We met online. His profile picture really showed off his beautiful eyes. I don’t usually like to make the first move, but with this guy, I just couldn’t resist. I picked up my phone and nervously dialed the number. Would he still be available? I figured a cute guy like this would already be taken.

A friendly voice answered the phone, and I asked if we could meet in person. He was available that very night for a visit, so I quickly agreed and grabbed my keys and purse. I didn’t even take time to put on lipstick.

When I got there, another woman was already with him. I felt a pang. Was I too late? Were they connecting? I peered through the window to try and assess the situation. She seemed friendly enough, but did she want a long term relationship like I did? As she got up to leave, I quickly turned away and pretended to look at a picture on the wall. I didn’t want her to know that I was interested in the same guy, but as soon she left the room, I went it and took her place across from the beautiful brown eyed boy.

As I sat down, the puppy came right over and put his wet nose on my knee. I picked him up and he snuggled down into my lap. His black fur was so soft, and his liquid brown eyes looked right into my soul. It was love at first sight, and I knew he would be mine.

June 2 Quote: Anne McCaffrey

“Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words

to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.” — Anne McCaffrey

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJyiQy9gqQ&feature=youtu.be

WIKI: Anne Inez McCaffrey (April 1, 1926 –Nov. 21, 2011) was an American-born writer who emigrated to Ireland and was best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. Early in McCaffrey’s 46-year career as a writer, she became the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award. Her 1978 novel “The White Dragon” became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Published June 2, 2019

“Quotes of the Day ” for May:

https://theprose.com/post/276702/insight-for-writing

My daughter Rachel was born in 1979. Dad got to hold her when we moved to Tampa. Didn’t take a photo that day. Why bother? We’d have years to do that. But we didn't. Dad died a few weeks later. I'd give almost anything to go back and get that picture.

Why tell you this? Great question.

I’m a private person. Retired. Don’t leave the house much. (Doctor’s appointments. Birthday parties. That’s about it.)

About five years ago I started piddlin’ with poetry. Enjoyed it. Three years ago I stumbled across The Prose. My second posting (first poem) was “Baseball Haiku.”

The ball is round.

The field is big.

Randomness.

It’s a sad little poem. Just nine words. Never got a like. Never got a share. Never got a comment. … Sad, sad, sad.

But back to my point.

I’d like to leave a legacy for my family and friends. Just a few crumbs. Nothing fancy. Having someone read my poems would be nice. But that probably won’t happen.

What to do . . . what to do.

That’s why I’m recording my poems. They’re crumbs—crumbs along the path of life.

Do I think anybody will watch them all?

Nope.

Do I think a friend or two might watch a poem or two?

Maybe.

That’s why I’m puttin’ ’em on YouTube.

What about you? Imagine someone watching you read your poems. (Even just one. Even just once.) Imagine that.

“Ah, Jim. I’m so busy. Plus, that sounds like a lot of work. Technical work. Geeky. Nerdy. Boring. Mebbe next year. Or the year after that.”

Or maybe never.

My daughter Rachel has her own kids now. Love ’em. My other grandkids as well. Hopin’ to see each one grow up. But one day I’ll not be around. Gone. “Poof.”

I’d like to think that my grandkids—and even their kids—will one day ask about Pops.

“What was he like? Was he funny? Was he mean? Would I have liked him?”

Great questions they can answer by punching j.s.lamb into the YouTube search bar. Watch a poem or two. Decide for themselves.

Wouldn’t you like your family and friends to do that?

Sure you would . . . Get started today.

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LINK: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJqNYnzrJ5PhZfIHIrdqpsA

Justin York

Mr. Felt

English 8

5/15/19

Motion in the Ocean

Ocean Exploration has impacted this universe in many ways. Learning about the ocean had brought us to many new things, but citizens still have many thing they still have to learn about ocean exploration.

Ocean researchers have only learned about ten percent of the ocean ever. There is still many fish that have not been discovered about in the ocean. There have been increasing species of fish but many are also going extinct. Some of the fish that researchers have just found a new species of fish called Aphyosemion cyanoflavum It is a blue and gold killifish. This fish was just found in 2018 and are still doing research on it. They found these fishes in streams, Basins and other bodies of water. This fish will most likely become a fish that will be an a aquarium.

