C.J.'s Intro

My name is C.J. Raterman, I was born in Columbus Ohio. I moved to Michigan for 7 years when I was younger. I ran track at Dublin Coffman and am now attending OSU with a major of criminal justice. I plan on doing the ROTC program for the united states Air Force my junior year at OSU.


My process for writing this poem was that I would write a line and then think of how I could make the next line rhyme. the rhyming part was easier than I expected it to be but making the poem make sense was difficult. All of the stuff that we were required to put into the poem made it much harder to make the poem flow logically without jumping all over the place. The poem did turn out how I expected and but I don's think it logically flows.

Luke always planned a fun game of hockey on a hot summer day

We would go door to door asking people to play

“oh ya I call goalie” Luke would always say

I spent every day of my elementary school summers with my bud

We had an accident that day. What a funny, caring kid I thought as he cleaned up my blood

Like a pack of wolves our friends stuck together, our houses only separated by maybe a mile

This lasted for years until the sad day I moved, but I still go back to visit every once in a while

Every time I go back there is one friend I don’t see

Quite possibly the one that was closest to me

His name is Luke Price, you can’t tell at first glance but he is very intelligent

That kid was so cool and always had the best luck

Sadly the last time I saw him was the day he helped pack our moving truck.

One day I’d like to see him again

To show him this poem and remind my friend,

Of the laughs we shared and the fun times we had

Of the countless sleepovers  

Of all the made up games that we played

I remember our last goodbye, it’s been nearly a decade