Oliver+Dzierzewicz

__**I. Quote**__ "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know it is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know this is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?" - Emily Dickinson

__**II. Ode - Cost of Peace**__

What is the price of peace? To give something Is to get something back How much sacrifice Is worth the peace?

How much Pain would you give For the respect you deserve? How much Pain would you give For the peace everyone deserves? How much Sacrifice would you make?

Would you suffer For the world The people that you Don’t even know Anything about?

Would your life be worth Living until the end When all this pain and suffering Has gone through your body, Making you old and weak?


 * __III. "Praise" Poem__**

I remember my first fight in pre-school with some kid that was either really cranky or just a pure idiot and I think its the 2nd choice. Another typical day at pre-school at sometime in the morning when a kid was being very racist and making fun of my heritage in many ways. Everyone of the ids laughed at everything he said even when I started to cry. Finally he brought it on himself to turn it into something physical; poking me and pushing me so I grabbed him, knocking him over to the ground, bit him and hit him right in the face a couple of times. I have earned my respect but was it the right way?

__**IV. Riff off Poem**__

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough The true reason for life; unknown Joy is a virtue that can be earned Hard work being part of the job to get what you want

Applying to most things in life As you get no where in life without effort. How long will it take to get the ideal amount of joy? The right amount of fun will always be extended

Forever is composed of now's Finite to fail, but infinite to venture , Willpower something that is needed To get what you want in the end.

__**V. Sonnet Poem - "Home"**__

A place, somewhere someone can return to Abstract vision granting morality Hope, a virtue in everyone’s hard life Shadows thinking about you in their dreams

Power, turn thoughts into reality Remembrance, behold it thoughtfully Unpredictable, life’s stubborn actions Priority, time running out fast

Action, determining factor within Your home, awaiting your arrival back. Will the stars follow you around this time?