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Dancing actions.

feeling my muscles contract
As I pop my legs to the left
The sweat drippin
Down my face
As I pop the spongebob
In the fastest pace
The sound
Of my feet slappin the ground
As I do the jerk
With my knees touching the sky
And my eyes blinking
And my heart beating
as my feet touch the black-rocky ground
And my breath becomes short
I sit down.

Responding to my Classmates "I have seen" Poem.

I read both Cheyenne(http://woahihaveablog.blogspot.com/) and Alyssa's (http://alyssamickelson123.blogspot.com/)  "I have seen" poem, and I have to say, they are both very interesting! The two poems relate to each other very easily, Cheyennes is very dark, a little bit darker than Alyssas,while Alyssa's is a little bit more dramatic. I think that Cheyenne used either anger or depression as the abstract noun in her poem. Her poem is very deep, in the first stanza, her word play really grabs my attention. Ex: "I have pestered and poked until no one can bear it" I feel like Cheyenne is writing her poem through a bullys eyes. In the second stanza, she talks about some of the pain that the bullys victims have gone through. In the last sentence, there is kinda of like a big emotional drop. "I watch them break". This is a great sentence, and is very effective in supporting the the pain the bully has caused. In the third stanza she talks about how the bully knows what he/she did, and is almost proud of it, well not proud of it, but he/she just does not have any remorse about his actions. She says that he/she is pretty much addicted to causing other people pain, that no one can change it, its his own addiction, and hes the only one that can fix it. I feel like Cheyenne did a great job on using metaphors and similes to portray the feelings that the the victims had felt.

I like Alyssa’s because I feel kind of connected to it. She uses alot of imagery to show the reader really what she is trying to say. In the first stanza, she talks about how if you are too keep your feeling cramped up inside, it will just make it worse. This has occurred in my life many times, relating to my family issues and such. In the second stanza, I really enjoy her choise of words. EX: ”But I have penetrated emotions, and shaking me off will be hard.”. I really like how she personifies the emotions, making it sound like her emotions are making it difficult for her to be set free of her so called “sadness”. The third stanza, i can really relate to. She says

“I know of sealed lips

Promised to be kept zipped

And if they let out what shouldn’t be told

That consequences will unfold”

I relate to this because when there are very dark secrets, attacking someone in some way, and if you are too tell someone those secrets, the consequences could turn into something more than a simple friendship. She uses great world play in this, it really reminds me of the feelings of fear that are caused by these types of events. Overall Alyssa’s poem was great, she did a great job on using her words to portray some great imagery. I had a great time reading it and felt that i could really relate to it.

Poem Response #3

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15615

Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

The first sentence of this poem, immediately tells you that this poem somehow relates to America. I think in the first sentence he trying to say, that he too is included the population of America, like just don’t count him out of the whole idea of a perfect union. In the next stanza, he talks about how he is one of the many black people. “They send me to eat in the kitchen, when the company comes…” This means that the blacks were just pushed aside, beaten, and hurt for the happiness of the whites, and were unable to do anything about it. “But I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong” This sentence means that despite all the poor treatment, the blacks had still struggled through, and all it did was make them stronger. In this sentence “ Tomorrow, ill be at the table, when company comes, nobody’ll dare, say to me, eat in the kitchen then.” The author is trying to say that eventually, the blacks will be seen for who they really are, equal. That they are as strong as the whites. “Besides, they’ll see how beautiful I am, and be ashamed” This means that they will realise that the blacks aren't as bad as they thought they were, that they are equal, and that in the long run, the whites will realise that they screwed up, and we'll be ashamed of what they did. In they last sentence, he finally concludes that he too is part of America.

Rap

My names Logan Urfer
Eating on that burger
Gluten free bun please?
Hold off on that darn cheese!

Yo Yo

My swaggers to the limit
And im makin all you other haters
Im sitting in my yard, thinkin about the toys and the cars
and all the passion i put into my songs when im rappin

im walking to my house
im seeing mouses up in here
im feeling up the fear
pita pat into my ear

Yo you know the fear is true
and when i look upon you
than you know what to do
Friky fresh

Limericks

There once was a potatoe named Fry
Whos favorite food was pie
She was picked by Mcdonalds
The company owned by the donalds
Too bad the customers had to die

There once was a human named Logan
Who loved to make magical potions
After his potion was done
Logan's dearest son
Had decided to swim in the ocean

There once was a girl named noa
Who had a beautiful boa
The boa wasnt trained well
So she threw it in a cell
Now Noa needs a new boa

Poem response #2

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

I like how the author used the 3 words “I love thee” In almost every sentence. She definitely used a lot of metaphors and similes, for example “I love thee freely, as men strive for right” I like how she described her passion through many, in depth ways. In the beginning of the poem, she starts of by saying “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” all she uses is some simple word play to really grab the readers attention. You notice some exact rhymes throughout the poem including, height and sight, light and right, lose and choose, all in different patterns. The author really expresses the light between her love and the other person. I think shes trying to express how pure their love is, by comparing it to the sun, or even a bright candle light. At the end of the poem, she explains that in the afterlife, all will be easier. Their love will go on forever, he will be happier, she will be happier. Everything in the past will be forgotten, including their mistakes.