compare, to his mightiness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overflowing with love&lt;br /&gt;For everyone&lt;br /&gt;Whether you’re sinner, an unbeliever, or full of faith&lt;br /&gt;Jesus shines his face on you everyday&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the rain starts pouring&lt;br /&gt;Jesus is with you&lt;br /&gt;When all seems hopeless&lt;br /&gt;Jesus is right there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He’s going to make your days worth while&lt;br /&gt;He’s the alpha and omega, the Lord our God&lt;br /&gt;You’ll fulfill your dreams&lt;br /&gt;And he’ll always be faithful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And when judgment day comes&lt;br /&gt;You’ll have something to say&lt;br /&gt;About how Jesus was with you&lt;br /&gt;Even through the pain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-8637781674549841344?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/8637781674549841344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=8637781674549841344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-1582476767417056841</id><published>2008-06-17T17:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-16T17:09:37.240-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sorry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>Beneath The House by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SFhWZKAf0QI/AAAAAAAAAVM/toyrFvIIKBk/s1600-h/fsa.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213011558864507138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SFhWZKAf0QI/AAAAAAAAAVM/toyrFvIIKBk/s400/fsa.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Beneath the house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Lies a scary dark man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Still, Unmoving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Dead,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;But at night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;When I approach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;The house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;The piercing screams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Heard everywhere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Fill my ears&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;When I come&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Closer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;To the dead man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;His still&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Unmoving body&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Leaps to my feet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Grasping my ankle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;BAM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;On the ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;SLAM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Headfirst&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;The man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Growls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Scrapes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;My Leg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;YELP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;I cry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;But the man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Seems&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Peaceful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Getting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Closer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;To my heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;The nails&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;SINKING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Deep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;In the organ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Holes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Appearing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Blood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Spilling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Fate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ending&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Body&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;SLAM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;On the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Hard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Rough,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Sidewalk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;As the man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Crawls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;Beneath&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;font-size:130%;"&gt;The house&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-1582476767417056841?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/1582476767417056841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=1582476767417056841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/1582476767417056841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/1582476767417056841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/06/beneath-house-by-abby-o.html' title='Beneath The House by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SFhWZKAf0QI/AAAAAAAAAVM/toyrFvIIKBk/s72-c/fsa.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-5820073606451953900</id><published>2008-05-17T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:16.238-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immortality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><title type='text'>Immortal Soul by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SC9xD6T2-UI/AAAAAAAAATE/LiR7gTJxKlY/s1600-h/prettaye.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201500406642309442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SC9xD6T2-UI/AAAAAAAAATE/LiR7gTJxKlY/s400/prettaye.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you could live forever&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;What would you do&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would you find a soulmate&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or would you stay single &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;For you know that &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;One day &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;That boy or that girl&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would die &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would you &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sit in libraries&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;And read books&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Acquiring a vast array&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of meaningless knowledge &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or would you &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go out and play&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoying your endless days&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you could live forever&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would you serve your country&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or would you stay home &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watching television&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;And finding other mindless ways&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;To live the eternal life&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;That you would behold&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A life that many wish to have&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would you cry and cry&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you sit and watch&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As your friends And family&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pass by &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As memories pass by&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As your happiness becomes stone&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;And your heart turns icy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But as you may see many consequences&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Come with eternal life&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For there are &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two things&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That eternal life doesn't offer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eternal Love&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And Eternal Happiness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you could live forever,what would you do&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-5820073606451953900?