But so what? Those alliterative "g"s definitely seem to ground a reader in physical reality - they order the muscles in the back of one's throat to clamp down on each other to make their hard "g". Sort...

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"Caprice" is a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated action

Or it could be a box of quilting scraps -- scraps of cloth used to make quilts. Click here for picture of the "Chaos Scrap" quilt pattern: http://www.shinyhappyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/controlled-chaos-finished-1000-px-no-logo.jpg

When there's two boxes next to each other in Hopscotch, you can put two feet down. The rhyme in the second line feels like when you hop on one foot first and then get to put two feet down...

I do see what you're saying -- hopscotch could be a strategy for survival. But I see it as a strategy for jumping from one safe space to another, dodging the dangerous places. When we played hopscotch growing up,...

Why do YOU think SHE thinks she won?

The photograph looks calm. But what mood does the POEM create for you?

This poem is an indictment of the poverty that the Bronx suffers. It has dark and light in it.

The sound"mmm" SOUNDS indistinct and undefined... and muddy.

I told you the book was more graphic than the movie!

She has a sense of humor. Maybe she's trying to get Fonny to laugh, and respond positively to her news?

They're making love.

OHH. Wait. I remember. Officer Bell had it out for Fonny after Officer Bell was prevented from arresting Fonny at the Italian lady's grocery store. That white guy had begun to assault Tish IN THE...