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Let's say some American girl with an Irish name writes a poem about school shootings.
Something happened at school today
Someone brought a gun to school
Shots rang in the halls
PEople ran away
girls screamed and boys swore
Three laid dead on the floor.

The shooter was a psycho
He told everyone
Taht one day he would seek revenge
And today he did.

He had a list
Of people to kill
He shot them all
After he lost his list.
He told a bunch of people
But they did nothing.

The five he told said nothing
But stayed home and faked sick.
Were they stupid? scared?
Or were they selfish?
The five that knew
Apparently didn't know that well.

But the news won't say that
Oh no!
A small-town high school?
Yeah right!
It's scary and unusual
But school shootings always are.

A shooting happened at school today
Shots rand in the halls
Girls screamed, boys swore
Three laid dead on the floor.
The five said nothing
The shooter went crazy
The school ignored him
And let it happen...
Another Columbine.

Would this get me... uh, her sent to the office? :eek:

I don't know, but if you want to make sure it does you can always read the poem in class and then whip out an airsoft gun and pretend to shoot the teacher.

Let's say some American girl with an Irish name writes a poem about school shootings.
Something happened at school today
Someone brought a gun to school
Shots rang in the halls
PEople ran away
girls screamed and boys swore
Three laid dead on the floor.

The shooter was a psycho
He told everyone
Taht one day he would seek revenge
And today he did.

He had a list
Of people to kill
He shot them all
After he lost his list.
He told a bunch of people
But they did nothing.

The five he told said nothing
But stayed home and faked sick.
Were they stupid? scared?
Or were they selfish?
The five that knew
Apparently didn't know that well.

But the news won't say that
Oh no!
A small-town high school?
Yeah right!
It's scary and unusual
But school shootings always are.

A shooting happened at school today
Shots rand in the halls
Girls screamed, boys swore
Three laid dead on the floor.
The five said nothing
The shooter went crazy
The school ignored him
And let it happen...
Another Columbine.

Would this get me... uh, her sent to the office? :eek:

Only if the school was really paranoid. Which is highly likely.

Yes. Oh, wait. You're white. Then no.

I don't know, but if you want to make sure it does you can always read the poem in class and then whip out an airsoft gun and pretend to shoot the teacher.

:p

Yes. Oh, wait. You're white. Then no.

How did you know I was white!?!? :eek:

And how in the flying hell do you pronounce your nation's name!?

When I was thirteen, once wrote a series of short stories about an extraterrestrial taking my place and dealing with the oddities of life and school.

After a few, I wrote a prologue about 'me' faling off a cliff to my doom and nobody ever noticing I was gone. My teachers and parents reacted very badly to it. :p

How did you know I was white!?!? :eek:

And how in the flying hell do you pronounce your nation's name!?

It wasn't really meant for human vocal organs to pronounce.

Yes. Try and read in public about fourty-five minutes before you have a class you hate.

And how in the flying hell do you pronounce your nation's name!?
Sneeze. Then you'll know.

And how in the flying hell do you pronounce your nation's name!?

You don't want to know...it could have some very bad consequences from the Elder Gods. :eek:

When I was thirteen, once wrote a series of short stories about an extraterrestrial taking my place and dealing with the oddities of life and school.

After a few, I wrote a prologue about 'me' faling off a cliff to my doom and nobody ever noticing I was gone. My teachers and parents reacted very badly to it. :p

:p

I write a lot of stories where the protagonist is bullied or very very shy. When I was little (5 or 6) I had some sort of story thing where people got kidnapped and forced to write something... I don't really remember much of it except for my mom asking me about this drawign she'd found in my room at some point... :confused:

I can't get away with anything I write. :(

When I was thirteen, once wrote a series of short stories about an extraterrestrial taking my place and dealing with the oddities of life and school.

After a few, I wrote a prologue about 'me' faling off a cliff to my doom and nobody ever noticing I was gone. My teachers and parents reacted very badly to it. :pI wrote a sonnet that got me sent to the school counselor. They thought I was suicidal.

I got sent to the vice prinicpal's office for a performance art piece. I held something in my hand and kept secretly glancing at it until another kid demanded to see what I had. Then when he bent down to my hand for a look, I opened my hand to reveal a little pile of ground cayenne pepper which I quickly blew into his face. It was intended to illustrate the principle that "curiosity killed the cat". The vice principal didn't see it that way.

