Any book lovers out there? Winter vacations will be coming soon and I'm wondering what new books to read. I'm already on Eid vacations so I'm free for a week. Somebody please post a comment and recommend some books. It'll help me make a reading list and probably know about some great writers I never heard of before.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Autumn
Autumn
Winter will Autumn greet,
For the last dance the trees will meet
They change their leaves from green to brown,
To red and yellow and gold
They will dance in the gentle breeze
All will shake and hop and flutter
The leaves will rustle and mutter
Enjoying themselves are the trees
The bird minstrels shall sing
The lovely dryads are dancing, dancing,
Dancing are the trees
Making merry in the festivities
The grasshoppers shall play the harp,
The birds shall play the flute,
The trees shall dance and shake themselves,
Even though they are mute
But right before the autumn ends,
the trees take off their clothes
And the grasshoppers, they go to sleep
The birds do stop their songs,
They all get ready to fly away,
On wings so strong and fleet,
Eyes bright, and
Heads down against the cold
When winter comes,
The drowsy trees, tired with all their dancing,
He covers with a soft blanket of snow,
And the snowflakes softly, lovingly, kiss them
goodnight.
(Note: this was meant to be a free verse poem but I have added some rhyming words as well. I think it could do better with some rearranging and some deleting of some lines (probably unnecessary, but they're all necessary to me). Give me some feedback, tell me your ideas, and I will (probably) fix or change my poem)
Sunday, September 8, 2013
I sit alone. I am reading a book. It is a good book, interesting. But my mind wanders.
Again. I think of the story and wonder what it would be like to travel all over the world. To have an adventure. Just thinking about it makes me want to do it.
Now. I sigh. It's no use.
I put down the book and space out into a little daydream. I think about adventure and magic and the best stories I've read. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and stories of Oz and the adventures of a bunch of normal kids. Not that Harry and Percy are normal, that is. I think of the writers, L. Frank Baum, Roald Dahl, C.S Lewis, Enid Blyton, Rick Riordan, J.K Rowling, famous, but normal people, all of them. They had creativity, and some of 'em had madness.
Oh, that reminds me of Lewis Carroll. I want to be a writer too. I go mad (not the good way) if I don't have a book. Well, you just wait. I'll be famous, I will. I am writing stories, but they make me feel like a kid wrote them.
Then I think about my cousins. (My train of thought is weird)
Then about PRANK (PRactical joke Association Never to be Kaptured).
I want to talk to them, or write a letter, cause they all live far away. Mahnoor and Laraib and Laiba are in Quetta. Izma is in Canada. Aliza's back at home. And I'm stuck here. I have an irresistible urge to talk to them. Indeed something faster than a letter. Thank goodness for advanced communication. Emails, the telephone, it's easy. I email them. All four. Plus a couple others. I don't know what to write so I type in "don't you wish......". Some writer I am. But I get replies straight away. 'I wish I had something to do' 'I wish I could travel the world' 'I wish I got first position' 'I wish my mother wouldn't put my socks where I can't find them' 'I wish my beard was made of green spinach'. I type back 'you don't have a beard silly!' Soon somehow or other we're all emailing each other. I type 'I wish we could have an adventure' to Mahnoor. But the weird thing is, I got a couple of messages from Hazo and Zeby saying exactly the same thing. Then Izma, and soon we were all wishing for it. I felt like they were all there, I front of me, saying it. It got louder and louder in my head. I clutched the desk, trying to steady myself. My vision was fuzzy. Did I have a fever? Was I sick? But the chanting got even louder, overwhelming me, making me cover my ears in desperation. I was in a huge stadium, fans chanting. Was this in my head or was it really happening? I couldn't tell. They weren't saying anything I could understand, and their chanting was making me collapse. It was too loud for me. I heard a nice voice say 'now dearie, are you sure that's what you want?' I couldn't see the person who said it, but I answered, 'what?'
Then I fell, and my vision went black.
Again. I think of the story and wonder what it would be like to travel all over the world. To have an adventure. Just thinking about it makes me want to do it.
