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"Ocean waters..oceans deep..Serious poets never sleep." - Sally Ann Roberts

//Memory Poem//
 * The Smell of Fresh Red Roses Dying**

As we get older things change our relationships we once shared is now strange. The fun times we laugh don't even exist its like my body feels locked away like a cuff to a wrist. when will things get better from bad i pour my heart on my note pad tears of joy not know more our relationship is forever ripped a painful tore. as my poem comes an end this is not it next time i will speak on a more violent hit the power of love to flying doves let love have an eternal finish, end or whatever memories and moments last forever.

Ode to Head phones
 * Twins from Planet La Musica**

Bumping and thumping is what we do, we come in a pair, twins from melodies to hip hop to soul we got it all. as the soothing beats come out peace arrives and and here too stay we reveal the land of mystery when set on shuffle more like a surprise ready to happen when together we share emotions of sad, pain suffering songs to upbeat and hyper tones, Our caretaker carries us everywhere

the journey is phenomenal seeing the city in different ways the underground the busy life traffic and all. As if we were the explorers leading expedition shining, and smiling for the world nothing could be better we cant be separated you take one, you take the other together forever sincerely, head phones!

//Riff ( "my toes are dictionaries do you need any words- Naomi Shihab Nye)//
 * My Body is a Walking Dictionary**

From the feeling in my toes when i walk, the journey of traveling the world revolves in the movement of my toes. my toes are dictionaries do you need any words? the feeling crawls up my legs hitting my calf muscles screaming, my toes are dictionaries do you need any words? no answer the feeling slithers to my knees making them buckle it repeats my toes are dictionaries do you need any words? no answer next is my thighs, squeezing its way through wandering to my abs, still nothing my toes are dictionaries do you need any words? it crawls and slithers to my mouth helping me talk, then making its way to my nose helping me breath next is my eyes helping me see. From my brown eyes it sends a message to brain. reading my toes are a dictionaries do you need any words? No but what you meant to say is my brain is a dictionary do you need any words?

//"I was raised by.." Poem//
 * Society affect on the Youth**

I was raised by society flaws and all from jumps to one man fights I seen it all

Arguments next door baby mama drama down the street From the hair shop doing girls weave. I seen it all

To nasty dirty kids running Crack, weed, cigarettes lying around to littering and trash everywhere I seen it all

Ordering Take out Power outs on summer nights To laying outside under the stars I seen it all

I kno from seeing it all I learned from it all I was raised by society.

__//Sonnet //__
 * Excelling Above The Rest**

Great expectations are what I live for. Blessings and Prayers make me move better. The inner thoughts of my mind are explored. The strive to excel is simply clever. To shine is school is my resolution. Preparing myself for the next level. Passing the skills through all evolution. I am one of god's kids not the devil. Doing the best where ever i am at I live life with no regrets and no doubts My success often is a threat at that The mind is like a lighthouse no blackouts

The path for success is hard to achieve You need to try your hardest and believe.

This poetry unit I discovered different writing tools to perfect my own poems I created. Personally, I feel more comfortable writing poems with the rhyming scheme over poems with emotion. Poems that rhyme you realize many words can go together that you never thought of. I believe rappers don't get the recognition the respectfully deserve. Not anybody can be the next big rap star, you have talent. Even though you may not see it in modern day society, its there. On my wikispace I took a surprise risk with my poetry. For example for my riff poem I used the quote //"my toes are dictionaries do you need any words”- Naomi Shihab Nye//. I wanted the readers to sense the emotion and ultimately feel like it was specifically talking to them. Another unique thing that stands out in this poem is powerful verb actions. I use the human body to reveal the true inner beauties that lies within one's self. I ended the poem in a clever way or left as cliffhanger. The reader may think about the actual meaning in different ways, I wanted that to purposely happen. In my "I was raised by." poem I used repetition to let the audience fully grasp the point I was trying to get across. "I seen it all" after every stanza paints a picture of what I went through. Paints a picture of struggle, and a light to the end of the tunnel. And that was my main focus. In the near future if I ever want to write poetry just for myself, I know many valuable tools to make my poems better than ever. Thanks to this poetry unit!
 * Written analysis of my Poetry:**

Sonia Sanchez was powerful and is still alive today. She led a life of conflicting emotions. She lost many close relatives at a young age. As a young age she knew exactly wanted and that was to strive for excellence. Her effort for success got her where she is today. "Poet. Mother. Professor. National and International lecturer on Black Culture and Literature, Women’s Liberation, Peace and Racial Justice." (Found from http://soniasanchez.net/bio/) Those are just some of the titles she has hundreds of other ones. She has definitely set path for her followers today. She is known for being a remarkable woman. In poetry she leads a whole other direction. Being a well-educated Black woman she does not follow the criteria for correct grammar, such as the use for periods and capitalization errors. I believe she doesn’t follow the grammatical rules because she wants the reader to focus more on the concept or the emotion of the poem. For example the poem “Homecoming” there are short lines I think are there for the reader to fully grasp the message. This particular poem is about having that feeling when you come home and everything is different, it changed. She coming back from college and is witnessing terrible things in her neighborhood, like killing and fighting among themselves. Sonia cant believe what she is seeing with her eyes that’s why I said in my analysis that she is making the poem about the awareness to society. She is connecting it to her Black heritage and is proposing the message of having respect for yourself and your culture. Her main focus point she makes none is “ Black niggers my beauty.” The way she wrote is significant to her style as a poet. Her intentions were to make it stand out in your mind and also appealing to the eyes. Lastly it lets you know how she feels about her race. She has very strong feelings and affects her work and you see in a lot of her poems.
 * Detailed Study for Sonia Sanchez**

Other than her poems about race Sonia also is known for her deep personal poems. “Personal Letter No. 2” reveals the way she thinks about life itself. Again she uses the capitalization and punctuation errors as her signature. This poem lets the wanting for respect be visible as an emotion. In this short poem she finally uses periods towards the end to capture her complete thoughts. It reads “but I am what I am. woman. alone amid all this noise.” She is discussing the ideas of independence and woman rights. Developing the new images of life, Sonia Sanchez is more than on her way to one of the Greats in poetry.

Sonia Sanchez let no opportunities slide by her, and I see exactly why. She was destined for success. And she received exactly what she put in, years of hard work. We all thank her for that. She was raised as a intelligent young lady and now educates others at Temple University to better themselves. She is really a magnificent woman. And we thank her for all great work from then till now!

Performed by Marina Pyfrom
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