Marshmallow on my Face
by LeahG
I was sitting in the living room with the windows open,
I could feel the cool breeze blowing by me.
I felt the urge to be outside,
I felt the urge to roast marshmallows.
My brother decided he wanted to come with me.
As we tromped through a dark maze of woods,
we found branch after branch,
the start to start our fire.
The flames burned high as we speared our
soft, white, sugary victims.
As they entered the flames,
their skin began to bubble, expand, and change color.
My brother’s marshmallow burst into flames!
His stick is suddenly being swung through the air.
“Swish, swish,” is all I hear as the stick goes flying past me.
Suffocating the flames was not working.
Whack. Burning Marshmallow, meet my forehead.
Hot gooey sugar bubbled on my face
as I started to scream.
Here comes mom to the rescue,
Dashing across the yard to save me.
Comments (25)
joek said
at 1:44 pm on Oct 1, 2010
Very descriptive good job
jamest said
at 1:45 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I like the way you describe cooking the marshmallows.
isabellas said
at 1:46 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I love the line "Burning Marshmallow, meet my forehead"
I can actually see this happening between you & your family.
lexif said
at 1:46 pm on Oct 1, 2010
This makes me hungry! I loved the line "as we speared our soft, white, sugary victims."
rileys said
at 1:47 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I like how you made the marshmellows as "sugary victims"
wyattg said
at 1:47 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I liked how you described that the marshmallows while they were getting burnt. And how it burst ed into flames.
amberk said
at 1:49 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I like how you described the reaction of your brother when his marshmallow was on fire because it created a good visual picture in my mind of his swinging the stick around and then the marshmallow getting on you.
carrieb said
at 1:49 pm on Oct 1, 2010
The way you describe the marshmallow in the beginning and how it changed through out the poem was very descriptive. Good Job!
matti said
at 1:49 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I liked the metaphor of the cooking marshmallows being sugary victims.
whitneys said
at 1:50 pm on Oct 1, 2010
Good moment to write about simple enough and sounds like you remember it perfectly.
lizf said
at 1:51 pm on Oct 1, 2010
Ouch, hot gooey sugar bubbled on my face, that gives a very good picture in my mind.
cassiew said
at 1:52 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I liked how you gave the marshmallow skin, it made it more visual for me when it started to burn.
jacobt said
at 1:54 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I like the way you make it sound like the marshmallows are their own beings
maxm said
at 1:54 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I like how you turned the marshmallows into people.
shannonj said
at 1:56 pm on Oct 1, 2010
Great job, very descriptive.
claya said
at 1:58 pm on Oct 1, 2010
It's great the way you explain the marshmallows.
kandisg said
at 2:05 pm on Oct 1, 2010
I laughed on the inside because I can see you and Colton doing this. Made me kinda hungry too! :)
alexo said
at 1:00 pm on Oct 4, 2010
marshmallows are friends. Not victims. Nice memory and exquisite choice of sincere adjectives.
morgant said
at 1:10 pm on Oct 4, 2010
awesome description of the marshmallow. nice job.
feliciag said
at 1:12 pm on Oct 4, 2010
Very descriptive
carmenc said
at 1:24 pm on Oct 4, 2010
good use of metaphors
samil said
at 1:25 pm on Oct 4, 2010
Great descriptions i could actually picture it.
heathert said
at 1:30 pm on Oct 4, 2010
very descriptive. i can picture this happening.
aleesag said
at 2:09 pm on Oct 4, 2010
good descriptive words! i felt like i was there with you!
Mrs. K. said
at 2:26 pm on Oct 4, 2010
The description in the middle and the end is great! I could totally see that marshmallow flying through the air to smack you in the forehead!
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