Having My Say

I'm quite passionate about tennis. Considering just how much I play a week, it'd be impossible not to care. One thing that bothers me about American tennis is that there is almost no great American tennis players at the moment. In the top 10 players only one American is in there, and he's about to be eliminated. Its frustrating because the best nation doesn't care for the 3rd most popular sport world wide.

There was a Child Went Forth

I think this poem relates to me by saying that a child is very influential at an early age. When I think about the past, I wonder how things would be different if I changed something, and realized that changing even some tiny thing in the past would greatly affect my present and future. Another thing this poem reminded me of was the famous quote "Show me your friends, and I will show you your future." This quote means that your friends make such an impact on your lives, they can "make you or break you."

Emilyies garden

I haven't told my garden yet --
Lest that should conquer me.
I haven't quite the strength now
To break it to the Bee --

I will not name it in the street
For shops would stare at me --
That one so shy -- so ignorant
Should have the face to die.

The hillsides must not know it --
Where I have rambled so --
Nor tell the loving forests
The day that I shall go --

Nor lisp it at the table --
Nor heedless by the way
Hint that within the Riddle
One will walk today --

In this poem she's trying to show her connection to her garden.

She was known to be a talented Gardner. 

That coupled with the fact that she was incredibly anti-social, it would make sence that she convey's her message of her death to her garden before anyone else.  

Trans vs. AntiTrans

I personally enjoy the writings of the Transcendentalist authors. They tend to seem more upbeat and in general more exciting to read. When we were reading the Anti-transcendentalist's works, I got the impression that Man in general shouldn't be trusted and that everyone was never being completely honest. Where as the Transcendentalists I felt life is beautiful and should be lived to its full potential instead of focusing on the negatives. This idea to me is inspiring and uplifting. My favored Transcendentalist would have to be Henry Thoreau.