Theo Russell 812
I think I will dream tonight
I will feel the lush grass on my feet as I walk through paradise
I will feel the clean air touch my face as I walk through paradise
I will hear the humming birds as I sit in paradise
I will hear the wind whistle as I sit in paradise
And when I wake up
I will feel the cold unforgiving ground and I will hear the cruel voices of the people around me.
This is a poem that I wrote as a homework assignment, and Its about a depressed person dreaming about a better life.
I feel so lost without you
When I reach to my side to pat you I feel nothing
When I put my hands over my mouth to call you you don't come
When I pat the side of my bed you don't jump up besides me
When i'm crying and I need you you're not there for me
Where did you go?
This is a poem that I wrote in class, its based on a person whose dog is lost and it's kind of based on my life and how my dog died and the sadness i felt.
I hear gunfire in the background in the background
I hear my fellow soldiers crying in pain
I hear the enemy shouting ahead
I see blood soaked dirt
I see the ground littered with shells
I see explosions ahead
I feel pain all over my body
I feel my head pounding
I feel dread and sorrow and I think
“when will it all end?”
This is the poem I made for the poetry competition and it's about a soldier that was drafted into the war.
My body hurts I fell on ice
My toes are really frozen and are cold
My feet feel weird and funny like fast mice
If I pulled the ice I would make a mold
I think I may have broken my right calf
I feel so hopeless and I start crying
My body is full numb in my south half
I feel no pain my body is lying
I can feel my body slowly sinking
this is the end of the line I know it
I am going to die I am thinking
If I go to heaven I hope it's lit
So I guess I am just going to go
Oh well I hope that I will not die slow
In this sonnet it started out with me learning how to make a sonnet and writing the line "my body hurts I fell on ice" and then I just went from there.
Reading response on heart poem
America McKay feels like an instant classic, it talks about America in such a way that you can relate. I like the word choice and feeling of the poem America.
The word choice in the poem America has a great effect on it. Words like "bitter" and "vigor" really make the poem feel alive. Also they give a personality to America these words make America seem a bit harsh.
The feeling in America is portrayed in a great way. Lines such as "her vigor flows like tides into my body" make you feel like America is a person and is a very lively and intense person. These kind of lines create a persona for America.
In conclusion I like the poem America by Claude McKay because of its word choice and feeling. The word choice makes America in the poem seem a bit harsh and the feeling makes America seem like a lively and intense person and creates a persona for America.
