Morgan+Taylor

=Introduction:=

=1) "Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art." =

=2) She Smiled At Me! (Repetition and Capitalization) =

watching my Mom throw up every day getting bigger and bigger like a balloon my parents sent me away, for the spring i could stay with my cousins, I was only four.

went to the zoo, disney land, sea world it was april 2000 sometime after the 12th, time for me to go back home, Dad picks me up at the airport.

i walked through the door and into the little tiny house,  small bathroom small kitchen small living room and a small pink blanket, on this small blanket was  a small little human squirming around.

 “Morgan, this is you sister Kaia” said my mother “would you like to hold her” as the babe was placed in my hands <span style="color: #ff00bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">i was so happy to see my baby sister, <span style="color: #ff00bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">i can only remember one more thing… she smiled at me.

=<span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">3) Ode To The Father That Used To Be = <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">media type="file" key="Ode To The Father That Used To Be 2.m4a" width="360" height="30" <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I just want to let you know <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I love you <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">though I might not say it often <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I really do mean it

<span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Things have been said, <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">awful things, <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">things that may have shattered <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">our relationship <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">like all the bottles and vases <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">that you broke <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">out of anger <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">out of darkness

<span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Things have not been said <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Things that could <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">what is left <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">of this relationship <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">like the band aid you used to give me <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">for my cuts and scrapes <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">even though it didn't make <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">the pain go away <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">the love from you did.

<span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">These things <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">must be <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">said, <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I love you <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">until the sea <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">dries up like water on <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">a sidewalk on a hot <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">summer day.

<span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">No matter <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">what goes down <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">what went down <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I will always want <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">you around.

<span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Daddy... <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I just want to <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">let you know... <span style="color: #ba00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I REALLY DO LOVE YOU!

=<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">4) A Typical Day in English Class =

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Shake it up! Shake it up! <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Can I do it later... <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">You can figure it out, you have lots of resources here <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">OK I'll just do it now <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Let me look up where the freakin' Liberty Bell is <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Jeff your so annoying... <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Hey Mr. Block what's the address for the school <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Life is a barren field frozen like snow <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Why is April smiling like that, YOUR SCARING ME! <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Why were you smiling like that? <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Life is a broken- winged bird that cannot fly <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">You have bad luck thus year... <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I really do <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Two separate dreams that connect <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Whats in a chicken wrap?

=<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">5) I Was Raised By =

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was nurtured by a loving mother <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">a "Baby come and snuggle with me" type of mother <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by two different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was disciplined by a loving father <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">a " I need you to think and stop acting like a fool" type of father <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by two different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by two young college students <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">with different views <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by two different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was loved by a family <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">a "Aww she looks just like you Katie" and a <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">"OOOOO Sweetheart you got one gorgeous baby here, I could just eat her up." <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was taught by two smart parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">by "If you don't know the word don't say it until you know what it means." type of parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by two different mind sets <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by two different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by a white mother <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by a black father <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by different people

<span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was raised by loving parents <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I was fed different foods <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">by the finger liking greasy foods and by <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">the dab your mouth with a paper towel food. <span style="color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">I am raised by different people

= = =<span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">6) If There Is A God (with lines from...) = =<span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> By: Morgan Taylor =

<span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">If there is a God, <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">who thinks we are God, <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">will we hear their prayers <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">do we hear their prayers <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">do we? do we? do we?

<span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Is it the same way for my god? <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">For my families God? <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">What about for my friends God? <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Will they hear the cries for help, <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> every night from these people, <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">do they? do they? do they?

<span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Are we wasting our time for this <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">believing in something we don't even know is true. <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Why do we judge others on religion? <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">What are we doing better than they are? <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">We are all the same... <span style="color: #ac09ac; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">We are! We are! We are!

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">7) Trash =

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">you ruin our

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> World

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">with dirt and <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Smell

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">you take over <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Senses

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">of all our <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Minds

=<span style="color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">8) Naomi Shihab Nye =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My poet is Naomi Shihab Nye, she writes a lot about her family. From the 5 poems of hers that I studied, I noticed a couple of trends. One thing that I noticed is although she was raised in Texas, she talks about a lot of the struggles of being Palestinian. Being as her family is from there, she writes about how they had to adjust and adapt to the different setting. For example her poem “Words Underneath Words” is about her grandmother and how she knows about labor and working hard. As well as some important details of everyday life in America, such as know when the mail comes and when to take out the trash. How she knew when the mail came that there was not always a letter from the family members living in Palestine.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">”My grandmother's days are made of bread, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a round pat-pat and the slow baking. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She waits by the oven watching a strange car <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">circle the streets. Maybe it holds her son, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">lost to America. More often, tourists, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">who kneel and weep at mysterious shrines. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She knows how often mail arrives, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">how rarely there is a letter. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When one comes, she announces it, a miracle, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">listening to it read again and again <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">in the dim evening light.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why they would not talk often because their voices were too short to stretch across the world.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“She knows the spaces we travel through, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the messages we cannot send—our voices are short <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and would get lost on the journey.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When a family member did come over to America and they did not know where to go or what to do because they did not know the laws or areas. Another one of her poems “Two countries” talks a lot about skin and the differences between again Palestine and America. How people have to persevere beyond the stereotypes and judgments. These are all the struggles of people with different backgrounds and cultures. A bunch of her poems focus on the memory of her past and the appreciation of her background. Tradition, family and memory seem important to her in her poems.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1182bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Naomi likes to use imagery and metaphors in her writing as well as similes. She loves to paint a picture, to make sure that her readers feel like they are experiencing what the character is experiencing. All of the poems she writes are relate-able in some way. I notice that her focus is mostly family and love.