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Friday, August 14, 2020

Following gold

Hi, guys welcome back to my blog.  Today for reading we were reading a poem about gold mining. Our teacher gave us a poem and we need to write something to say was the poem was trying to tell us. Here are the poem and my writing.

I think the poem is trying to tell us the gold is hard to find. It is like guessing the right place to look for it. The poem is telling you that the river offers you clues to look for the best spot for gold. If you do not find gold the first time keep looking. I think he was hopeful of finding gold.  think he was lonly

 I left my home for a new story,

my heart heavy with questions.

What is the chance and what is fate? What fortune

lies in rivers in slumbering wait?

No map brought me here – just tales

gilded in promises. I am

a rival among strangers, determined to turn

the earth inside out until my luck has changed.

I follow gold. Sometimes I am lucky

and meet its gaze and hold it close.

I am looking for a future, for my own

share of the light. The river offers few clues.

This is how you learn to walk alone.

This is how you write your story.




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