- Apr 2024
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Nor could storm or wind uproot him. My own dear love, he is all my heart,— And I wish somebody’d shoot him.
this is an extremely creative formula for a poem, i really like 7/8 stanzas being romantic and in adoration of someone, where the final line comes to reveal that maybe the author has some true feelings shining through. This poem is relatable and words this specific feeling better than any other poem surrounding this topic i've read
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- Mar 2024
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Then keeps it to himself as today's lesson.
I find the perspective of this story interesting. A part of it comes from the teachers perspective but he also serves as almost a narrator
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- Feb 2024
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Rat, and remind them that you, that I— we are worthy of every poem. Here.
Beautiful sentiment, I love how much it speaks to the importance of her writing this poem about rats. Said in a mix of a gifting manor yet also posing as rebellious against the professor
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I guess them arguing on a Tuesday in January's an occasion So I guess this is an occasional poem.
Lot's of emotion through this paragraph
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No bullets in the heroes. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy. & no one kills the black boy.
this line stands out to me so much, he says this three times to really rub in how typical this stereotype is for black-character movies.He really drives home that a black boy dying is a typical hook so often in movies about the hood
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- Jan 2024
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Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
I would have loved more connection to America and the list of jobs, though I understand the message
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And of course Jelly Roll Morton.
I wonder if Jelly Roll Morton being last and separate from every other name holds any significance
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- Dec 2023
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Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning After a rain. They click upon themselves As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
The use of description is absolutely beautiful and i love the way the author explains how the tree changes the way it does
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- Oct 2023
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scottbevill.net scottbevill.net
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it got too much hip, too much bone, too much conga, too much cuatro to two step, got too many piano keys in between her teeth it got too much clave too much hand clap, got too much salsa to sit still
This list of comparisons for her mom's voice not only ties in all of her mothers culture, but it really paints the picture of how she sees her mother's accent as something incredible. This quote contracts the previous more negative statement of how her mom can never be quiet by detailing her voice as something of expression rather than annoyance
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- Sep 2023
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Petals on a wet, black bough.
I picture the petals as people; beautiful and unique, compared to a black bough; dark and rained on. This expresses to me that the people are the beauty in a place as dull as a train station.
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- Aug 2023
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But I am young no longer now,
I like how as the perspective shifts from past to present, the creative and the description full of imagery drops. To me this represents losing the innocence and creativity of childhood as it shifts into reality
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from daddy's garden
The consistent excitement from the Author to be able to eat from her fathers garden suggests that this poem takes place when Nikki was younger.
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They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means.
The poet expresses frustration with people stripping apart elements of a poem to find it's meaning when the art of the poems he writes should be cherished for what it is.
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apex-magazine.com apex-magazine.com
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Have you ever seen those stupid TV specials where they rescue animals from some third-rate horror show of a circus in Las Vegas, and when they finally open the cages the lions just sit there, dead-eyed, because they’ve forgotten what it is to want anything? To desire, to yearn, to be filled with the terrible, golden hunger of being alive?
This author has perfect imagery and descriptive skills
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It was supposed to be a happy ending. Which kind of tells you all you need to know about this kid’s life, doesn’t it?
The kid was disappointed by the book ending because the fantasy aspects pulled him out of the real world, so he was disappointed to be pulled back into reality at the end. Not only was he pulled into reality, but he was pulled into a reality he doesnt live. The sadness behind the story having a happy ending suggests the kid doesn't have a happy home life.
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patrons are dangerous delinquents come to steal them; and witches).
Very strong figurative language. Creates a vivid picture
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