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Body positivity
People told me that I shouldn’t show my skin or that I’m not perfect enough or fit enough to...
I never really understood why I got treated so badly by my classmates. People would say nasty things like “Why...
Do you like the speaker? Why, or why not? Do you think he’s a “nice guy?” If so, what makes you think that he’s nice? If not, what makes you think so?

As the speaker centers his whole poem and offer of love around a demand for his desired to give...
Is storytelling still the same today as it once was?
Storytelling (in a straightforward sense) was once important to humans. We used storytelling to connect, entertain and pass along...
The collective poems of Langston Hughes “Po Boy Blues”

Recently, I read the collected poems by Langston Hughes . I appreciated the poems and was really engaged in...
In Langston Hughes poems, “The collected poems of Langston Hughes” the author writes poems of his life and all...
Importance of a Catharsis Magazine

Catharsis: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. High school is a strange...
Poems By Langston Hughes

Recently, I read Selected Poems, by Langston Hughes. I relished the thought of the ingeniousness Langston uses in his poems....
Plot analysis of 12 angry men

Recently, I read 12 Angry Men , by Reginald Rose. I was amazed by this plan, due to the...
The Harlem Renaissance By: Veronica Chambers

(Since this story doesn’t revolve around one person, I thought I would create the protagonist as a whole. Basically...
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
The book I am reading is called “Riot” by Walter Dean Myers. The book is in the form of...
Martin Luther King, Jr

Martin Luther King always believed peaceHe never used violence he used his voice to fightNever used his hands he...
We real cool
“Cool people” To be cool you don’t have to be cool put people down cool to put yourself up...
A Poem of Mexico Response

In the article, ¨A Poem of Mexico¨I learned of how beauty behind Mexico, its unity in family and its...
Stop the Violence

Opening my eyes up every day once again another one of my loved ones getting killed. Listening to the news,...
If You Really Know Me
If you really know me, you would know that I’m afraid of Spiders because they look scary If you...
Just Peace
You can find peace anywhere at any time. Just close your eyes and think of a place You want...
Little town

Little town is my town, bound by the South PlatteLittletonLined with memories of people come and goneAnd family of...
Telluride

I would Journey along the scenic byways of the Rocky Mountains at sunrise Hike an unexplored trail at dawn...
Dear fellow oxygen-consuming Penguins
Dear fellow oxygen-consuming Penguins You are feathery You are a bird that can fly in water You are noots...
Fighting For You

Dear Earth, I’m sorry I’m so so sorry I’m sorry that we’re losing our chance for change I’m sorry...
Dear Baby Polar Bear

Dear Baby Polar bear, You are a fluffy bundle of playfulness rolling down a snowy hill You are a...
dear philippine eagle, you are strong birds with wings stretching out to the skies, you are made of your...
Martin Brave, Confident, Bold Dad of Bernice, Dexter, Yolanda, and MLK III, Son of MLK Sr. and Alberta Williams...
I,Too, Poem
I, too, am a man I am the one they look down on They send me to conversion camp...
I am made of Saint Placid, With a white School Uniform More than 100 students standing in a courtyard...
My Beautiful Neighborhood: Castle Hill Park

I am the ferry. I go to Manhattan because it is my job everyday, because I have to take...
I, too wanna state a purpose. I am the bad guy. They send me to rethink things about me...
How many, How much, It all depends on Us

How many children will die in school shootings? Depends on if we try to stop them. How many teens...
I Stayed Strong

I celebrate who I am every second, Every minute, Of every day for the rest of my life. I...
Why, How, and When Is There Going To Be a Change?

Why are young lives being taken from us so fast? Because No one is listening to our voices Why...
What Is Sex Without Love?

I wonder if I am the only person who disagrees with people having sexual intercourse with no strings attached. Sharon Olds’ poem...
Sonnet 129

Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till action, lust Is perjured,...
Essay on “Changes” by Tupac Shakur

The poem “Changes” by Tupac Shakur makes me ask myself the same question. Will we ever truly have a...
Filming at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Our names are José Disla, Carlos Nuñez, and Cristopher Beltre. We are students at Crotona International High School. We...
Where I’m From

Where I am from Spring comes under the skin of trees Opened the veins and filled them with...
How do you express your love?

I think of Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up I Blue” as a real-life situation. It makes me feel inquisitive, yet...
Do men go based off of what’s on the outside?

In the poem “There is a garden in her face” Thomas Campion talk about a lady that he is...
Why are people dying at a young age?

On the surface, Housman’s poem, “To an Athlete Dying Young” is about an athlete dying at a young age....
How do people perceive you? Can you know their perspective on you?

Clifton introduces the poem, “Lorena” with a headline: “Woman cuts off husband’s penis, later throws it from car window....
My first impressions of the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” were how Anne Bradstreet wrote this poem...
Do you believe that it’s possible to change poverty and racism?

Tyler Vivas Spring 2019 Kiran Power Of Poetry “Changes” by Tupac Shakur Is it possible to change poverty and...
How do People Endure Giving Their Things Up?

