Portfolio in Creative Writing

                 Against    All -   Odds             In one kingdom, there are two classes, the rich and poor family. Leo had large coconut trees and rice fields, and he also had one lovely daughter named Josephine. Josephine is a beautiful and lovely girl, she has one dog named Alice, Alice is a small and light brown dog and it looks very attractive because of large ears and huge eyes, also Alice has the ability to fly and it is the things that Josephine admired. Leo is very strict with Josephine, he doesn't allow her to have a boyfriend and to meet a farmer, because he is always down all the farmers because he thinks that farmers are not educated and useless.           One day, Josephine and her dog come to their farm to visit her grandmother. While they were walking, she accidentally bumped into a guy on a street named Richard. Richard is a farmer, a bread ...

  " A   Simple Ball In A Fight" A ball in my hand, smooth and round, A simple ball, that l see in ground, If l tell to anyone, it makes it no sound, Yet a simple ball, smooth and round. When l woke up in the morning, a ball so soft, so light, It carries me to morning's bright. I came forward and l can sight, And it give a joy, morning until night. I grab the ball, and l feel I'm so tall, A huge ball reflecting me at all.  A ball has a power to make me special day and night, And it teach me to appreciate, the lose fight, In every part of our life, lose is important to have a good fight.  And that's a story of simple ball that so soft, so bright.

              " A Lovely Girl like In A Bay " It is my special day, Meeting a girl  like in a bay. My eyes start melting in a hallway, And following her steps in a good way. Hearing her voice make me special everyday Her gorgeous face sparkling in a hallway, And she speak like a lovely and tiny girl in a bay. Standing by my side, l don't know if I'm okay, Seeing her face make me dry anyway. Approaching her and say "hi" And I felt that l am so high. Meeting a girl like in a bay on a street, She so gorgeous, lovely and sweet. Going back to my home, And I feel that she's really my own.

  I   WANDERED  LONELY   AS  A  CLOUD    b y: William Wordsworth            The poem is entitled "l Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" written by William Wordsworth. His poem is a free verse that consisting of 4 stanzas, 23 lines with the rhyme scheme of A,B,A,B,A,A. The author's used different types of figurative speech to make the poem beautiful at the sound and also he used it to express of what he really need to convey to the reader. The speaker reflects on a moment when he encountered a field of golden daffodils swaying by a lake, and describing the flowers as a joyful and endless company that brought vitality to the scene. William Wordsworth used a simple language that emphasizes the universal connection between the nature and human spirit, and he portraying the nature as the central/inner life of a human.

The Coconut Poem            "The Coconut Poem" written by Jose Garcia Villa. He was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. Also, he awarded the National Artist of the Philippine title for literature in 1973 as well as the Guggenheim fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken. Jose Garcia Villa was born on August 5, 1908 and he died on February 1997 at the age of 88.           This poem used figure of speech which is simile because the author's compares the abundance of coconut with number of a woman in the world. This poem is not only focuses on the women's upper part body(breast), it focuses on the women's life, and l think the author's wrote this poem because he want to expressed and show to everyone the importance of every women in our life as they give birth to us. Moreover, as the author's said that "soon as the coconut will grow heavy and full: l shall pick one ...many ... " in this line the ...

                   HIGH    SCHOOL CRUSH           While Franco walked in the school hallway, he saw a beautiful girl singing at the ground of a mango tree and he felt that he was falling in love with this, because of a beautiful voice, dress and shining eyes like a diamond, there were no minutes that he didn't miss her. One day, he came to the flag pole and he suddenly saw this girl speaking loudly in front of a wider student and she was standing by Franco's side. He fell in love again because he saw a beautiful princess that he dreamed of. However, Monday morning in the cafeteria Franco was confessed with this girl but he is rejected by it. This girl was continuously going to the cafeteria to meet with her boyfriend, and Franco was hurt again. Franco continuously goes to the cafeteria even though his heart is broken. However, a month ago Franco was thankful for what happened in the past, ...

How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife           "How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife" is one of the famous story written by Manuel Estabillo Arquilla. He is an Ilocano, an English writer, he was born on June 17, 1911 and he died on August 30, 1944 at the age of 33. He was born in Barrio Naghebecan, Badang La Union. Manuel Estabillo Arquilla was known for his widely anthologized short stories entitled "How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife and other short stories", which won the first prize in the Commonwealth Literacy Contest year 1940.           This story is all about Leon who returned to their hometown at Barrio Naghebecan together with his wife named Maria. Maria is a city girl who is loved by Leon, she shows that she really loved Leon because she was willing to sacrifice to live in a province even though she's not used to it. At first Maria didn't have an idea of how she can survive in a rural area but, she still goes and mo...