Poetry Month: Day 28 (by Zora)

I chose "Jabberwocky" because it fascinates me when a poet uses old slang and still can tell a poetic story. Also, the old words are very interesting to try and find the meaning of.

Jabberwocky
 'Twas brillig, in the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with it's head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish son!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig in the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Why Some People Think Christopher Columbus "Discovered" America (by Zora))

Some people think Christopher Columbus “discovered” America but he really didn’t.  One reason he didn’t is that native people were there for hundreds of years.  Another reason is people like Leif Eriksson sailed to America but just didn’t stop to make settlements.  I guess the reason of that is because the Europeans [the or Spanish] didn’t know about the New World [North America] and accepted Christopher Columbus as the “discoverer” who brought them aware that a continent was there.  Though it’s funny because the Europeans [or the Spanish] thought Christopher Columbus had just come across a much faster and safer way to sail to China.