The oceans are being polluted right now and people have been doing a really good job by making videos on how the oceans have changed, also the fish are lowering in population because of these waters and it is not healthy for any of the animals. Humans are expanding in this worlds and many fish are being eaten and this makes sense but, the fish species is lowing pretty fast and soon a lot of fish will start going extinct. Some of the fish that may be going extinct are the Atlantic Cod, Sea Bass, Skate fish, Haddock, Orange Roughy, and many more to still come. These fish alone are going extinct just because they are getting eaten by other fish or eaten by us, but pollution is not helping this cause and there is many ways to fix it. There is many simple way to help save the ocean such as reducing the amount of plastic bottles or products that citizens use. They could also stop pollution in the oceans is by picking up trash that lays on the beaches near us. There is many ways he can help stop pollution is to pick up trash on the beaches but they can not do it all by ourselves everyone has to work together to make this a thing that all of the citizens can volunteer for, or if you just want the oceans to be clean you could help.

In the 1960 and still today Americans have put most of our money into space exploration and they have gotten some good research out of all of Space Exploration, but imaging what would happen if they could so Ocean Exploration and Space Exploration, they would learn so much new species of animals and many new things about what lives deep in the oceans. So this is what this is about how Americans can do space exploration and ocean exploration and discover things that they may have not ever excited before. Space exploration has been very effective in our science research since the 1960. They also have put in a lot of money into that research. The money they have put in since 1960 is 200 billion dollars. They could use a half of that money just to learn about deep in the ocean. They could as just use a quarter of that money to make a contraption to see what is happening down there. This is just a guess on what all of us could do if our Ocean Exploration and our Space exploration worked together to make a huge difference in this society.

These are the ways that ocean exploration can change the society if all of us just have all get everyone into it. We will need people to help with pollution in the oceans.

Work cited

Mecklemann, Sebastian. “10 Things You Can Do to Save the Ocean” National Geographic. April 27, 2010 Web.

Cousteau, Philippe. “Why Ocean Exploration is Mankind’s Next Giant Leap”. California Collections Book. 2017

Shaw, Hank. “Don't Eat Endangered Fish and Seafood”. The Spruce. February 17, 2017.

Ho, Leonard. “Ringing in the new year with the first new fish species of 2018” Advanced Aquarist. January 4, 2018.

I only lied to protect you,

And those star-lit eyes of yours,

They are the deepest blue,

And never want to hurt you,

And those star-lit eyes of yours.

When you cry, they shine bright blue,

And I hate those tears of yours.

I never meant to hurt you,

But you keep asking questions,

Giving me those uncertain looks,

With those star-lit eyes of yours.

They haunt me in my dreams,

But I’m only human, and I lie.

I’m only human,

But those alien eyes of yours...

And you keep asking questions,

Giving me the most certain looks,

With those star-lit eyes of yours.

I see you crying, and I swear to you,

But I can't stop lying,

And I'm trying to hide,

From those star-lit eyes of yours.

The way I write

Is a real reflection

Of the way I view life.

There's no language

To hide the words

That I'm saying.

There's no hidden meanings

Or questions

Within my own writings.

Except for the ones

That are actual questions.

I don't try to hide

Behind my words,

Instead I let my words

Talk for me.

Because I'm not that important,

But my words are.

I'm allowed to have an opinion.

I'm allowed to have my own say.

And within my style,

I don't hold back what I think.

I just let my mind

(And fingers)

Fly.

I want people to read my stories and I want their lives to be different because of them. I want them to close the book after reading the last page and just sit there, thinking like we all've done before with a really good book. I want people to know why I write, I want people to feel my emotions through words printed out on a peice of paper. I want people to know that, no matter what, I will always write from my heart. I chose Famewriter because it's my dream. That my name will one day be on the New York Times Bestseller. That people will want to be able to be submerged in my books for hours and not really care about what's going on around them in reality. I want people to get lost in the same thoughts I get lost in. I want to spread my dream to other young writers. I want people to know that even if they feel like their voice can't be heard above the rucus of reality, they can always find a way to be heard through writing. That's why I chose Famewriter.