Polka

Mongkut’s Modern Mission “Getting to know you…” Many people might know this famous song from Rodger and Hammerstein’s Tony award winning Broadway musical The King and I. This musical follows Anna Leonowens, a Western school teacher, to Bangkok, Siam, modern day Thailand. She becomes the governess to King Rama IV of Bangkok’s, more commonly known as King Mongkut,children. She was hired to teach his multitude of children in the Western way and also advised the king on trades and other affairs with…

Stand Out! Hi, you just started reading and I’m going to tell you that this is not like every other bully story. Well ,it starts like every day: I put my colorful socks, my polka dot dress, and my mom yells my name, “Carline get down here!” I rush out the door to get to the bus stop. My friend Maya was waiting for me impatiently, but of course, Guess who is also there? Cassie, the sassiest of all the girls in my 6th grade classes. She…

tinkering and asked mark to call a tow truck. After about 30 minutes and a few necessary adjustments, Josie recognized the rattling of a tow truck advancing. As the man approached the car, he glanced over quickly at Josie, in her bright pink dress and polka dot heels and smiled. He nodded a brief…

Magic City was written with the purpose of explaining a black boy’s coming of age and trying to understand the world around him, while growing up in 1950s Louisiana. In each poem Yusef Komunakaa shows the reader snapshots of the narrator’s life and the steps of losing innocence while becoming an adult. He does an excellent job of creating a childlike honesty through out the book. The author creates such brilliant poems that unite to make a holistic view of a young boys’ life. Komunyakaa uses…

Things were already troubling for my dad and my mom before I was born; my dad was in and out of jail, he has done many things he is not proud of to this very day and my mom got pregnant at an early age. After they overcame all their difficulties in their lives, I was born and everything went downhill from there for the whole family. I am not saying my birth was the cause of the troubling life that everyone had lived. It is not my fault I was unwanted, abused, unloved, and emotionally damaged by…

“Do you remember coming to America grandma?” I replied, “Just like yesterday, Clarice”. It seems just like yesterday.. It was one frigid morning in Rome, Italy. November 19, 1893 to be exact. Your great aunt Natala and I decided that we would walk a few blocks down the street, to a little coffee shop at the corner of the street that or house was on and have coffee and a pastry because it was my eleventh birthday. That day, my sister thought she would treat me for breakfast that morning. The…

rode my bike there every single day after school. By Thursday I was more than ready for my lesson. Thursday morning came and I was so excited I hadn't told anyone about my skating. I put on my favorite shirt which was bright pink with neon green polka dots all over paired with my favorite pair of of blue ripped at the knee jeans. I also put my hair into two braids that my grandma taught me how to do after one of our silent dinners of me talking about how cool this girls hair was in my class.…

As I looked out of the wet, speckled window pane of my grandparents old house, I noticed the gutters were bursting at the seams with rain water, and grabbed a pack of cigarettes from a nearby table. Suddenly, a flash of lightening lit up the dark, southern sky of Jamestown, Tennessee, and the instant vibration of thunder felt like an earthquake under my feet. I shivered watching the electrical, rain storm take over like a fiery beast this early, fall afternoon, and pulled my last cigarette…

Ten: Bedlam in Berlin The silence in the basement was disrupted by air raid sirens which roared out in the distance. Anna gritted her teeth and rehearsed acting brave and Willy sat still, not wanting to move. They could hear the deafening bombs being dropped from planes overhead and carpeting the city. The air in the basement became thick, and they, both began to cough and gasp for air. Miss Margot and Miss Muller rushed into the tiny room and frantically handed them their shoes and shouted, "We…

started. I turned the music on low so I could hear if Lyric called me and got ready to sweat. I was done and sweaty after thirty minutes my butt has gotten so outta shape. I showered and threw on some white booty shorts by PINK, my pink and white polka dot knee high socks, and a matching tank that stopped right above my navel, I wanted to be super comfortable because I was kicking it with my day one today, mommy/daughter day was gonna be in full effect. I made cheese toast and bacon, Lyric’s…