My Book of Poetry by Mike T

“Hana’s suitcase”, written by Karen Levine, records a painful memory of a Toronto resident, Gorge Brady, to his lost younger sister in the World War II (WWII), Hana Brady. This memory is provoked by an unexpected package from Japan. Which tells him they are exhibiting his sister’s suitcase as well as her drawing photographs in Tokyo Holocaust Center for a purpose of education about the Holocaust to the Japanese children. And they hope to get more information about his sister, Hana Brady’s life. In the continuing communication with the Japanese children, Gorge gives them all the details about Hana’s short life, and what happens to her in the WWII.

In The Gift, Ian Parker discusses a personal story of a man named Zell Kravinsky that had given almost his entire fortune and kidney under moral obligation. The “big question” that will be evaluated in this paper is there important limits to how much do-gooding morality can ask of us? If so, how much can it ask of us to sacrifice for others? This question had placed great influence on Zell Kravinsky story and it is important we evaluate his arguments for moral obligation can ask of us. In this essay I intend to recognize the infraction that moral obligation puts on decisions such as ‘nondirected’ organ donation. The boundary Zell Kravinsky set an moral obligation should be avoided because his actions were not entirely moral, and placed harm on his well-being.

When I look back at my childhood I cannot picture it without you. You have helped shaped who I am today and for that I thank you. When I think of you i think about all the love that you have to give. I am so lucky to have you in my life and I will always cherish the memories that I have with you.

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid presents the hypothetical story of a tourist visiting Antigua, the author’s hometown. Kincaid places the reader in the shoes of the tourist, and tells the tourist what he/she would see through his/her travels on the island. She paints a picturesque scene of the tourist’s view of Antigua, but stains the image with details of issues that most tourists overlook: the bad roads, the origin of the so-called native food, the inefficiency of the plumbing systems in resorts, and the glitches in the health care system. Kincaid was an established writer for The New Yorker when she wrote this book, and it can be safely assumed that majority of her readers had, at some point in their lives, been tourists. I have been a

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach, You gave me faith 'coz you believed, I'm everything I am

The book Between the World and Me by award winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates is a recent best-seller that introduces a perplexing encounter of African Americans and their struggles to live under a white American supremacy. Mr. Coates did not only write the book for his son, whom he acknowledges throughout the book, but he also writes to those who want to be enlightened about issues that no one wants to address. Who is Ta- Nehisi Coates? How is a African American viewed in America’s society today? Most importantly, how does an African- American view themselves? Coates answers all these questions and many cultural issues that concern present America.

Poetry is one of the countless items on the list that is thought of when the subject of love, whether it be legitimate, everlasting, or even fleeting, is brought to the light, but the thing about literature is that it can give off an impression that the events and emotions portrayed are too good to be true, especially when it comes to the topic of love. True love is out in the world for everyone, but very few

Connor's face comes to mind, wind ruffling his hair, a smile on his face. My heart twists in the way only love can do, full of warmth and light and yet with the sharp stab of missing him here and I continue to sing.

I can feel you with me. Rest now. In PEACE. I miss your voice. I wish more people could have heard it. I promise I will keep singing for you."

“I have a rendezvous with life” (Cullen). He does not literally have a meeting with life, but that he will one day truly live and be happy. This is a quote of Countee Cullen, an African American poet that became famous during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s. He has written many famous poems that have influenced African Americans throughout time. This was a hard time for blacks to be themselves, so when he said he has a meeting with life he really is trying to say that one day, he will finally be himself. Among his famous poems, there are two poems that are very powerful, called ¨Tableau¨ and ¨Incident¨. The poem ¨Tableau¨ is about two kids, one black and one white, walking down the street arm and arm with people staring and talking about them as they pass. This poem shows that friendship is more powerful than stereotypes, while ¨Incident¨ shows that words are powerful. That poem by Countee Cullen tells the story of a boy walking around Baltimore and a man calling him the n-word. That's all the boy remembers in that trip to Baltimore, even though he was there from May to December. Both themes can be seen throughout their poems through figurative language and the tone of the writing.

I want you to know that I see you every day, and I want you to know I think about you every day. When I hear about the shootings near our neighborhood my heart stops because I pray it is not you laying there.

In “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, Kincaid criticizes tourists for being heartless and ignorant to the problems that the people of Antigua had and the sacrifices that had to be made to make Antigua a tremendous tourist/vacation spot. While Kincaid makes a strong argument, her argument suggests that she doesn't realize what tourism is for the tourists. In other words, tourism is an escape for those who are going on vacation and the tourists are well within their rights to be “ignorant”, especially because no one is telling them what is wrong with Antigua.

I hear rhythems in my head, as I'm lying here in bed. I can't help but think of you, my head is spinning around the room. The times we spend together, the words we say to each other, it's all spinning through my head, the feeling I hold for you.

A. Born in Riverside, California, Susan Straight became an award winning regional author. Straight came from a simple beginning, a diverse family and no friends who were writers. Straight wrote her first story at the age of sixteen and wrote sports articles in junior high. As a junior in high school, she began writing short stories again. Straight does like to travel, but enjoys returning home as well. Straight makes no error in advocating the use of writing workshops, so that writers have the opportunity to expand their talent. Straight has been published in various national publications, covered novels for young readers as well and even a children’s book. Straight has received several literary awards for

Lewis Hyde earned his B.A. from University of Minnesota (Sociology) and M.A. from the University of Iowa (Comparative Literature). He has earned many awards including the American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship and the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Hyde also taught writing at Harvard University. Hyde’s The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property Random House was published by Random House. Founded in 1927, Random House is an international publishing company and publishes multiple types of genres.