National Poetry Month Day 8: Personification Inspired by Amy LV I am really not sure where the idea for this poem came from. It sort of just poured out of me and even rhymed as it did. Enjoy.
Holes by Louis Sachar Publication Date: September 2, 2000 Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending…