Ordinary Alphabet: Poems by an Ordinary Girl

The Ordinary Alphabet

Poems by an ordinary girl

Michelle McNair

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Contents

Number One

A (130) Hundred Reasons Why I Love You

A Christmas Poem

A Dozen Roses

A English Teacher Who Wasn’t Good At English

A Fathers Love

A Love Story

A Man’s Life

A Mothers Love

A New Beginning

A Poem A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

A Sweet Adventure

A Walk Down The Street

A Woman’s Life

African American

All I Wanted To Do Is Follow My Dream

All My Life

Already Gone

Always and Forever

Always My Fault

An Ordinary Day

Animals

At The Bus Stop

At The Hospital

Aunt Johnny Mae Two

Aunt Johnny Mae

Aunt Sabrina

Baby Where Are You

Backward Ville

Basketball

Beautiful

Because Of You

Beyond The Sky

Bittersweet

Blink Of An Eye

Blow-Up (Stardom)

Blue Jean Blues

Born

Broken Heart

Brothers

Buried Inside This Unknown World

Butterfly

Caged

Cake

Can I talk

Can You Come Back

Cartoons

Cd’s

Cereal

Change

Chicken

Childhood

Chores

Cinderella

Close To The End

Common

Confessions

Cory

Cousins

Cross The Line

Dad

Dark skinned

Diary

Dear World

Deven

Different

Does it Ever End

Don’t Change

Dreams

Drift Away

Everything I Ever Wanted

Fall

Family Inspire

Family

Feelings

Finding My Way

First Day Of School

Fly Away

Food

For The Longest Time

Forever Young

Forgive Me

Freak

From A Boys Point Of View

From A Brother To A Sister

Good-Bye

Graduation

Guilty

Hair

Happy

Have You Ever

He Is Handsome And Smooth

He Is Tall And Strong

Heaven From My Point Of View

Her Personality

Here I Am

Hey Ladies

Hold On

Holding Hands

Home

Horizon

How Do I Say I Love You

How Does Love Feel

How To Make A PB+J

How To Make A Person Laugh

How To Write A Poem

How you make me feel February 2010

Emotional Powered Hurricane/ Tornado

I Came Here To Teach

I Can Wait

I Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow

I Don’t Care

I Gotta Be

I Just Want You To Know

I Know I Can

I Love My Family Because…

I Love When You…

I Love You

I Miss You

I Promise

I Saw An Angel

I Tried

I Use To Think

I Will Always Love You

I Will Never Understand

I Would Cross The Ocean

If I Ain’t Got You

If I Had A Million Dollars

If I Was A Superhero

I’m a Pro

I’m Sorry

I’m Waiting For That Special Guy

Imagination

Imitate

Important Message

Innocent

Insecure

It’s All About Me

It Don’t Mean A Thing

It is not as it may seem

It Happens Only Once

When Will This Ever Stop

J.C.

Jasmine

Jayla Taylor

Jayla

Jeanette

Joy

June

Just Me And You

Karma

Keep Going

Leave Me Alone

Left Handed

Let Go

Let Me Rap A Little, Give A Little Verse (Freestyle)

Lies Untold

Like A Bird

Little Things

Live, Laugh, Learn, Love

Lost in the Jungle

Love At First Sight

Magic

Maid

My Mom

Me, Myself and I

Message In A Bottle

Michelle McNair

Milk Chocolate

Mirror, Mirror

Mistakes

Mixed Up Poems

Mixed

Mom

More Than Friends

Most Likely

Morning

Mr. Wright

Mr. Right

My Accomplishments

My Day

My Favorite Book

My Favorite Jeans

My Girl

My Goals

My life Without You

My Little Girl

My Name

My Radio

My Goals

My Worst Fear

Mya And Jaya

Mya Is

Mya’s Personality

Myself

Names Part Two

Names

Natural

No One Can Compare

No Thanks

No Umbrella

Nobody Cares

Not Afraid

Not Letting Go

Notes Important For Life

Nothing At All

Odd

Off the Wall

Oh Bed Of Mine

Oh How Cute

Old Fashioned Woman

Old Friend

On My Mind

On the Weekend

Once When I Was In School

One Way Trip

One Word

Only If Only

Only When the End Is Near

Opposite Town

Original

Our Song

People

Perfect

Perfection

Persuasion

Phone Call

Pink Lemonade

Planet Michelle

Pregnant

Prom

Proud

Quote

R. I. P.

Rainbow

Rainy Days

Red Rose

Reflection

Remember Me?

