Kayleigh+Gotts

I feel like I'm a pretty good writer. I haven't always liked to write -- in third and fourth grade, I hated writing and it was always the worst part of my day when we had to write stories and other assorted pieces that I always felt were pointless. I think I really started to enjoy writing when I found out that I have talent in that area. I was in probably seventh grade and I just remember my English teacher, Ms. Humphries, coming up to me in the hall and telling me that she really, really loved the way I wrote my essay on how I got my name. I felt pretty proud of myself at that point and after that, I focused on writing more than I ever had. The moment where I felt the proudest of my writing was when I won the award for Outstanding Senior Creative Writing at the fair this past year for the second year in a row.

__**Joseph Who Poem**__ Joseph who makes me laugh and asks if I need anything who is tools and motors who is four-wheelers and snowmobiles whose eyes are liquid diamonds is happy to go for a ride who tells me I'm cute who tells my mom that I'm funny whose dogs make me grin who used to play basketball is standing at his tool bench doesn't waste time taking things apart is cooking dinner who fastens my helmet strap is telling me to hold on tight who makes pizza from scratch is tickling my feet while I do homework asking if I'm okay who makes my day an adventure.