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/5820073606451953900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=5820073606451953900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-4169743589484623118</id><published>2008-05-02T13:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T15:15:58.507-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Sun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><title type='text'>The Sun by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBt-THu2dwI/AAAAAAAAAR8/lfRgPaEhFoU/s1600-h/271738504_6162fe2160.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195885462060168962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBt-THu2dwI/AAAAAAAAAR8/lfRgPaEhFoU/s400/271738504_6162fe2160.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sun is rising&lt;br /&gt;High and mighty&lt;br /&gt;Above the dark gloomy city&lt;br /&gt;People are sleeping&lt;br /&gt;Babies are crying&lt;br /&gt;But me I sit upon this hill&lt;br /&gt;Watching the sun rise&lt;br /&gt;Searching the answers to life's mysteries&lt;br /&gt;Waiting upon the hill to see the mighty sun&lt;br /&gt;With a bible or notebook in hand&lt;br /&gt;Writing or reading&lt;br /&gt;Exploring the majestic ways of the sun&lt;br /&gt;Skimming through the book of all answers&lt;br /&gt;Watching the sun rise&lt;br /&gt;Watching the moon disappear&lt;br /&gt;And the sun restore&lt;br /&gt;Natural light&lt;br /&gt;Peace and order&lt;br /&gt;To this world&lt;br /&gt;Feeling the sun's rays glisten upon my smooth dark skin&lt;br /&gt;Hearing the people awaken&lt;br /&gt;Grouchy and angry&lt;br /&gt;For it's the start of a new day&lt;br /&gt;But me I just sit here&lt;br /&gt;Upon the hill&lt;br /&gt;Watching the sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-4169743589484623118?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/4169743589484623118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=4169743589484623118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/4169743589484623118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/4169743589484623118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/05/sun-by-abby-o.html' title='The Sun by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBt-THu2dwI/AAAAAAAAAR8/lfRgPaEhFoU/s72-c/271738504_6162fe2160.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-8697675185336550606</id><published>2008-04-30T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:16.500-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edward Cullen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history report'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pioneer life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><title type='text'>Crossing the Appalachians by Rachel Cullen(My fake pioneer name)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBjDOHu2dvI/AAAAAAAAAR0/vAdRWHiBcE0/s1600-h/2324889508_1a3557b365.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195116817533007602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBjDOHu2dvI/AAAAAAAAAR0/vAdRWHiBcE0/s400/2324889508_1a3557b365.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've been on the road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Walking,trekking,riding&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;On the dark rough rocky trail&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Edward has already crossed to Kentucky&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Isabella left to Pennsylvania&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But me I'm still crossing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many've caught some kind of diesease&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I'm still healthy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've heard that Kentucky&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Is full of rich rop soil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For growing and farming&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The place sounds like a dream come true&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Back in Connecticut&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The land's expensive&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's already reached $50 per acre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I mean who can pay for that?!?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So I'm crossing the Appalachians&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In search for cheaper land&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In search for cheaper livin'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope I find it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It may be hard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;With horses getting sick&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And cattle dying&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I'm not giving up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My bones might feel like broken biscuits&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I'll be riding&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For my quest wont be over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Til I'm strong and happy over the Appalachians&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm gonna finally have a decent meal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;No more dry bread&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And dirty water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But soft,warm bread and fresh lemonade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'll be united with Edward and my children again&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then we can live peacefully&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maybe even make friends with the Cherokee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just can't wait till I'm past the Appalachians&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This was my history project.See how I mixed Edward Cullen with History class.I am such a smarty!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-8697675185336550606?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/8697675185336550606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=8697675185336550606' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8697675185336550606'/><link 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-9071752742451583418</id><published>2008-04-29T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:16.683-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balloons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>The Balloon of My Heart by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBfMPXu2duI/AAAAAAAAARs/RKKx_-pubbo/s1600-h/balloongirl_alwayshope.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194845259635783394" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBfMPXu2duI/AAAAAAAAARs/RKKx_-pubbo/s400/balloongirl_alwayshope.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;My heart is like a balloon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Flying away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Nobody can catch it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;It's got its freedom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Blown up nicely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;With my sincere happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Nobody can find it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Not even me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;When I'm sad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Or mad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;My balloon gets smaller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;For its supply of helium is very low&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Excitement and joy expand its size&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Books and knowledge make it smarter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;To know curves and toils I'll go through&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;But love makes it burst&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Love overwhelms it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;It gets bigger and bigger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;For its stronger that excitement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;And it is happiness and joy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Faith paths its way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;For my love of God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Is stronger than any love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Or heartbreak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;As you can see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;My heart is a big balloon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;It flew away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;And nobody has caught it,not yet...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-9071752742451583418?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/9071752742451583418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=9071752742451583418' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/9071752742451583418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/9071752742451583418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/balloon-of-my-heart-by-abby-o.html' title='The Balloon of My Heart by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBfMPXu2duI/AAAAAAAAARs/RKKx_-pubbo/s72-c/balloongirl_alwayshope.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-3594018569904122884</id><published>2008-04-28T15:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:16.869-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love Poem'/><title type='text'>Love As Sweet As Pie by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBZt2Xu2dqI/AAAAAAAAARM/F11IFpETD9Q/s1600-h/351840748_88e7035ea4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194460001069332130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBZt2Xu2dqI/AAAAAAAAARM/F11IFpETD9Q/s400/351840748_88e7035ea4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;This love as sweet as pie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;You would think would never die&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;All the sacrifices that I've made&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;All those people who thought I was insane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I didn't believe them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;'Cause I had faith in you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;My boo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;All that faith I had in you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;It all disappeared&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;On one rainy day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Our love sweet as pie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Buried deep down in the layers of my heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;You told everybody my secrets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;You made rumors and conspiracies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;All about me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Now everybody despises my presence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;They believed you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I had faith in you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I thought you were the one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;But I guess I was wrong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;But I'm curious my dear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Why did you destroy this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Breaking my heart in the process&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;My love as sweet as pie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-3594018569904122884?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/3594018569904122884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=3594018569904122884' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/3594018569904122884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/3594018569904122884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/love-as-sweet-as-pie-by-abby-o.html' title='Love As Sweet As Pie by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBZt2Xu2dqI/AAAAAAAAARM/F11IFpETD9Q/s72-c/351840748_88e7035ea4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-5219514760947959759</id><published>2008-04-28T14:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:16.998-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My AMAZING religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>We Will Not Be Silenced by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBZNW3u2dpI/AAAAAAAAARE/XKx85-DrZ9k/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194424275531363986" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBZNW3u2dpI/AAAAAAAAARE/XKx85-DrZ9k/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This was originally a song I wrote for a novel in process.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will not be silenced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Cause the Bible told as so&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will not be silenced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Cause are God is so good&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can take away our books&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can take away our pencils&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can take away my paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But you can't take away my love for the Lord&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will not be silenced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Cause our Lord is so good&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He provides as with bountiful crops&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh I'll never forsake Him&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For He loved us so much&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That he gave his only begotten son&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That who so ever believed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Should not perish,but have everlasting life&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will not be silenced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Cause our Lord is so here&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will not be silenced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will praise and cheer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will not be silenced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Cause Jesus loves us so&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This I know&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'Cause the bible told us so&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If we see an atheist&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We will go and preach&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If we see a demonic worshiper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We wont turn to violence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Because we love Jehovah&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jehovah&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jehovah&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;JEHOVAH!!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, I know. It's terrible as a poem, but great as a song.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-5219514760947959759?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/5219514760947959759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=5219514760947959759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/5219514760947959759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/5219514760947959759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/we-will-not-be-silenced-by-abby-o.html' title='We Will Not Be Silenced by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBZNW3u2dpI/AAAAAAAAARE/XKx85-DrZ9k/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-1828940018529968420</id><published>2008-04-26T18:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:17.118-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edward Cullen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love Poem'/><title type='text'>My Edward Cullen by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBSWZHu2doI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/G2skoa0k5-0/s1600-h/mutts.