Likes: A Poem Analysis

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.

Clint Smith is a writer, teacher, and doctoral candidate in Education at Harvard University with a concentration in Culture, Institutions, and Society. Smith Clint wrote a poem called “Something You should Know.” The poem is about an early job he had in a Petsmart. The poet allows the readers into his personal life, but before he had trouble opening up to people and his work. Moreover, Clint wrote an insight in the poem about relying in anything to feel safe and he says it is the most terrifying thing any person can do.

The fact is she hates that she loves him. The “Hate poem” is a poem seemly about the authors hate to this guy, the poem is nevertheless misleading at the be beginning, as you read on it seems like something happened between them,and she doesn’t want to love him but she does.

Compare how the poets present love in “Nettles” and in one other poem from the Relationships cluster.

“Something More” by Tracey Moffatt is a formal and stylistic experimentation photography and her work draws on her own childhood memories, popular culture, as well as the history seen in still cinema, art and photography. Apparent in her works are themes such as childhood cruelties in suburban life, the mutiny of stereotypes and relations between white and black Australians. In her works, referencing to the artist’s own life and experiences, Tracey Moffatt draws on her Aboriginal background as a foster child growing up in Brisbane in a foster family in the sixties, avidly consuming images from magazines, films and television.

In the Poem “To this Day” by Shane Koyczan is a spoken word poem that is about a kid thinking pork chops and karate chops are the same things and the words spread around school and people start making fun of him. “The word spread through the school that I thought karate chops were pork chops and I got my first nickname pork chops and from this day forward I hate pork chops”. This proves my point because the kids throw the rest of the year called him pork chops. Also made fun of him throughout every year of

“Ode to the Chameleon” by Yusef Komunyakaa utilizes metaphors and allusion to convey and enhance the meaning of his poem. A common subject among his poems is what it was like to be an african-american man fighting alongside white men in the Vietnam War. A very powerful metaphor used in lines 3 - 5 is, “You are a glimpse/of a rainbow, your eyes an iota/of amber” (Komunyakaa 3-5). Komunyakaa is comparing a chameleon to a faint rainbow or a small amount of amber, both of which are fairly special. Prior to reading the poem, someone may have never thought of a chameleon as being similar to a rainbow or a piece of amber. But, the poem brings chameleons into a new light; they are hard to spot, and when spotted, are unforgettable. The entire poem

Kinsley was born on September 17, 2015 at 9:24pm. She was born prematurely and four and a half pounds under weight. Due to this, Kinsley needed a few days of neonatal care to deal with jaundice and to ensure that Kinsley could regulate her body temperature. After just a few days of treatment Kinsley’s Apgar score increased by two points growing from a six to an eight, And my partner and I were able to bring her home. Because, of Kinsleys premature birth my partner and I were a bit worried about her and were consistently caring for her. This consistent caring led to a strong bond of attachment being built between Kinsley and I. I acted as Kinsley primary feeder, and because of this the attachment theory argues Kinslaey is greater attached

Plymouth locals, The Poet Junkies - Brendan O'Neill (vocals,guitar), Thomas Archer (guitar), Jon Blanchard (drums), and Matt Xhapman (bass)- resurface familiar traits of indie-rock that were last since in the early 2000s with bands like The Arctic Monkeys. Despite drawing obvious comparison to the Sheffield band, The Poet Junkies aim to become their own brand of sound, as they draw from each member's influence to the band's advantage. Tracks like "Drinkers of the Yellow Brick Road," showcases this diversity, with prominent bass riffs, flawless drumming, and softer edges within the chorus, which balances the band's "loud" rock sound. Whereas on their latest single, "Sex and The Crazy Parade," the band's evolution becomes audible within the lighter

She goes and wakes Lend up for a minute she thought that he saw the fire to when she realized he could not she told him he thought that she should tell Raquel but she denied and wanted to figure it out herself. He tells her the full poem which is “Eyes like streams of melting snow, cold with the things she does not know. Heaven above and Hell beneath, liquid flames to hide her grief. Death, death, death with no release. Death, death, death with no release.” She knew that this described her. She gets called down with Jacques. They got assigned to go find a hag.

American modernization is starting to take a toll on how things are nowadays. American modernization is simple things have changed over the years and that has caused many things to get worse. People are constantly being left behind because of race, technology and respect being lost. Things have been changing and one way is race. In Langston Hughes’ poem “I Too”, he gives a good example of how race has impacted how people are left behind.

Why, Dad, I love you the bluest! I love you the color of a waves in it’s ocean. The color of a moon stone gem. The color of a bird soaring the quiet blue sky.

grind loud on white. I am packsafe. Chewing. Bonemeat scrapes and sticks to teeth. Happy. Bite down strong and bone sounds like jingle? Up and running! Jingle like howl to warn of the near day. Hear it and run sprint leap down broken wood. Skidding to boy! Jingle! Walk! Outside! Outside! Boy slips jingle and alphatakes us packnow. Scratch to get out but NO! SIT! STAY! and I do.

Some of the poems and essays I have read during this class were relatable to me. Being away from college, I have struggled with not being at home. I have become a different person when I am at school, but when I am home, I feel like I am my normal self again. Some of these authors of the poems and essays that I have read throughout this class has struggled with being somewhere where they don’t belong and that they are someone else when they are not home. Unlike the other poems and essays we have read throughout the course. I enjoyed reading the ones about “home” because I actually understood what they are going through and that I can relate. Some of these poems and essays include “Going Home” by Maurice Kenny, Postcard from Kashmir”, by Agha Shahid Ali, “Returning” by Elias Miguel Munoz and “Hometown” by Luis Cabalquinto. All of these poems deal with duality.