Reminisce

Respect

Rhythm

Road Trip

Rose

Run Away

Running

Santa’s Reply:

Satisfied

Say Yes

School Do Rule

School Rules

Second

Secrets

Settle

Show Me The You

Sick

Since You’ve Been Gone

Sisters Forever

Sisters

Slave

Snapshot

So Good

Speechless

Star

Stuck On An Elevator

Stuck

Suicide Note

Summer

Summertime Blues

Supermodel

Superwomen

Sweet

Talk

Teach Me

Technology

That’s Just Not Me

The 12 Days Of Colors

The Best Things In Life Are Free

The Cuckoo Clock

The Element Of Life

The Energy In This House Is Like

The Only One For Me

The Perfect Date

The Piano, the Best Instrument In the World

The Week

The World Can Be A Scary Place

They Say Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

They Say…

Thinking Of You

This is me

Thou Shall Not

Thou Shall

Time

To My Unborn Child

Today

Tomorrow

Transform

Trust

Truth

Uncle David

Uncle Junior

Uncle Major

Unconscious, Conscious

Unspoken

Waiting

Wake Up

We Were Meant To Be

Wedding Vowels

What Is A Poem

What Animal Am I

What Do You Mean To Me

What I Like

What I Love About You

What Is Love

What Would You Do

What’s Wrong With the World

When I Grow Up

When I First Saw You

When I Listen To Music

When I Use To Love You

When It’s Cold Outside

When It’s Hot Outside

When The Sun Shines

When You Love Her

Where I’m At

Why Do You Love Me Like You Do

Wind

Window

Winter

Words From A Magazine

Worse case Scenario’s

Worth It

Writers Block

Writing is So Much Fun

You Don’t Have To Ask

You Make Me Proud

Young and 16

Your Face I Can’t Stop Looking

Natural

10th Grade Life

10th Grade

11th Grade Life

11th Grade

12th Grade Life

12th Grade #2

A Dark Night

A Lot Of Questions

A Lunch

A Married Man

A Mouse

Acrostic Poem

All About Jayla

America

At Times I Wish I Was All Alone

Betty Boo

Carrots

Cory

Crawling

Cry

Dear Chris,

Dear Love

Dear Love Response:

Deceit

Dogs

Dogs

Drawing A Bear

Driving

Effort

Everybody

Explore

Family

Fashion

Flying

Follow Your Heart

Friends

Great, Wow

Hair Dye

Happiness

Happy Birthday uncle junior

Helping Mommy

Hidden

High School

Honest

Why

I Am From

I Can Sing

I Can’t do Without

I Don’t Know What Happened

I Hate It When

I Have Nothing to Write

I thought about…

I Use To Have Rhythm

I Wish I Could Do

I Wish

I Wonder

I Write When I’m Bored

If I Was A Teacher

If

I’m Hurt, I don’t Know What To Do

Inside Out

Inspiration:

It’s All Gone

Jeanette I Love You

Journey

L.O.V.E.

2005

Life

Lost Over A Spoon

Lost

Love Is

Love Song

Maid

Marathon

Dear Love # 2

Dear Love Response # 2

Dear Love # 3

Dear Love Response # 3:

Maybe, Just Maybe

Memory

When I First Met You

Michelle

I Am from

My Dog

My Favorite Color

My Old Room

My Stickers

Never Give Up

New

No Rules

No Title

Nostalgic

Notoyia

Oh How I Wish

Mothers Day

Please do not let one of the best and one of the few

R.I.T.

