"A man (or woman) is known by the company he keeps."
1. Write about the quote above.
2. Write about a time when you were judged unfairly because of your friends.
2. Write about a time when your friends helped you out.
2. Write about a time when you were judged unfairly because of your friends.
2. Write about a time when your friends helped you out.
A Vanished Friend
Around the corner I have a friend
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend's face,
For life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine. We - we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men -
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired with trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim,
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes - and tomorrow goes,
And the distance between us grows and grows,
Around the corner! - yet miles away . . .
"Here's a telegram, sir" . . . "Jim died today!"
And that's what we get, and deserve in the end -
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend's face,
For life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine. We - we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men -
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired with trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim,
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes - and tomorrow goes,
And the distance between us grows and grows,
Around the corner! - yet miles away . . .
"Here's a telegram, sir" . . . "Jim died today!"
And that's what we get, and deserve in the end -
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Finally, Take a minute to think about everything you have written and the poem you just read. Now write a paragraph that starts with the phrase "All of this makes me wonder."