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193941628581475970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBSWZHu2doI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/G2skoa0k5-0/s400/mutts.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I might have found you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;My Edward&lt;br /&gt;For I have undeniable love for you&lt;br /&gt;You hold me so close&lt;br /&gt;Yet you are so cold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Complication after complication come my way&lt;br /&gt;But I have taken my duty as your Bella&lt;br /&gt;I have come to stay&lt;br /&gt;No matter what comes my way&lt;br /&gt;No matter who tries to take that away from me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;I have come to stay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For I am your Bella and you are my Edward&lt;br /&gt;Are love is one of a kind&lt;br /&gt;Nobody understands,but I don't mind&lt;br /&gt;There are many Jacobs,Erics,and Mikes out there&lt;br /&gt;But there is no competition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For you have swiped my heart away with your swift reflexes&lt;br /&gt;Your love is priceless&lt;br /&gt;No tags or prices can be layed upon true love&lt;br /&gt;Not a million,not a billion,and definiteley not a trillion&lt;br /&gt;For my love will be faithful and I'd never forsake you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But why my Edward did you runaway&lt;br /&gt;Taking all my memories and my heart with you&lt;br /&gt;Saying that you didn't want to hurt me&lt;br /&gt;But you hurt me even more than if you were to kill me&lt;br /&gt;The pain worse than a thousand spears sinking in my chest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It wasn't physical pain&lt;br /&gt;But mind,soul,spirit and love pain&lt;br /&gt;When you were with me I gave you my heaart&lt;br /&gt;But instead of keeping it safe you crippled it&lt;br /&gt;Now as your divine Bella I am in my zombie state&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yearning over my lose&lt;br /&gt;Over the pain that you are gone&lt;br /&gt;That I might never see you again&lt;br /&gt;That I might never hear your sweet voice again&lt;br /&gt;Simply yearning,yearning for your presence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But in two ways I am not llike Bella&lt;br /&gt;I never found my Jacob&lt;br /&gt;I never kissed another boy&lt;br /&gt;Even when your arms weren't wrapped around my body&lt;br /&gt;I was loyal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I hope one day&lt;br /&gt;Our eyes will meet again&lt;br /&gt;Our souls united with everlasting love&lt;br /&gt;My crippled heart mended by your strong love &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;I hope that one day you will see my love double&lt;br /&gt;And there will lie sweet eternal matromony between as&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you liked the poem.It's dedicated to all the Edward fans out there.Hooray for Edward!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-1828940018529968420?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/1828940018529968420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=1828940018529968420' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/1828940018529968420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/1828940018529968420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-edward-cullen-by-abby-o.html' title='My Edward Cullen by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBSWZHu2doI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/G2skoa0k5-0/s72-c/mutts.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-8870287568667522420</id><published>2008-04-26T18:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:17.398-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Unforgetable Mystery by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBPddnu2dnI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/my6W2afnAVo/s1600-h/egd.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193738296239748722" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBPddnu2dnI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/my6W2afnAVo/s400/egd.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First of all I have to apologize for not writing a poem yesterday,my life is just way too busy,but not a good excuse so I'll write two today and alert you if I'm not going to write a poem which wont me much.I used this poem for Rachel's contest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Standing right beside me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;With your eyes open wide&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I see you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you see me?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's one simple mystery&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Staring through my eyes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chills running down my spine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I want you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you want me?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That's one incredible mystery&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I see our eyes meeting&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your heart loudly beating&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You want me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But do I love you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That is one shocking mystery&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes I love you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That is one solid true&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes you love me&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But do you think I love you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well that my dear is an unforgetable mystery...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-8870287568667522420?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/8870287568667522420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=8870287568667522420' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8870287568667522420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8870287568667522420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/unforgetable-mystery-by-abby-o.html' title='Unforgetable Mystery by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBPddnu2dnI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/my6W2afnAVo/s72-c/egd.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-8486619010583964749</id><published>2008-04-24T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:17.577-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ice-cream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a haiku'/><title type='text'>Ice-Cream by Yours Truly!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBDykXu2dmI/AAAAAAAAAQo/DzXDOTgOE_M/s1600-h/81960811.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBDykXu2dmI/AAAAAAAAAQo/DzXDOTgOE_M/s400/81960811.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192917077017917026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;Here's a haiku.I know I'm lazy,but I made up with the picture,right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love to eat ice-cream&lt;br /&gt;With its sweet swirls of flavor&lt;br /&gt;I just love ice-cream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-8486619010583964749?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/8486619010583964749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=8486619010583964749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8486619010583964749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8486619010583964749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/ice-cream-by-yours-truly.html' title='Ice-Cream by Yours Truly!'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SBDykXu2dmI/AAAAAAAAAQo/DzXDOTgOE_M/s72-c/81960811.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-6306784585747832001</id><published>2008-04-23T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:17.721-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strong feelings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='getting along'/><title type='text'>Why Can't  We Just Get Along by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SA-_Unu2dfI/AAAAAAAAAPw/3kxhWN2-HRY/s1600-h/2658737564.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SA-_Unu2dfI/AAAAAAAAAPw/3kxhWN2-HRY/s400/2658737564.