Reread the magazines that you left on the table

Rhythm

Rochester

Running

Same ol’ Same

School

She Stands Tall And Proud

Shine

Simple Is

Simple

Sleep

Smile

Some Hay

Some People Write Just for the…

Sometimes

Special Flower

Special Friend

Spelling, Grammer, And Punctuation

Spring

Sunrise

Take Me Back To the Time

Talent

Tell Me Why

Thank You

That Monday I Waited For You

The ABC’s of Love

The Ball

The Best Of Both Worlds

The City That Never Sleeps

The Fatherless Child

The Day the Twin Towers Collapsed

The Future

The Motherless Child

The Perfect Husband

The Perfect Wife

The Pictures

The Report

The Sky

The Way You Are To Be Continued

The Way You Are

They Sit As No One Sees

They Talked For Hours At A Time

Traveling

Triumph

Understand

Voices

Walk Out

What Boys are Made of

What A Girl Is Made Of

What I’ve Been Taught

When I’m All Married

Who Am I

Why

Writing…

You Are the One

You Don’t Understand

You Make Me Feel

Aunt Queen

Oma

Dedicated to my family who always showed me love and support

September 2010

Number One

I’m #1 on pop bill board charts

I’m #1 when I do the bunny hop

Who is there willing to top

I come in with nothing

And now I finally got something

I can finally buy all the things I’ve been wantin’

I’m #1 when I sing

Others want to test me

What to the table can they bring

I’m #1 when I dance

Whether I spin around or just prance

I’m the number one fan

I’m the #1 at rapping

One of the hottest ones around

I make them feel like clowns

I’m so hot they try to move out of town

I make the rain go up instead of down

I rap so good they can’t go another round

I’ll talk so bad I’ll make Mona Lisa where a frown

I’m #1 at acting because character I’m not lacking

I’m #1 at hacking cause computers

I am good at unpacking

I am #1 at dressing not tacky, no once can match me

I’m #1 at macking

All the girls fly to me like I am cute not attacking

I’m #1 at cooking

Because my food be finger lickin’