What were these people going through that they had to give up their instruments in order to get money?...
Why are humans destroying nature instead of honoring it?

What is so special about nature? What are humans doing to it? This topic of nature has been...
Are people actually going to help you in the bad times?

Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born In the USA” makes me ask: Are people actually going to help you in the...
Is the effort of love worth the pain of an inevitable breakup?

George Gordon Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824), who was known simply as Lord Byron, explored this...
Looking for the real meaning of “A Birthday” by Christina Rossetti

A reader’s first impression of “A Birthday” by “Christina Rossetti” might be that she is celebrating her birthday with...
Humane and Inhumane: What’s The Difference?
“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe What makes someone insane? What does it take to be sane? “The Raven”...
Can people change from violence? Can violence change anything?

Can people change from violence? Can violence change anything? “Changes” by Tupac Shakur provokes these questions. On the surface,...
A Deeper Understanding of “To An Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman

A.E. Housman’s 1896 poem, “To An Athlete Dying Young”, seems to be about an athlete taking on the obstacles...
What does it mean to talk about a lover as an anonymous person? Does it mean being afraid of...
Literary Analysis of “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron

In the tender poem “She Walks in Beauty”, the author, Lord Byron expresses his love for this lady through...
I am from the West CoastI am from the sandy warm beaches in CaliforniaFrom the beautiful sunsetsI am from...
Do you sometimes set your expectations so high so you are put into a position where you are prone...
Questions About “The Tyger” by William Blake

Two questions that this poem raises for me are: Do I look at myself as bright as this Tyger?...
First Analysis of “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop

One of the first things I noticed in this poem was of the phrase, “The art of losing isn’t...
Questions about the poem “So We’ll Go No More A-roving” by Lord Byron

One most intriguing comment out of six above was” Why does he need to pause to breathe? Why do...
Negative Familial Relationships in “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath

What does it mean to have a bad family relationship? How does such hatred originate? This topic is addressed...
Boba is gross, Almost done with my class, It’s too quiet and calm, It’s funny how now that there’s...
My Questions about “Changes” by Tupac Shakur

When is there gonna be change in our society? In the poem changes by Tupac Shakur, it demonstrates with...
My Questions About “There is a garden in her face” by Thomas Campion

Do men go based off of what’s on the outside? To answer this question from what I’ve read in...
My Questions About “Lorena” by Lucille Clifton

Clifton introduces the poem with a headline: “Woman cuts off husband’s penis, later throws it from car window. —News...
A Close Reading of “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron

My first impression of Byron’s poem was that it had a very sweet and calm tone to it and...
Close Reading of “You Fit into Me” by Margaret Atwood

My first impression of this poem was that it was really interesting. The poem intrigued me, yet, at the...
A Close Reading of “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” By Edna St. Vincent Millay

My first impression of this poem was that it was a well-written poem with lots of imagery. It makes...
My Questions about “Changes” by Tupac Shakur

The poem “Changes” by Tupac Shakur makes me ask myself the same question. Will we ever truly have a...
Escaping Immigration

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In the 1st line of the first stanza, Byron starts off his poem by repeating his title and then...
My Questions About “What lips my lips have kissed” by Edna St Vincent Millay

How do you describe heartbreak? Edna St. Vincent Millay answers this question in her poem, “What lips my lips...
I think that The poem “So We’ll Go No More A-roving” is all about love. More specifically, it is...
How do you express your love for someone? This song shows how Dylan expresses his love for this person...
My questions on “Changes” by Tupac Shakur

My main question for this poem is Do you believe that it’s possible to change poverty and racism? .The...
My backyard.The place where I spend almost my entire day,Playing with my dogs and cleaning up their mess,Picking up...
I submitted my poetry of place to The Caterpillars Magazine. Its a magazine that accepts poems and writing from...
North Austin

IWouldWalkthe streets of Rundberg at night aloneRunThe trails of Walnut Creek park in the humid rain andPatearLa pelota with...
The big question is why is there police brutality? The poem answers this question by saying, “pull a trigger...
One of the most interesting lines in Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “The Raven” is in stanza 15, line 1....
Born In the USA

Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born In the USA” makes me ask: Are people actually going to help you in the...
In the seventh line, Tupac describes a cop being called a hero even though the cop just killed someone...
Questions about the poem “Latin Night at the Pawnshop” by Martin Espada

What were these people going through that they had to give up their instruments in order to get money?...
In line one, paragraph one, Sylvia Plath repeats the phrase “you do not do” twice. She does this to...
Old Field, Mi Cancha

Old field, mi cancha, bound by Fordham Plaza,Lined with soccer fields where we have so much fun with soccer...
The first lines that I’m choosing to comment on are the first stanza of the poem: “Because I could...
Skin Color

Are colored people given a fair chance in our world? Or does their colored skin speak out for them?...
A close reading of “To an Athlete Dying Young “

My first impressions of this poem were of confused. It makes me feel sad, yet, at the same time,...
My questions on “As I Walked Out One Evening” by W.H Auden

In the first four lines of the first stanza, Auden introduces the poem by repeating it’s title and goes...
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