Chelsea+J+Smith

= "Words written in verse may speak volumes when those do not"- Caressia Combs =

Memory Poem
Running around the house naked Laughing and screaming going down the stairs The mother yells put some clothes on before I beat your tale Kids take it as a joke and continue to run Feeling free and a strong breeze Back up the stairs the little kid goes Just to end up going on the bathroom floor

Ode to the nail salon
Twice a month once every two weeks I take a walk around the corner and up a few blocks till I meet my destination Walk in and say hey to the people that can help me with what I need I take a look at all the hands that has many different designs The man tells me to take a seat and caresses my hands, Cleans, cuts, and polishes my nails Ask me what color I would like and a design maybe even two. After all is done and I spend an hour in the nail salon I pay and give a tip Leaving with my nails freshly done only to be back within two weeks to repeat the process

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**Details on my Poet **
Wale who's birth name is (Olubowale Victor Akintimehin) is a rapper that also does poetry. Most people don't hear of his poetry because he's a rapper first. Wale was born on September 21,1984 to immigrant Nigerian parents. He has an older brother who works for labels like the A&R, also know as Murder Inc. Wale started off as an underground rapper and just making mixtapes. He started rising in 2006 when one of his songs became big in Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland. Since then he has been a rising star. Doing songs with Roscoe Dash, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne Chrisette Michele, Melanie Fiona, J.Cole, and many more. His music aims to be talking about pop-culture and politics, he tries to avoid the "gangster-rap" mess. Some of the poems he wrote is called Diary, The Ambitious Girl, The Manipulation 2, and The Problem.Personally my favorite poems that he wrote are The Ambitious Girl and Diary. In The Ambitious Girl poems he talks about how a women should be able to do her thing. How he would like a girl that would rather do her work and have her priorities straight, and not a girl that just wants to be in the street all the time. He says in the poem " I want to fuck the shit out of your aspirations" when he says this he doesn't mean he just wants her in bed. He wants to be able to help her with her dreams and be able to get her where she needs to be if she would accept his help. Here's the poem itself:

Ambitious girl, the drive-drive me crazy I'm tryna stay with you, lay with you I'll pay your tuition, pray with you if you aint into wishin I'm tryna fxck the shxt out your aspirations see, the last one I dated, I hated we wake up, i go to work, she leave out come back with some make up, high heels, and a purse, or worse i ask, "Babygirl, what you aspire to be?" she reply to me like, "why you perspiring me?" bxtch.. pardon me if I'm sweating you but, I wanna see something else in you before I invest in you ambitious girl, (what you sitting for) I'd rather you tell me to hit you later, because you gotta finish a paper then to be in my face asking for a rosea cup see these bxtches can't cut in yo business I'm in love with your business and your productivity is the reason I intrest, ambitious girl see, I like the person that you are, but I'm in love with the person that you have potential to be and all your dreams sharing with me  and your secrets baring with me  and the flaws, you aint even got to mention to me, ambitious girl, you just wanna win, and you'd rather chase your dreams, then to try to chase these men that try to chase these skirts that try to chase these shots with flavors that not even as sweet as her my ambitious girl, I wont forget you, I just reflect on how I aint met you, yet boo you somewhere, getting your life in order so for the time being, i hope this (overscribe) might support her support her, or work her, she worth it go girl X3, ambition go girl X7, ambition go girl X7, ambition ambition X7

**Analysis on my poem **
All of the poems I wrote had something to do with my father. We had just started the poetry unit in English and things in my life were happening to fast. The only person who was really on my mind was my dad. With all this poetry I was able to get my feelings down on paper. I was able to write down how I felt without people wondering what was going on my life. So two of the poems I wrote means something. The poems show a different aspect of my dad and how much he means to me. The sonnet shows how a teen girl faces many problems when it comes to having feelings for a boy. The memory poem shows how I wish I can sometimes go back to being a kid with no problems. With each poem it just shows a piece of me and how everything of me at some point has a deeper meaning.

I Was Raised By My Dad
I was raised by a strict man Saying yes ma'am and yes sir To no ma'am no sir Obeying every word they said Cleaning the house including the blinds

I was raised by a funny man Making jokes everyday Always quoting movies and funny things he hears "Alrighty then Bye bye now." The famous line he always says.

I was raised by a responsible man Putting his family first Doing what most men won't do He took care of his kids and they are his world. Showing them right from wrong Going from training them how to use the bathroom To training them how to drive

I was raised by a man A man who had to do his duties Who loved his family but obeyed his work A man who is a First Sergeant A man who obeys and serves his country

I was raised by a funny man A man that loves to joke around A man that went to my little brother and said "Get off the nipple" A man that made jokes A man that hides around the house at midnight to scare the kids A man who acts like he's sleeping when the kids want something

I was raised by my father The man who gave me life The one that helped me become the woman I am today The one that showed me right from wrong The one that shows me to dream big And succeed even bigger

I was raised by a man who inspired me to dream big and achieve even bigger I was raised by my father

= Wondering Sonnet = Sitting here wondering can you be it Each time we spend together I fall deep When you start to leave I throw a big fit Waiting for the day you make that big leap Taking me from just a friend to your girl Spending endless times with you on dates And you becoming my whole entire world Teaching me how to deal with those that hate Then I start to think that maybe its a dream Maybe I could be asking for to much Hoping that everything isn't to the extreme Just waiting for that one special touch So I sit here and wonder can there be us Or is it all just a really big fuss