I got sent to the vice prinicpal's office for a performance art piece. I held something in my hand and kept secretly glancing at it until another kid demanded to see what I had. Then when he bent down to my hand for a look, I opened my hand to reveal a little pile of ground cayenne pepper which I quickly blew into his face. It was intended to illustrate the principle that "curiosity killed the cat". The vice principal didn't see it that way.

:p

I have yet to be sent to the counselor or the principal for my writing. If somebody bans my book in the future I will be honored.

Depends on who sees it, I guess. A music teacher might ask for the notes, your English teacher might ask about the metric structure or an analysis of the content... I, if I were your teacher, would demand more rhymes.

Depends on who sees it, I guess. A music teacher might ask for the notes, your English teacher might ask about the metric structure or an analysis of the content... I, if I were your teacher, would demand more rhymes.

:p

I like freestyle though.

Yes. Oh, wait. You're white. Then no.

Actually, "Serial Killer" Is generally a white person.

Actually, "Serial Killer" Is generally a white person.

Technically a school shooter is a spree killer. While we have more documented cases of white serial killers, they do occur in every race and ethnicity.

Technically a school shooter is a spree killer. While we have more documented cases of white serial killers, they do occur in every race and ethnicity.

Aye.

I think a toy gun that said "BANG" would be more entertaining than airsoft.

thats an excellent poem. i wouldnt bother turning it in at school. you should send it to a publication that is willing to publish poems by teens.

if you do decide to bring it to school, yes it might get you sent to the councillor. so what? its time out of class and the councillors are pretty nice. youll talk to one of them for an hour, theyll certify that you are sane, and life will go on.

Aye.

I think a toy gun that said "BANG" would be more entertaining than airsoft.

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If I was a super-ultra-conservative, I would because it is strange.

If I was a super-ultra-liberal, I would because I would think you would be planning a school shooting.

Luckily for you, I'm a moderate who has SOME common knowledge about psychology and psychiatry. This is simply a political thing, expressing your concern over the rising number of school shootings.

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I'm not seeing a BANG.

http://www.soimmature.com/images/bang.gif

I think it matters how parinoid your school is and what type of reputation you have. Reputation is everything. If you've got a good rep. you can do lots of things.

To be safe I would bounce the idea of the possible subject off of the teacher first.

By the way, as a former teacher, it's very good.

That reminds me of the time we had to write an instruction manual... and I made a manual on how to kill a person(any person) and get away with it.

:p

I like freestyle though.

I prefer freestyle rhyming* to freestyle as in "free metric, no rhymes". Doesn't mean I don't like your poem, though. (And freestyle rhyming is difficult to do on the internet, of course, unless using skype or somesuch... or chatting, resulting in "freetyping").

* as in, making up rhymes live

I'm not seeing a BANG.

http://www.soimmature.com/images/bang.gif

The ones on that website say it out loud.

The ones on that website say it out loud.

She could just say BANG.

No one in the world has any right to challenge you for anything you write. There is not a just law in the world that can tell you what you can and cant compose upon a paper. Such is the same as demanding justification for your thoughts, you owe society not even the entertainment of such a proposal.

If you go spreading it about though- posting it on school sites, reading it in class, you are bound to get in some sort of trouble.

Let's say some American girl with an Irish name writes a poem about school shootings.

[snippidado… but it was very good though:) ]

Would this get me... uh, her sent to the office? :eek:

Quite the opposite in fact, it'll probably help should you name it "I don't like Mondays".

If history is any indication you'll use this one poem as your claim to fame, demand that people give you their "fecking money", and organise lots of charity concerts to aid Africa. ;)

No one in the world has any right to challenge you for anything you write.
So, if I wrote that I was omnipotent no one could challenge me on that?

So, if I wrote that I was omnipotent no one could challenge me on that?

If you want to be facetious about it feel free, but your objections seem to be based upon misunderstanding more than a valid point. I was speaking on anonimity. If she sends it outward, she can expect scrutiny - But writing it in the first place is not something anyone has a right to contain, neither do they have a right to demand acess to what she has written privately.

I think "she" would be sent to the councilor, I don't think it would be justified, but so much of high school isn't really justified.

but so much of high school isn't really justified.

I like how someone here put it. "Glorified baby-sitting". I thought it fit quite well.

Well the author is certainly not a fk'd up pancake.
She is expressing her feelings about national events that affected students (which she just happens to be one of)
Good Poem! Very deep! A+ http://www.postsmile.com/img/emotions/222.gif

decent poem, but there are several problems with the meter

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What?! I've been reading Pope all afternoon!