Now. I sigh. It's no use.
I put down the book and space out into a little daydream. I think about adventure and magic and the best stories I've read. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and stories of Oz and the adventures of a bunch of normal kids. Not that Harry and Percy are normal, that is. I think of the writers, L. Frank Baum, Roald Dahl, C.S Lewis, Enid Blyton, Rick Riordan, J.K Rowling, famous, but normal people, all of them. They had creativity, and some of 'em had madness.
Oh, that reminds me of Lewis Carroll. I want to be a writer too. I go mad (not the good way) if I don't have a book. Well, you just wait. I'll be famous, I will. I am writing stories, but they make me feel like a kid wrote them.
Then I think about my cousins. (My train of thought is weird)
Then about PRANK (PRactical joke Association Never to be Kaptured).
I want to talk to them, or write a letter, cause they all live far away. Mahnoor and Laraib and Laiba are in Quetta. Izma is in Canada. Aliza's back at home. And I'm stuck here. I have an irresistible urge to talk to them. Indeed something faster than a letter. Thank goodness for advanced communication. Emails, the telephone, it's easy. I email them. All four. Plus a couple others. I don't know what to write so I type in "don't you wish......". Some writer I am. But I get replies straight away. 'I wish I had something to do' 'I wish I could travel the world' 'I wish I got first position' 'I wish my mother wouldn't put my socks where I can't find them' 'I wish my beard was made of green spinach'. I type back 'you don't have a beard silly!' Soon somehow or other we're all emailing each other. I type 'I wish we could have an adventure' to Mahnoor. But the weird thing is, I got a couple of messages from Hazo and Zeby saying exactly the same thing. Then Izma, and soon we were all wishing for it. I felt like they were all there, I front of me, saying it. It got louder and louder in my head. I clutched the desk, trying to steady myself. My vision was fuzzy. Did I have a fever? Was I sick? But the chanting got even louder, overwhelming me, making me cover my ears in desperation. I was in a huge stadium, fans chanting. Was this in my head or was it really happening? I couldn't tell. They weren't saying anything I could understand, and their chanting was making me collapse. It was too loud for me. I heard a nice voice say 'now dearie, are you sure that's what you want?' I couldn't see the person who said it, but I answered, 'what?'
Then I fell, and my vision went black.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Note to readers
Dear
readers, I need a few pranks to play on somebody. If you have any ideas, please
write them down. I seriously would appreciate it. Not ‘cause I’m being disturbed very much and I’m desperate for something, but
I’ve got a really super swizzling and extremely secret idea! (Swizzling isn’t a
word and it sounds like swindling, but actually I’m using it to convey how
excited I am over my idea) But I’m not telling you. Just ask. I still won’t
tell you! But do write a comment and wish me luck! (My project involves my
cousin too).
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Note : New story
Dear readers, I hope you liked my story because I am NEVER
gonna update it! I will stop it altogether because I am evil! Mwahahahahaaaaaa!
(I’m just kidding, I’m not evil. I’m just too lazy. Tee hee. Please forgive me). Below is another story. (Don't worry, it's completed)
Annabelle Mae’s Day
Annabelle Mae was
walking on the wet foot path. It had been raining and she had her umbrella
tucked under her arm. She had been invited to a party by one of her friends and
she didn’t want to be late. Her footsteps went tap tap tap on the hard pavement. There was a strong wind blowing
above her head. She tried to shield it from the wind. Why, her hat was almost
blowing off!
