Laura's+Tremendous+Tales

Hello again! Enough with the poetry, I'm posting a short story! I wrote this last year in Mrs. Herrstrom's class. Sometimes things happen that change our lives. Sometimes they're gradual, and sometimes the happen **__ Suddenly. __**

Suddenly in the headlights, there was a man. My foot instinctively jumped to the brakes, and the car halted after hitting him just hard enough to knock him to the ground. My life was changed forever. *****   The gift table was overflowing. Towels, picture frames, a coffee maker, dishes, and a rice cooker or two. It was nice to see so many people happy for me all at once. I watched them dancing an ﻿ d eating, having the best of times. My dress was absolutely beautiful. It fit perfectly, and it seemed to glow a little in the dim lights. It was simple and elegant, the dress of every girl's dreams. My mother was thrilled. Unable to hold still, she bustled about, busy greeting people, making introductions, cleaning a table here and there, re-cleaning the same table again, and entertaining the young ones. Her hair was permanently pushed away from her face from the constant breeze she created with her super-human scurrying. She was simply radiant with joyful luminescence. My father was quiet but excited, taking it all in. Once in a while he sat to play the piano for a couple of tunes while people gathered around to listen. He was wearing a tux for the first time in my memory, but when I asked him he said he used to wear them playing music all the time. I caught his smile from across the room and marveled at the sparkling joy that lit up his eyes. All of my family was there, and most of my friends. I tried to recall a time when I had been happier than I was right then. After a while I gave up. There was no other time. Only a few years ago, I had been living a happy life with just as many family members and friends, but I had still felt lonely. But as I gazed down at the sparkling diamond on my left hand, I remembered how it had all started. The new happy. The happy with no lonely. *****    "Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" I asked. "Oh yeah, I'm fine," he said. "You barely hit me." I had been happy but alone, when suddenly in the headlights, there was a man. My life was changed forever. - laura martin

Hey there! Here's a poem about my favorite piece of classical music, if you want to hear the piece, this is a good recording to go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lkBfb7qKCI enjoy! -Laura

Rhapsody in Blue All is silent. Then yawning, just awakening, The trumpet greets the coming day. Miss clarinet must put her two cents in. The sounds connect, bouncing off each other. Snowballing, building. The crescendo peaks, the piano sings. The day has at last begun. Speed increases, building, building. The piano cries its rapid notes. The flutes jump in and out, Their fleecy sound rejoicing. The strings enter, Joining the song. The cymbals crash! The trombones roar! The cello's vibrant sound Colors the violin's canvas. The big finish has come, The final peak. The piano pounds, Then trumpets scream, Miss clarinet cries. Then all is silent once again. - laura martin

I wrote this last year in Mrs. Herrstrom's class. In case anyone didn't know- and it seems like a good amount of people do- this is **__H____ow to Break My Heart.__**

I am strong. Don't even try. I am true to myself. It cannot break. Don't even try.

You can't beat me. I am proud. I hold my head up. I fight for myself. I am proud.

There's only way way, To break my heart. And you can't do it. You can't, You won't.

Yell at me, hate me, You still won't break me. But take my love, And throw it away, An you will break my heart.  - laura martin