What i Think About ´´A Sonnet For Stephan´´

It’s safe to say we´ve all lost someone or something very important to us, but no matter what we will never forget about it. i feel like this is what this poem is mainly about. This sonnet tells the story of a young boy who was like a son to him who turned into a strong young man. Went to a very good school and was building a very strong future for himself. But there was one thing that stood in his way...sickness. The person who wrote this probably felt deeply about this person and was greatly affected by his death. So he wrote this poem as a way of saying good bye.

In the first stanza it says ¨ I see a little boy of four or five whose face lights up whenever we would play Who made me feel it’s great to be alive and wish that time would never tick away¨

This is stating that he was really attached to Stephan, and it made him feel new and good. It made his life seem like it couldn´t get any better. And I can relate to that. Sometimes when I’m with my family and friends and I’m having such a good time I never want it to end. I remember when I was in Costa Rica and we were surfing and we would catch huge waves laugh and have a good time I never wanted it to end. That’s how I think the author felt when he was with Stephan.

I also think this was a way of the author saying goodbye because of all the effort and emotion put into the sonnet. I fell like the author chose the most meaningful words and put them together in a way that really touched hearts of many people. From the looks of it he wanted everyone to know how he felt about Stephan and how important he was. One part that really stood out to me was the last lines that read “The boy, The youth, The man are each now gone

Except in that in my heart they linger on”

Those lines were extraordinarily powerful that meant allot to him and the people who read it.

Overall this was a very honest poem about how the author had a strong connection with Stephan and how he misses’s him. One message passed on from the sonnet is that true things or people can never really be lost and will always be a part of you. 

My Sonnet

The Lake

By Gabriel Cano-Garraway

Shall I compare its beauty to the moon?

While healthy it’s filled with joy, love and life

Its home to the magical bird the loon

Animals swim in it cause it feels nice

It cools those who need a re-freshening brake

It’s as large as a field of open land

Most people today know this as a lake

But as if now, it looks like a wasteland

 It can only take so much pollution

The water is now contaminated

We must soon come to a quick solution

 Before our water is terminated

Before a magical beauty is gone

We cannot destroy what truly belongs

Poems; The Goldfish

The Giant Gold Fish
 By Gabriel Cano-Garraway
I sense danger near
We must move quickly or else
The giant goldfish



It Glows
By Gabriel Cano-Garraway
It glows with power
mending the waves beneath it
Strikes fear in many


the goldfish
By Gabriel Cano-Garraway
It roams freely swimming about the open sea
swallowing the hearts of many
makes them tremble with fear

bright as the sun
dark as coal
mythical like the stars

The goldfish that glows
the goldfish that strikes fear
the goldfish that is swims

Paul Klee

This painting called 'The Goldfish' is by Paul Klee( pronounced Klay). Paul Klee is a famous painter who was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1879. Paul Klee loved to use many different colors for his paintings. He was inspired by lots of his collage mates. They loved to use many different colors that you would not normally use for what they were painting. They would use green to paint a cow or purple to paint milk. This had a great impact on Paul Klee's art work. One thing that lots of people don't know about Paul Klee is that he was also a very talented musician. He had a choice either pursue music or art and he chose to stick with art. Even thou many of his painting were very colorful it was noticed that as Paul Klee aged his paintings became more gloomy and dark as said in the biography 'Paul Klee' by Mike Veneza.

The painting 'The Goldfish' is very unique. It’s actually not even painted. It was created with oil and water on cardboard! This piece of art work has many different shapes. The plants on the sea floor are made up of lots of lines and they are all blue. Another thing that I've noticed about this is that in a way it looks like something a little kid would draw. It’s all so simple. The fish are pretty much just ovals with fins and eyes. The water is also just squiggly lines, but what impressed me the most about this picture is how the colors pop out so much. The colors seem to be glowing especially since the back ground is a dark color. I also like how the gold fish in the middle has very unique fins. its like spikes are poking out from its back. The fish is also a mix of gold and red. I like the specification of where the colors are placed. It seems that only the eyes, Fins and tail are red while the rest remains gold.

I think this is one of those pieces of art that doesn't necessarily have a deeper meaning. I feel like this painting is just majestic. It was just meant to be made to wow people who see it. But it seems that the more I look at this piece the more I see what the scene is. It looks like all the fish around the corners are swimming away from the big gold fish. You can see the ripples as well. It’s like the gold fish is superior and the smaller fish are afraid of it. I also think the goldfish in the middle is glowing with some sort of light or power inside of it but yet it still doesn’t light up the water.

Overall I really liked this painting. It’s really majestic and looks ancient. I feel like Paul Klee is a very unique artist with a different style then most other artists.