Then suddenly, a
great gust of wind blew right into Annabelle Mae and opened her umbrella! (I
can’t describe it very well but I hope you understand). Annabelle Mae tugged at
the umbrella and tried to close it but the wind was too strong for her. It
pushed harder and suddenly, Annabelle Mae found herself in the air. I mean
really in the air. She was held up by the wind under her umbrella. She held on
to it for dear life. “Help!” she shouted, “Help!” But nobody heard her. The
wind floated her gently along and soon she grew used to it. She even began to
enjoy it a little. She floated over people but they were so busy, they hardly
noticed her. She saw a small boy shopping with his mother. He was crying about
something and she was trying to quiten him. “I wonder what’s wrong?” thought
Annabelle Mae “I know! I’ll wave to him!” (I honestly don’t know why or how she
thought this would cheer him up) The boy pouted and looked at the sky, away
from his mother. Annabelle Mae saw her chance. She waved at him. The boy first
looked a bit scared, then rubbed his eyes and looked again. He suddenly started
shouting and tugging at his mother’s skirt. ‘Look! Look!’ he shouted. ‘Now
what?’ his mother wondered out loud. ‘Look up!’ the boy shouted. She looked up
at Annabelle Mae and dropped her shopping bags in surprise. She gazed open -
mouthed at the girl flying in the air held up by her umbrella. ‘Hello!’ waved
Annabelle Mae. The mother looked at her son in disbelief. She couldn’t say a
word. She looked so bewildered, poor thing that Annabelle Mae started to worry.
The boy tried to quite his mother. ‘Don’t worry,’ he said gently. By that time
Annabelle Mae had floated away. She began to worry about the time. ‘Oh dear, I
shall be late!’ she cried, just like the white rabbit in “Alice in Wonderland”.
(She worries a lot doesn’t she?) By now the sun was going down and Annabelle
Mae was getting bored. She wondered when she would get down. She got rather
angry and began to have a tantrum. She kicked her legs up and down but even
that didn’t satisfy her anger. She kicked harder. The wind had lessened considerably
by that time and Annabelle Mae felt herself plummet downwards some distance
then stop, still hovering. She got to thinking. Hmmm, if the wind has gotten
lesser, then I can push with all my weight and probably reach the ground. That
is, if the wind goes on getting weaker. She tried her idea and pushed with all
the heaviness she could muster. Her face was red and purple she was trying so
hard. The wind suddenly dropped. Annabelle Mae got closer to the ground. Now
she didn’t need to push anymore because the wind was dropping gently and
steadily. She was coming downwards very gently and slowly enough for her to
enjoy it. She was coming down just like a leaf in the wind. Her feet touched
the ground and she stopped. Annabelle Mae took a look around. The place looked
sort of familiar………………
It was the place she had been seeking. It was
the place that was far away. She boldly walked up to the door and rang the
bell. A girl with black hair opened the door. She broke into a grin when she
saw Annabelle Mae. ‘Well you’re early!’
*
When Annabelle Mae
was seated comfortably inside, hat and coat on a peg, she told her story. Her
friend thought she must have a fever, but when she found out that that wasn’t
the case at all, all she could say was, ‘You’re making it up’ incredulously.
Annabelle Mae enjoyed herself a lot at the party. She was just walking out the
door with her friend when a small boy came out of his house and started
watering his plants. (They saw him through the wooden fence). Her friend
stopped. ‘Why don’t you meet my neighbor?’ She introduced Jimmy (the boy) to
Annabelle Mae. He just stared at her and pointed. ‘It’s rude to point!’ his
neighbor said. ‘No, it’s okay he’s seen me before’, Annabelle Mae laughed. He
told how he had seen her flying away with her umbrella. ‘You were the boy with
his mother’. ‘Yes’ they told the story together and Annabelle Mae’s friend
finally believed her. ‘Though not completely’ she said. Annabelle Mae just
laughed and took the bus home. The next day she came on the news. Somebody had
taken a video of her flying about. Annabelle Mae got a call, ‘You’re on the
news!’
Monday, March 5, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
The beautiful mountain scenery
The beautiful mountain scenery
Aleea Abbas
This beautiful mountain
scenery
Is beautiful beyond
belief
From Hunza you can see
The sun is rising, from
behind the peaks
In the pale
morning light
They slowly begin to
shine
In the golden dawn of a
new day
“Why, I always love to be
In that bed of mine
Watching this terrific
sight”
My grandfather tells me
And I think that I might,
too
Be awake before the sun
comes up
And see.
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