I’m #1 at being myself

Now I don’t have any #1’s left

10 Things I Want To Do

10 things I want to do are on this paper

Maybe its what I want or maybe it’s the makers

I want to ride a plane and see how it feels

Because it goes in the air and it has wheels

I want to learn sign language because I think its really cool

Which reminds me I like to play in the pool

I want to dye my hair purple

So I can look weird like a turtle

I want to learn how to juggle

Because its like they don’t ever have to practice

They don’t struggle

I want to go to a planetarium to look at the fish

What kind of animals they have

I just want to talk, I just want to laugh

I want to become a teacher

Because I love to read

I want to write a book

Because I want to know how long it would have took

I want to learn how to drive because I like how it feels

I want to learn how to drive so I can get me a meal

I want to make my own clothes

I would look nice in my clothes

10/21/09

A (130) Hundred Reasons Why I Love You

An Essay by Michelle McNair

I love you because you’re cute. I love you because your strong. I love you because you’re silly. I love you because you’re dark skinned. I love you because you’re honest. I love you because you’re respectful. I love you because you are different. I love you because you’re sweet. I love you because you like my family. I love you because you are tall. I love you because you have long hair. I love you because you’re good at art. I love you because you’re good at writing. I love you because you’re good at you never giving up. I love you because you always try. I love you because you are self conscious. I love you because you like to smile I love you because you are smart. I love you because you’re good at swimming. I love you because you can play the piano. I love you because you love yourself. I love you because you can sing. I love you because you are caring. I love you because you’re romantic. I love you because you’re a gentleman. I love you because you’re sexy. I love you because you’re energetic. I love you because you’re friendly. I love you because you have long eyelashes. I love you because you like to go outside. I love you because you love kids. I love you because you have a big nose. I love you because you have respect. I love you because you like to talk. I love you because you are quiet. I love you because you like to read. I love you because you like music. I love you because you have endurance. I love you because you’re clean. I love you because you’re cute. I love you because you have a lot of friends. I love you because you’re loving. I love you because you have action. I love you because you can fly. I love you because you have imagination. I love you because you are fancy. I love you because you’re okay. I love you because you’re boring. I love you because you can work. I love you because you’re exciting. I love you because you are hairy. I love you because you talk cool. I love you because you’re warm. I love you because you can rap. I love you because you’re playful. I love you because you’re rich. I love you because you’re an intellectual. I love you because you like the summer. I love you because you like to have fun. I love you because you like to take pictures. I love you because you like to stand still. I love you because you like to eat. I love you because you dress nice. I love you because you walk fast. I love you because you have dreams. I love you because you have wishes. I love you because you get scared. I love you because you like to question. I love you because your mind gets lost. I love you because you think. I love you because you’re unsure. I love you because you’re perfect. I love you because you’re certain. I love you because you remember. I love you because you like to cry. I love you because you like you can count. I love you because you’re good at math. I love you because you like smells. I love you because you smell good. I love you because you’re always there. I love you because you’re always on time. I love you because you’re hard. I love you because you’re old. I love you because you have values. I love you because you are simple. I love you because you are complicated. I love you because you are active. I love you because you are fast. I love you because you are slow. I love you because you love life. I love you because you’re common. I love you because you are strange. I love you because you can save. I love you because you are brave. I love you because you’re heavy. I love you because you inspire. I love you because I admire you. I love you because you are clear. I love you because you are understanding. I love you because you want. I love you because you love. I love you because your passive. I love you because you care. I love you because you want everything. I love you because you don’t want anything. I love you because you know how to be decisive. I love you because you’re impossible. I love you because you like animals. I love you because you have pets. I love you because you stand up for yourself. I love you because you are a man. I love you because you are young. I love you because you are comfortable. I love you because you like to relax. I love you because you like to do exercises. I love you because you are healthy. I love you because you are lucky. I love you because you are unselfish. I love you because you are happy. I love you because you are thick. I love you because you always say yes. I love you because you never say no. I love you because you like to help. I love you because you like to guess. I love you because you com up with new ideas. I love you because you like to travel. I love you because you look to the future. I love you because you like the past. I love you because you like to grow. I love you because you like to study. I love you because you are peaceful. I love you because you are ordinary. I love you because you are magical. I love you because you are extraordinary. I love you because you are like a kid. I love you because you’re competitive. I love you because you are creative. I love you because you are neat. I love you because you are funny. I love you because you are calm. I love you because you like even numbers. I love you because you are you.

December 2010

A Christmas Poem

Christmas time is here

Spread the joy and cheer

Sing the Christmas songs

Like Silent Night and Deck the Halls

We’re outside having a ball

Buying presents and decorating the tree

Putting on candy canes

Umm they taste good to me

Volunteering your help at open door mission

Doing your best to grant all the wishes

Lights outside the house

Wearing the Christmas color, red and green on your blouse

Sitting down under mistletoe waiting for a kiss

The Christmas carolers sounding so bliss.

Seeing Santa Claus and his elves

Making toys for us and everyone else

Sending letters to Santa at the north pole

The winter weather is so cold

Listening to your parents doing what your told

Because he knows whose naughty or nice

His lists never get old

Remember the reindeer who rides Santa’s sleigh

Dancer and Prancer and all the other names

Christmas time is fun and happy, a time to be gay

A Dozen Roses

A dozen roses was sent to me

But I don’t know where they are from

There is no card or letter from what I see

I’m curious, I have no idea who

How am I suppose to say thank you

They are lovely yes they are

They must have come from a huge star

From way, way far

There colorful, not one is red

It’s just what I like, how did they read my head

It made me so happy when it came to my door

But I can’t except theses because I don’ know who there for

A English Teacher Who Wasn’t Good At English

There was an English teacher who wasn’t good at English

All she could do was sing it and listen

She couldn’t spell the words right

If you asked her to spell hair

She would spell there

If you asked her to spell steps

She would spell streps

She was so bad she didn’t know how to write an essay

She always stopped and was guessy

If you asked her to write beginning to end

She would from beginning to end

Her papers were never ending

She wasn’t good at grammar

She spelled words wrong on the banner

She didn’t but the ing when the words had the ing

Like being and seeing

She didn’t put an before a vowel

And she didn’t listen to the towel

She didn’t know her adjective or verbs

She got confused when she said these as words

Like she said big as a verb and jump as an adjective

And said mixed up words like mentative and sensitive

She didn’t know her adverbs or prepositions

Like under, towards, and now

Or moving quick or how

She miss pronounced words like easy and free

And cupcake, doll and bee

She didn’t know her punctuation

Like apostrophe and comma

She didn’t use it when she wrote groups of words

Like pizza laugh and llama

May 12, 2010

A Fathers Love

Nothing can compare to a fathers love

You can never get enough

Even though you huffed and buffed

Explaining thing you don’t understand

When you need help he is at hand.

