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= Through out this month, I've learned different poem techniques, some just by reading other famous poets poems. For example the first poem I wrote for the poetry unit was about thinking about something that happened to you or something that you remember form your child hood, 12 and younger, and write about the experience. I wrote about when I used to Dragon boat and how the you felt the water splashing on your face and back and the breeze smacking your face when the boat it moving fast. I never really thought about that technigue, about thinking about your past that you remember and just describing it. What really helped me throughout writing these poems were the poets. For example when writing an Ode, I had no idea what an Ode was at first. But when reading other poets Odes, it made it a lot easy to write the Ode.The best technique that we used this unit was the the technique to start off your poem with another poets line of there poem. I picked the line"I see my beauty in you, I'm a mirror that can't close it's eyes" from there, writing the poem was a breeze, and heart felt. It was such a great line. At the same time I put thought in to the poem, because I wanted to repeat the beggining.I never really thought about when writing a poem, until now. When repeating lines in the poem, it gives more spice to it. All the techniques that I've leanred have been really helpful throughout writing poems, which shows through out the poems I've wrote.Using figurative language was also a great when writing poems, it makes the poem, become deeper, and it makes you think more when using the figurative language. =

-- = = = = =1) "Poetry is the doorway to the soul" = =-Floria =

=2) = =Feeling the water splash you. = = = Felling the breeze smack you in the face. You're on a boat with 19 other people. Focus..Focus 2, 1 power... We're in a race. The butterflies in your stomach, the

=3**)** =  **Ode to Teachers** = =

Teachers.. <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Theirs the good <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And theirs the bad <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teachers can pull you up <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">teachers can pull you down

<span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I like teachers who <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">See you for who your are. <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teachers who find out what makes you tick <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But I absolutely dislike the teachers that just... <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">tick you off <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For the hell of it.

<span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I'm tipping my hat for the ones who are the best <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The ones that accept you for who you are <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And don't try to change you <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The ones that are patient with you <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The teachers you look up to… = =

<span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They encourage you to do your best <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They make you think outside of the box <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And don't expect you to do less.

<span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Those are the ones who taught me to never stop learning <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To the ones who couldn't teach <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I still learn from you... <span style="color: #c67171; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">how not to be close minded.

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**Crispy Chicken, Fresh lettuce, Three Cheeses , Ranch Dressin', wrapped up in aaa, Tasty, Flour, Tortilla. (Found Poem) **

<span style="color: #e142e1; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Baldy! = = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What's in the chicken Wrap?! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Ou, is that a pear? Can I have a piece? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Are you going to eat? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Let me have some, since I'm not going to eat tonight. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Yes, you're right he's a creeper! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Mama Se Te Yaa <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Shut up. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Do you have anymore gum left? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What's in the chicken wrap? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What's in the chicken wrap...?

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">I was raised by <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">A loving family <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Women, who told me right from wrong <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Supportive people <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Holesome cooking

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">I was raised by <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">thicke women <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Women who smacked on chicken and collard greens <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Woman who told me to eat "more so I can get thicke" = = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">That's so Raeven and The Proud family <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Technology <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">"This girl, does'nt have Hook's butt" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">A family that has high expectation for me <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">"If you believe in yourself, you can get what you want"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Some coffee sipping <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Laughing so hard until we cry <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Making the best out of anything <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kind of Women!

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I see my beauty in you, I've become a mirror that can't close it's eyes Mirror,Mirror on your wall I see your beauty I see your pain I can see your faults = =

I see my beauty in you, I've become a mirror that can't close it's eyes

I see your tears trickling down your cheek On to your lip And landing on to your pants

I see my beauty in you I see my pain in yo vou I see my built up anger in you I see my beauty in you =<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 60%;">media type="file" key="My Song 5.m4a" width="300" height="50" = + Really nice use of repition + Good descriptions ? Can you add more fresh, surprising imagery? ? Can you find new, creative ways to describe some typical things (mirror, mirror on the wall...anger... pain....)

<span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">7)**Imagist Poem** <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Snow <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">What makes you tired <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">what covers up the pathways and roads <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">what keeps you from not going to school <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">The joy of snow <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">The neat snow on top of the roofs <span style="color: #427ce1; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Snow...

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 * The Poet that I focused on was Sonia Sanchez. I found 5 poems form her; some were haiku, even though her haiku were three lines long. The poems still made you wonder and think about what the poem meant. Most of her poems made me think, about the meaning were. For example one of her haiku are" My feet/are crying/blues". That Haiku made me think, is her feet banging on the floor? Making the same beat as the song? Another Haiku, that made me think about the interpretation was "My thighs/sing the flesh/off of guitar" I was thinking that, she was probably dancing, because your thighs shake when your dancing, and she said "sing my flesh" which means she's probably moving to the beat of the guitar. ** ** In another one of her Haiku it said "I pick/up your breath and/remember you" **, ** this Haiku was saying so much, even though it was three short lines. I was thinking that the person’s breath she smelled, that instantly she knew that was guy for her. Or maybe she had past history with the person from years ago and when she smelled the breath of the person, she smelled her, maybe because they were so close, and have been searching for that person she lost years ago. In one of her poems that weren’t a Haiku, talked about the "Move Bombing in Philadelphia" The Move was a radical cult group that preached revolution, advocating a return to nature and society without government, police or technology. The group hoarded weapons, built giant wooden bunker on the roof and used a bullhorn to scream obscenities all hours of the night. Obscenities is another word to day that they screamed bad words and offensive words **, ** which offended and frustrated the neighbors and turned to officials for help. ** ** On May 13-1985 5:30 pm a Philadelphia helicopter dropped a bomb onto the roof of the house and killed 11 people. ** ** In the poem Sonia Sanchez wrote one of the lines said" C'mon girl hurry on down to the Osage sty. They’re roasting in the fire” what I think that means is that, probably the relatives of the people who was apart of the Move, that’s what hey probably said after hearing about it. Another quote is "The police come like twin seasons of drought and flood. /they're combing the city for lifeliberty/amd the pursuit of happiness" what I think about this quote, is that she's saying that the police did this for their happiness, for their good. Another quote from this poem is "for honor and peace. One day. And the blood is not yet dry" **