A Farewell: "Ode to the Blog"

The end of the year is finally here. Today is the day that most of us have been waiting for since the first day of school. After one entire year of sharing our thoughts on this (in)famous blog and now our time of sharing being over, it only seems appropriate to grieve the loss. As follows are two odes (in no particular order) to our dear blog. Please enjoy (but don't laugh too much)! :)

Part #1:

Well, it’s over, the year is done
But while it lasted, we had some fun
And of course we remember the good ol’ blog
After all, that was where it all had begun

Post after post, our thoughts spilled out
On the electronic coffeehouse where we all messed about
Now that it’s gone, what exactly will we do?
Go crazy and start ranting, without a doubt

We had arguments and fights, the great verbal war
Some of us treated them as a schoolwork chore
But I for one enjoyed going back and forth
In retrospect, I probably was a bit too hardcore.

Well, that’s why I wrote up this awful rhyme
I’m no poet, really it should be a crime
To go and post poetry so lacking and awful
But of course Farmer Brown’s poetry is sublime.

Part #2:

For one year, dear Blog, to you we've been tied
By the cord of our grades, for which we have strived
To earn a high mark by participating well
And working quite hard so Mr. Lazarow could tell
That we had earned good grades and therefore should see
"As" on our report cards instead of "Bs"
But, as he would tell us, it's not about the grade
For as we grow old and our memories fade
It's not important what we earned in his class
It's what we learned through discussion that will eternally last

From things such as comics to things such as doubt
We've discussed in some depth with hopes of figuring out,
"Why are we here?" and, "What is our purpose?"
After a year of discussing what we have learned is:
We all disagree but this is okay
Because now in an argument we know what our opponent would say

So, after one year of speaking our minds
We must say "farewell" and leave the blog behind
A wide world awaits for us to explore
And an array of opportunities for us to discuss more

We hope you all have a wonderful summer, and we shall see you next year (if not sooner).

Emily Thompson and Eric Wei