Zach

Zach Lewis



My favorite color is bobcat blue. I love football, wrestling, and track. I am a junior at cambridge high school. I'm a pretty decent football player. You could compare me to this guy:

@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joNHwnqVcq8

Brandon brown sits behind me in poetry class. He's pretty funny and a senior. And probably my only friend in this class, besides everyone else in the class. Sawyer Leppla is in here too. He's a senior as well and much cooler than Brandon. He runs the class. Kyle Ritz and R.J. Endly are also in my class. They both play basketball with Brandon. Kyle is the best though.

Some of my favorite poems from my favorite poet, Shel Silverstein

 Early Bird

Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird And catch the worm for your breakfast plate. If you’re a bird, be an early early bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late.

 It's Dark In Here

I am writing these poems From inside a lion, And it’s rather dark in here. So please excuse the handwriting Which may not be too clear. But this afternoon by the lion’s cage I’m afraid I got too near. And I’m writing these lines From inside a lion, And it’s rather dark in here

<span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> A Light In The Attic

<span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">There’s a light on in the attic. <span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Though the house is dark and shuttered, <span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">I can see a flickerin’ flutter, <span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">And I know what it’s about. <span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">There’s a light on in the attic. <span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">I can see it from the outside, <span style="background-color: #f2e2c1; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">And I know you’re on the inside. . . lookin’ out

We studied two poets in class. My poets were William Butler Yeats and Shel Silverstein.



W. B. Yeats was a Irish poet. He was born in 1865 in Dublin Ireland. Although he was born in Dublin, Yeats spent most of his life in London, England. He attended art school until he dropped out to follow his passion for poetry. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in France on January 28, 1939.



Shel Silverstein, originally named Sheldon Allan Silverstein, was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and children's books author. He was born on September 25, 1930 in Chicago. He died May 8, 1999 in Key West Florida at the age of 68. Some of his notable works include "Where The Sidewalk Ends, A Light In The Attic and The Giving Tree. His poem "A boy named Sue" won a grammy, and was made popular by Johnny Cash. He was also nominated for and Oscar and a Golden Globe award for his song "I'm Checkin' Out" but didn't win. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2002.

Here are two poems that we wrote for poetry class. They are Diamonte Poems