Does this go against the Constitution as "Godless America" said? If not, does it go against at least our freedom of religion? I wonder why people would be concerned about Mitt being Mormon? (While writing this, I researched the definition of "public offices" to see if it applied to the role of presidency.)

This is one of the reasons religion plays a larger role in the polls.

Here is one of the places the theme is seen. It shows that today, religion has its role in the polls.

I will entitle this section "Jefferson and Clinton: How Time Changed How Religion Is Seen in the Elections"

This reminds me of how "Godless America" talks about how America is secular in the sense that it lets people of any religion serve in the public office.

Some of the things this could possibly be from are the acts of Christian activists like the ones mentioned in "Godless America". It could also be from the words of some politicians like President Bush too, who was also mentioned in "Godless America".

First hearing this, I don't think it will help support the article's theme. Also, it reminds me of the first stories that "Godless America" started out with made Christians sound kind of bad.

I was a little surprised when I heard and comprehended this.

According to Oxford Dictionaries run through Yahoo!, contention means when those strongly oppose and are upseted by an idea or fact.

Clarifies boundaries of discussion topics.

This reminds me of when Glass stated his opinions during the podcast. (Could help me on Part 3 of this lesson.)

The idea of having post offices closed on Sundays reminds me of when my family found a bird stuck in a sticky fly trap but most of the vets were closed since it was Sunday. (We still found a wildlife rehab center, though) Also, my opinion about post offices being closed is that it seems okay since it's been in effect for, I think, a while now and I haven't heard a lot of issues about it from anyone.

Summary: So far, a statement was written by city councilman, Paul Williams, saying that prayer services cannot be included in a homeless shelter made by Salvation Army. This drew attention from the area's Salvation Army manager, the US cabinet, and even the US president.

It's interesting how much Christian religion is involved more in the lives of Americans than I thought!

So far, I think that this podcast sort of makes Christians sound bad, maybe even in this sentence a little because of Ira's tone.

This principle has very steadfast faith. I believe in creationalism, but I think he is being a little unfair to the teacher.

I have a feeling that this statement will have to do with the podcast's theme.

I wonder why he would have to think about that.

What Paul Williams just did reminds me of something I would do if I were younger.

According to Oxford Dictionaries run through Yahoo! , proselytize means when someone influences another to turn to a different idea or faith.

Paul Williams' tone of voice during this response made me laugh a little.

NOT as helpful

Important for writers!! (Though, I WANT to use it as an idea. I don't FEEl like it could be a useful idea.)

Secondary tip.

Linked to first quote in paragraph.

I like that he added pauses in his speech

Aw, this is a tender moment.

They did! :D

This reminds me of issues today's world has. At the moment, I somewhat believe that things will get worse, instead.

This kind of reminds me of those interesting real-life situations I have and how I thought they would sound if I wrote about them.

This reminds me of how my Mom was recently concerned and upset about an issue of mine.

This essay left me feeling uncomfortable, mainly because of the topic. I don't mean to be rude.

This section shows how Penn still looks towards good values.

This first line makes me a little sad.

What he means by "negative" has to do with "distinguishing features" being missing. Link

S: I think that the article might be called this because the author tells how less competitive games and "softer" ways will replace the games we have now. Therefore, "the weak shall inherit the gym."

C: This seems somewhat harsh because I don't think that the parents who don't like dodge-ball want their children being in a completely safe and protected environment. Some of them could just want to make sure their children don't get hurt both physically and emotionally while playing the game.

(S) So far, Rick is telling how schools shouldn't ban dodge-ball because the game helps build confidence. He shows an example of this when he told how a boy from his past school was proud after he had thrown a dodge-ball at a school bully more than twice his weight.

C: This is an example of opening with some humor like what the "Using Humor in Nonfiction Writing" page told to do.

C: I think that what Job did was very loyal and is probably something hard to do today. I know that it'd be hard for me.

A: Does this mean his birthday?

This can help me explain how poets can find that connection between food and poetry.

This is a quote from Kevin Young that I might use to prove that writers of poetry can find relations to food.

The resource's main idea is to announce the creation of a collection of food-based poetry but while doing so, it explains Young's opinion of how food relates to poetry. This can be helpful for the statements in my essay.

"A Readable Feast: Poems To Feed 'The Hungry Ear'" explains a collection of food poems, "The Hungry Ear", put together by Kevin Young. It does this by sharing Young's thoughts on the poems and on poetry's relation to food. It includes portions of some of the book's additions that are written by different authors including William Carlos Williams, Elizabeth Alexander, and Joy Harjo.