Talking about things and how to be a man

Spending time and expressing her feelings

Watching me play, the love he is ending

Hugs is always willing

Broken hearts he is good at mending

When he or she is there in a jam he is defending

When you have a cut or boo boo he is there mending

Picking us up from school

Riding in the car so smooth

Sitting there is really cool

Going out to dinner on special occasions

Making sure we get our food alright

A good job for the kids he’s raising

A fathers love is special

Something you can’t do without

A fathers love you know what its about

A Love Story

From the moment I saw you and looked into your eyes I felt something on the inside. I had a since of pride and I knew you were mine. When I first saw you it was like love at first sigh and I prayed you would be mine with all my might. I saw you on the bus and riding your bike. There was nothing about you I didn’t like. I was scared to talk to you because I was the girl. But anything happens now in this day, in this world. I was nervous but you couldn’t see it on the surface. I was afraid you were smart and were going to say no. But the answer I had to know. We clicked and from then on went smooth sailing. But that first kiss was awkward, kind of failing. But that’s why I love you, you were cute and compelling. We dated then began going steady. You were hesitant but I was ready. That’s another quality that I liked. Not going forward till’ you know everything alright. We went together for about 24 months. Then I said he’s going to get me engaged I said with a hunch. He did it with the ground on his knee. And he said it so romantic yet sweetly. Those are the qualities I like to see. When he did it, it sure did please me. A year later we got married and had a kid. We loved each other so that’s what we did.

December 2010

A Man’s Life

I’m a poor man

I’ll work for food

I have little clothes

I’m almost nude

I’m a working man

I went from the bottom to the top

From holding a mop to being a ceo

Now people ask me where to go

I’m a family man

Making decisions and plans

Trying my best to provide and protect

If there’s something wrong I can detect

I’m an old man

Resting till my dying day

Giving my advice when needed

Telling them how I succeeded

May 12, 2010

A Mothers Love

A mothers love is always there

It will never disappear

Being there when you need them when it’s time

Because chances are never slim

Cooking dinner when we are hungry

Fixing us food because we are mungry

A mothers love can never be replaced

A mothers love can never be erased

A mothers love is one of a kind

Something you can’t never deny

A love you can never question why

A mothers love keeps you warm

A mothers love is there after a storm

A mother’s love you cannot compare

We go out to eat

This kind of love is a special treat

A mothers love is there when you need it the most

A mothers love is there and it always show

June 1, 2010

A New Beginning

A new beginning has already begun

All you have to do is rise with the morning sun

all your troubles are gone

No more lies, no more tricks

No more making people sick

Just do what your told and you’ll get the hang of it.

Listen, be good be wise

But be comfortable with no disguise

Act nice, be stern

Be glad of the money you earn

No more people talking behind your back

No more people saying, Oh my god he did that.

No more getting let go from God

No one saying is he going to rob

A new beginning

Now helping hands are there for lending

I no longer shoplift or steal from stores with prices so high

No more talking about my past and saying I have a bad reputation

Now I can enjoy a simple conversation

I don’t have to lie

I don’t have to use my imagination

I have goals and I have a destination

I love this sensation

A Poem A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

A poem is healthy for the mind, body, and heart

See it makes you think like a work of art

But to take it you must understand it by analyzing part by part

And you got to do your part

If you want to be healthy a poem a day is were you start

Do one a day and you’ll start to feel much better

Even if it’s snowing or bad weather

It praises you and gives you energy

It lets you get fresh air and pinery

It tastes great like you know it should

Don’t be afraid to try it, it makes you feel good

Don’t’ be afraid to write specially if it’s something you like

Just read a poem you like a lot

Make sure you read it on the spot

Read it with all you got

Sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it’s not

Just give it everything you got

Just follow the doctor’s order and read one a day

Don’t turn away

If you don’t have one it’s okay, we can write one for you

Just ask the doctor and they know what to do

Please don’t hesitate to call if you need help

We’ll tell you what to do step by step

Take your time you’ll see that it works

If you do it right at the end you’ll have a smirk

December 14, 2010