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192579256365250034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"&gt;A black man and a white man walking down the street&lt;br /&gt;Black man pulls out a gun&lt;br /&gt;Shoots and shoots and shoots&lt;br /&gt;White man gets up shoots and shoots and shoots&lt;br /&gt;Both die sorrowful deaths&lt;br /&gt;Why couldn't they just get along?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Little girl and big girl sitting on the bus&lt;br /&gt;Big girl teases little girl&lt;br /&gt;Steals her lunch money&lt;br /&gt;Little girl cries&lt;br /&gt;Why couldn't they just get along?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mom and son walking in the mall&lt;br /&gt;Son falls down&lt;br /&gt;Mom spanks boy&lt;br /&gt;Boy cries and screams&lt;br /&gt;What happened to getting along?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The army and Hamas getting at it again&lt;br /&gt;Hamas trying to destroy Israel&lt;br /&gt;Israel pleading&lt;br /&gt;U.S defending&lt;br /&gt;Civilians dying&lt;br /&gt;Why couldn't they just get along?Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All these examples&lt;br /&gt;Are just a few&lt;br /&gt;Of how we don't communicate&lt;br /&gt;We were made by the same God and all good people inside&lt;br /&gt;So why is it that we have settled into violence&lt;br /&gt;It is a mystery to me.Is it a mystery to you?Why we just can't get along!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black or white&lt;br /&gt;Female or male&lt;br /&gt;We should all get along&lt;br /&gt;No fighting or rioting&lt;br /&gt;But will I get this?Nope!&lt;br /&gt;But I do still have hope!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-6306784585747832001?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/6306784585747832001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=6306784585747832001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/6306784585747832001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/6306784585747832001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-cant-we-just-get-along-by-abby-o.html' title='Why Can&apos;t  We Just Get Along by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SA-_Unu2dfI/AAAAAAAAAPw/3kxhWN2-HRY/s72-c/2658737564.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-4210511464336589907</id><published>2008-04-22T07:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:18.416-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love the Earth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><title type='text'>The Earth by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SA37q3u2ddI/AAAAAAAAAPg/ADNW2Ri3kdk/s1600-h/2295323902.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192082659361584594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SA37q3u2ddI/AAAAAAAAAPg/ADNW2Ri3kdk/s400/2295323902.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,255,51)"&gt;Happy Earth Day everybody!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Earth that we live on is getting destroyed&lt;br /&gt;The polar ice caps meltng,Oh how void&lt;br /&gt;People thrashing the truth of global warming&lt;br /&gt;Don't you think this is some kind of warning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've got the power to turn this around&lt;br /&gt;We are truly lazy if we don't make a sound&lt;br /&gt;To inform people about what to do&lt;br /&gt;When the world is destroyed,it will be a day we rue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So recycle, eat organics, use ethanol and more&lt;br /&gt;If we all do this we will open a door&lt;br /&gt;For the next generation will have a place to dwell&lt;br /&gt;And I bet it will be swell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So remember to treat the Earth with respect&lt;br /&gt;You can do that by the choices you select&lt;br /&gt;And the Earth will be grateful&lt;br /&gt;For your love is sincerly and utterly faithful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-4210511464336589907?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/4210511464336589907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=4210511464336589907' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/4210511464336589907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/4210511464336589907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/earth-by-abby-o.html' title='The Earth by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SA37q3u2ddI/AAAAAAAAAPg/ADNW2Ri3kdk/s72-c/2295323902.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-2189470665223835375</id><published>2008-04-21T12:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:22:18.616-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><title type='text'>True Love by Abby O.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SAzzJjXebjI/AAAAAAAAAPU/Y_WC6s64lIg/s1600-h/ul.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191791815889415730" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SAzzJjXebjI/AAAAAAAAAPU/Y_WC6s64lIg/s400/ul.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Your beauty so strong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Oh how I long&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;For your eternal presence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;I love you so deep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;All that grief I feel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Since I have lost you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Oh but I know you will be back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Wont you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Let you see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;How true love will prevail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;And puppy love will die&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;But until then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;I will live&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;For I am patient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;For I know you'll come crawling back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Lets wait and see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;True love will prevail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Not like puppy love betrayal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;I will see how strong your beauty is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;The blinding pain and misery will disappear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Because true love will prevail and puppy love,fail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Tell me how you like it,please.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-2189470665223835375?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/2189470665223835375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=2189470665223835375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/2189470665223835375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/2189470665223835375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/true-love-by-abby-o.html' title='True Love by Abby O.'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/SAzzJjXebjI/AAAAAAAAAPU/Y_WC6s64lIg/s72-c/ul.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160019464040788649.post-8169517320177204948</id><published>2008-04-21T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T12:22:19.343-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>Yet Another Blog!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)"&gt;I'm seriously obsessed with blogs and poems. So I promise you a poem, when it comes. Hope you like them! This is also in honor of National Poetry Month! Hooray for poems!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4160019464040788649-8169517320177204948?l=thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/feeds/8169517320177204948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4160019464040788649&amp;postID=8169517320177204948' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8169517320177204948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4160019464040788649/posts/default/8169517320177204948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thesophisticatedpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/yet-another-blog.html' title='Yet Another Blog!'/><author><name>Abby O.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_cW2Nk10O8GI/R-g2ShH0E0I/AAAAAAAAAJA/2eLuRXAiaB4/S220/lp_jesus_saves-1753.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
