Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Feb 11th
Today we got into groups and shared our poems. My group members seem to really enjoy my response poem to In The Trees. I like their poems J is really deep in his poem and is very articulate and knows how to get his point across very creatively. And C seems to dedicates her poems to her family and I like how personal she can be.
Feb 4
Today we were tasked with picking out 3 entries in the Tocqueville poem and 1 entry not in the poem to share with the class. After some time I finally found 3 I liked. And, my group members found the ones they liked and we shared amongst one another.
I like one poem on pages 28/29 about how his friend was making his friend was doing wrong and how he feels guilty for not noticing and says he feels he betrayed his friends. I don't understand why he feels responsible for his friends crime. His friend is the perpetrator not him. But it goes on to say that his friend's father passed and I suppose that he feels he was not there when his friend turned to crime to vent or something.
I also liked the one on pages 28/29 about how a group of bandits killed this mans wife and gave him an ultimatum to either kill himself or his young child. And in the end he kills his child and the bandits chop off both his arms. This type of poem seems to repeat in the book a number of times. But personally I do not agree with the actions that the fathers took. My classmates feel that the father was sparing the child from the whatever the bandits would have done to the child. But in the end he killed his child, I would've told my child to be strong and would've just ended my life there. The child deserves a chance to live. I pray I never find myself in such a situation.
I also liked one on pages 30/31. About how these people don't have photos of their family or themselves and they talk about themselves or their family. I can relate to this because I don't talk about myself or my family because people don't ask or just don't seem to care. The final poem I chose from the book is Ecclesiates because I liked how it was structured. It has 2 sentences in each stanza that seem to talk about charity or some sort of virtue. One of the sentences talks about why we think we do it and the other why we really did it.
I like one poem on pages 28/29 about how his friend was making his friend was doing wrong and how he feels guilty for not noticing and says he feels he betrayed his friends. I don't understand why he feels responsible for his friends crime. His friend is the perpetrator not him. But it goes on to say that his friend's father passed and I suppose that he feels he was not there when his friend turned to crime to vent or something.
I also liked the one on pages 28/29 about how a group of bandits killed this mans wife and gave him an ultimatum to either kill himself or his young child. And in the end he kills his child and the bandits chop off both his arms. This type of poem seems to repeat in the book a number of times. But personally I do not agree with the actions that the fathers took. My classmates feel that the father was sparing the child from the whatever the bandits would have done to the child. But in the end he killed his child, I would've told my child to be strong and would've just ended my life there. The child deserves a chance to live. I pray I never find myself in such a situation.
I also liked one on pages 30/31. About how these people don't have photos of their family or themselves and they talk about themselves or their family. I can relate to this because I don't talk about myself or my family because people don't ask or just don't seem to care. The final poem I chose from the book is Ecclesiates because I liked how it was structured. It has 2 sentences in each stanza that seem to talk about charity or some sort of virtue. One of the sentences talks about why we think we do it and the other why we really did it.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
"In the trees" response
To ease the waters weighing on your brain.
Try opening your mouth to let it drain.
A solo debriefing. A one-to-one. Monologue.
If that doesn't help, try writing it out.
Then perhaps this will cause you a drought.
And if this doesn't work take some pills, you insomniac .
Try opening your mouth to let it drain.
A solo debriefing. A one-to-one. Monologue.
If that doesn't help, try writing it out.
Then perhaps this will cause you a drought.
And if this doesn't work take some pills, you insomniac .
"The Scent of Verbena" response
You've gotten over your first hurdle.
Did and done. He's gone.
Raise your voice, yell, cry and scream for help.
You must not give in to the ease of death's grip.
Instead, clutch and grasp for life.
Now get up and run for your life, you must fight.
Don't be a victim, be a survivor!
The last sentence is a quote from someone, forgot who.
Did and done. He's gone.
Raise your voice, yell, cry and scream for help.
You must not give in to the ease of death's grip.
Instead, clutch and grasp for life.
Now get up and run for your life, you must fight.
Don't be a victim, be a survivor!
The last sentence is a quote from someone, forgot who.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Jan 28th
Today we discussed Langston Hughes and looked at a few of his poems. We specifically discussed Dream Boggie, Dream Boggie Revised, A Dream Deferred. We discussed how these three poems seemed to be connected, subliminally. How all three, even though they are worded differently, seem to carry the same massage. We also listen to two of his other poems, early works.
We also read and Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. Each of us were given a part to read and we discussed as a whole. We reached a conclusion that the blackbird, which usually signifies death, represents a good thing.
We also, looked at Lyric, from Tocqueville. And discussed how the poem relates to 9/11.
We also read and Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. Each of us were given a part to read and we discussed as a whole. We reached a conclusion that the blackbird, which usually signifies death, represents a good thing.
We also, looked at Lyric, from Tocqueville. And discussed how the poem relates to 9/11.
Wednesday, Jan 21st
Today we talked about sonnets. We looked at some of Shakespeare's sonnets on love. And how they are compromised of fourteen lines. How there are three body parts of four sentences and two closing sentences. We looked sonnet 130 specifically and how Shakespeare paints a picture of his love for this imperfect woman and he loves her even more because of these imperfections.
Speaking on an imperfect woman, we also looked at Harryette Mullen's Dim Lady. We also discussed how the standards of beauty in society. We also, discussed how Mullen worded her poem using slang, and how her love poem differs from Shakespeares. We looked at some of Ted Berrigan's sonnets. We all seemed to get different things from his sonnets, like love, lust, seasons, death, confusion. We all learned that he wrote his sonnets then cut them up and rearranged them to make new sonnets, which I find really creative.
Speaking on an imperfect woman, we also looked at Harryette Mullen's Dim Lady. We also discussed how the standards of beauty in society. We also, discussed how Mullen worded her poem using slang, and how her love poem differs from Shakespeares. We looked at some of Ted Berrigan's sonnets. We all seemed to get different things from his sonnets, like love, lust, seasons, death, confusion. We all learned that he wrote his sonnets then cut them up and rearranged them to make new sonnets, which I find really creative.
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