This section will be relevant to my research because the poem is a more well-known and it is about one of the things that can we find around us, food.

The bibliography listed throughout the article shows that this article can be helpful in the literature field because it shows facts like his birthdate, accomplishments, etc.

This section implies bias because it gives areas that people can visit that are by the places Yeats grew up in and wrote about. The article is trying to connect the places that inspired Yeats with possible travel sites.

"A journey through Ireland with W.B. Yeats" gives a biography of W.B. Yeats and tells how the landscapes of Ireland, such as the Sligo coast and Galway, and his summer home influenced his poetry. The article's main idea is to show the cities and buildings that inspired or became where he expressed his writing in order to influence people to visit Ireland.

"The Tower" proves that one's own home can be the topic of poetry. This is also helpful research.

The fact that Ben Bulben is an example of how a landscape has inspired a poem is information from this article that I can use in my essay.

This article was made by a website that promotes you to visit Ireland. So, it is possible that they are highlighting the pros in their article.

This section shows the historical factor of how Ekphrasis can be explained in the field of history.

This document may be helpful for literature and art because it involves the topic of works of art and the topic of how poetry has been influenced.

This article was made for educational purposes by The J. Paul Getty Museum. It's information of what Ekphrasis is and its various given examples of Ekphrastic poetry will be helpful for my research.

"Ekphrastic Poetry" mostly explains ways that Ekphrasis has been used by giving different examples of poets and the art or artists that inspired them. The beginning of the document tells the meaning of Ekphrasis both today and in the past. It also notes on what an ekphrasis poem contains.

Various different types of given poems include an epic poem that fits the older definition of Ekphrasis. This is "the skill of describing a thing with vivid detail." Other given poems provoke pictures of scenes, express thoughts for the art, or imply messages.

Search term I used: "how famous poets were inspired +by +places" , I got only one page of results back and one of them talks about poems written about cities which might help me give an outline on how places inspire poetry.

I also searched "how places inspired poets" in RefSeek and did not really fin any resources that helped me. There were several results, but I only looked at two pages.

I searched different terms using Virtual LRC Arts, and did not get any resources that were really useful. Then, I searched with the main Virtual LRC and found three resources that helped me understand how places, religion, and other poets can be inspiration for poetry.

I also used iSeek to search "inspiration motivation +for writing poetry". Some of the links I found are a link that kind of helped me learn about how the world around can inspire poetry and a link that was, I think, for a software called Inspiration which contained outdated links.

The search term I used was +how poets +are inspired. The very first link was an amazing source! It led me to a page on the website readwritethink, and it explained a little about Ekphrasis. Ekphrasis basically means how art serves as the inspiration for poems. This will help because it gives me a type of motivation to explain in my essay.

The fact that iSeek's resources are "safe, authoritative" etc., as it also says on the website, puts my mind more at ease because I don't have to worry as much about my resources being reliable and trustworthy.

This phrase makes me ask the question "What if there are good sources that would be eliminated if I didn't use Google?"

When I first read this, I thought that this article would be very helpful in my research.

This is very interesting and will definitely be helpful for searching in general. Example search terms can be "inspiration +for poems" and "poets' inspirations" for my research question "How can one's surroundings be inspiration in writing a poem?"

This tip literally helped me to discover this symbol on the keyboard. I don't think I've really seen it before or used it before. Now I know how to search for two things at once!

It's kind of weird and interesting that Google doesn't distinguish between capital and lowercase letters.

It surprised me that I can do this to help take away unwanted search results. This tip will be useful to me even for things other than school.

The problem with this feature is that it removes the Google AutoComplete, thus making it less efficient and fast to search terms.

I think that this tip was not as helpful because I already knew to do that when my searched terms don't work well.

I think the poem would be kind of short if you used only "a word or two". For that reason, writing only a couple words isn't the best idea to me.

I find this to be a good idea that could appeal to younger kids and surely appeal to a younger me. I can even see myself using this idea today.

Reading this section of the article makes me think that delving into the art of poetry, whether learning about it or writing it, can help with writing skills in the future.

I can relate to this.

This is what my story is going to be about! This tip will help me write my children's book.

This reminds me of memorizing my favorite poems from a kid's movie when I was younger.

These detailed words make me feel happy towards how writing poetry and poetry itself can make a child happy.

It feels like this is the main idea of the article.