Monolouges

Since we're doing monologues in English I thought I'd post a one of my own. I wrote this last year for this year's individual speech competition. Post your own too! Dear Mike, There's so much I want to say. So many feelings that can't be quantified with words on a page. I want to thank you so much for everything that you've done for me. All the times you've helped me and all the laughs we've shared. Words can only hold so much fondness before they're lost. Letters form words like "love" and "heart". Yet they can't form all the inside jokes, smiles, and experiences that have shaped our friendship.I can only say "thanks". Thanks seems like the most appropriate term to use in a situation like ours. You have been a mentor, assistant, and most of all a friend. Your guidance and hope is so amazing. I can only say thanks. I want to wish you the best of luck as you go out into the world. The best of everything. You deserve it. You deserve so much. You have been the person to bring a smile to my face on days there was none. I hear you laugh in math class and I laugh too. I don't care how foolish I look when it comes to you. What I mean to say is the world doesn't matter when I see you. You make me feel young, you make me feel timeless. The world stops. I guess what I mean to say is you mean more that thanks. It's been said before by many scholars and men of knowledge, but I can sat it in its purest form. I love you. I have not had the courage to say this to you but, I love you. Those are the fabled words that have been lost and found. Time has brought new and different meanings to it and yet it stays the same. Maybe that's because these feelings are shared by the world. I hope that's true. It wouldn't matter if that's true, only if one thing is. That you share this love too. Time moves quickly and you will be leaving soon. Even if you don't love me, love someone. Share the person I know with someone special.You're at a crossroads in your life, I wish you good luck and happiness in all of your endeavors. So as you leave know one thing. You are loved. You're loving friend, Susan. -Kathleen Embrey
 * Not another love letter**

I imagined this as a girl reading a letter, and at the end she folds the letter.

This is Mrs. O--My favorite line here: "So many feelings can't be quantified on a page" --that's lovely :)

Hey Kathleen its Laura- This is really great. Really really great. I love it. I could hear your voice reading this :) Can we write our own monologue for Thes Fest? Because if we can, you should teach me how to write something like this. :) nice job.

For Thes Fest you have to choose a published piece. Here's the address for the monologue forms. http://www.iowathespians.org/festival/pdfs/2010_IEmonologuecritique.pdf (P.S. purple is fun!!) -kathleen