Roger+Bracy

When making these poems I wanted to connect things to a bigger ideas. I wanted to show that things could be connected and shown through creative writing devices using personification and metaphors. Showing that my how people hide their secrets in my poem " Ode to the Mirror," the quote "hidden / secrets / hidden beneath the dirt / heat creating / a fog of mystery." Almost if I had made fog apear on the mirror with imagery, I evolved the reader to think past the fog and see that we hide our secrets.

In my poems I also like to use repetition. I like to keep the flow of the "Grand-mom Raised Me" poem, I used the the ending -ing on every verb to express my grandmothers actions. Like in this line, " wisdom speaking / table etiquette teaching / tea drinking / mink coat wearing" in all the actions have the same ending to give the poem some flow too make the reader more interested. Repetition also is helping the reader because he or she can know whats coming next in the poem, and they get used to the way its read.

In my poems I like to use lines that were quotes from other people. For example in my “Riff poem” I use “ Suppose there is a god that thinks we are god ” this was a way of starting my poems off with someones idea and too see what i could get out of it. If you you read my poetry, you will find out that I have and excellent imagination as well as creativity with words. I try to show this in all poems.


 * 1** "A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom." -Robert Frost

"Memory Poem" rough draft personification and metaphor


 * 2**
 * Memory Poem**

I couldn't tuck them any more, the strings waved to the dust behind my feet

jolting my legs the medal seat scooped me higher.

still the strings dangled

As touch of a hand could spring kids running the chase was on strings had a danced it's way back to me

fathers voice could be heard over the other screams of the playground "Tie your shoe!"

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Reflections shown an image that can't be captured only viewed the painter is you the portriat beautiful the eyes the smile the emotion all connect
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 * Ode to the Mirror**

Distorted vision hidden secrets hidden beneath the dirt heat creating a fog of mystery we wipe away the haziness

We find something dear to you you haven't clearly viewed the structure of the cheek the roundness of the nose the browness of the eye and yes they do blink back

all tickets all passes excuse me that will be $2.82 someone should help me with this math Homework can't i have a POP-tart no he's on his way home There nothing to watch on Tv this wi-fi's messing up can you fold these towels
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 * Found poetry**

I was taken by her love the breakfast cooking cigarette smoking mary jane shoe's wearing "6 ABC" news watching "Give nana a kiss" kinda love.
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 * Grand mom** **Raised Me**

I was educated by her love wisdom speaking table etiquette teaching tea drinking mink coat wearing "cover your mouth while your yawning" kinda love.

I was raise by her love the blue robe wearing slipper walking, Newspaper reading Flwoer gardening "There are no weed in Nana's garden" kinda love.

"Suppose there is a god that thinks we are god" could he see the true beauty of what he created a god that helps us through struggle pain love joy A god who laughs with you not at you and notice the journey of life we walk everydayone who could see himself in our shoes A god who will eat a meal with you and listen to your day who could challenge you to become a better person Suppose he or she respected your choices followed your plans Suppose there was a god
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 * Riff Poem (Kurtis Lamkin quote)**

The grungy stench arises upon approach the black bag hold in what people dont want to see memory memory of what we used to have the wrinkled texture of the bag shows the times have abused it for every crease we have and equal debt to this earth we must pick up our laundry is soiling our earth if the arrows cycle we don't waist
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my poet is... [|Jimmy Santiago Baca]