Poerty project

My poems

Night Life

Assignment: Haiku

The the light of the night
towers that shine bright
the night light thats the life

This poem was written because I live in the city and i can relate the staying up and out late to see the city lights. I also got the inspiration to write this poem after seeing the skyline.

Behind her mind
Assignment: 2 voice

Do it!!
Do what??
Take the pill
What pill??
Kill the baby
No your not talking me out of this
Theres not much you can do
Yes i can care for it
How will you provide and take care if it?
Ill handle it
Don't waste my life
But your me so my life
Just give up
NOOOO!!!!!

into The Darkness
Assignment sonnet

The moment I woke up I saw it big dark
It was a scary creature creeping through the night
No sound I could see but not move it larks
But I know it's there to scare me so it is right
Get up! I hear but then I disappear fade to nothing
I'm no longer there I'm no where gone not to b found
No longer man or beast or whatever we are I start bugging
This feels like nothing lost in a dream I feel like I've been drowned
And I don't want to b drowning or bugging I need to begin the loving
For others people and I don't know what to do for now
We have hurt a lot and done a lot but sometimes we need to be forgiving
And not everyone is ready for something's like vows
The creature is back but I am nothing he is here for nothing
He speaks to me and teaches me things no one knows and teaches me how to begin loving

I wrote this poem because lots of young girls are getting pregnant now a days and they don't ask them selfs how life would change. I wrote this from like a girls point of few and to see what they would do. I just experimented with the idea of the girl talking to her self.

Son

I wrote my sonnet the day after i had a bad dream so I wanted it to relate to my dream and be witty but teach a lesson. I also wrote it  because it seemed interesting when I came up with the idea.

Heart poem reflection

" I want to die" this is a line from The Starry Night by Anne Sexton this poem is very deep and understanding. I choose this as my heart poem because its relatable  and the literary devices, word choice and the point of the poem. They all come together to make an amazing heart poem.
The poem is about how life is hard and sometimes people need a place to get away and for Anne sexton that would be suicide. This poem explains what she wants because things are hard for her. The first time I read the poem I was very confused but after reading it a few times I realized the meaning behind the poem. Line 6 " I want to die" being repeated, gave those words strength and showed how she felt. Shes tired of going through life with hardships and other things that get in her way and bother her. This poem also shows how hard things could be because she writes about being swallowed up by a dragon which is like a symbol for all her problems and how they suck her up, hurt her and mess with her.
Another reason I connect to this poem is because the literary devices in it such as  metaphors, and repeating words . The words I want to die are used twice in this poem to give the words strength and show how much Anne Sexton cares about the way she feels. She feels shes ready to die and she wants to show the reader that by saying the words over and over again to put them in the readers head. An example of her using metaphors is in lines 14 and 15 " sucked up by that great dragon, to split from my  life with no flag." These lines made me think about life fading and how hard things could be sometimes. Anne Sexton is trying to show her readers that things are hard and sometimes you need a break and want to get away from it all. The dragon represents something scary and dangerous, so it taking her away is like the pain finally going away and leaving her.
I really can connect to this poem because I know how hard life can be sometimes not like I want to die but sometimes I need to be in a place alone just to get away from things. I think this poem expresses feelings for lots of people and it helps you to think sometimes. This poem is very strong and deep it really puts lots of things out there for people especially Anne Sexton.              

Reading Response

          Edward Cullins is intrigued by Bella, he is in love with her but he can't be with her because he is a vampire.  Twilight  by Stephanie Meyer is about a vampire who loves a human. But the tragic thing is he can't be with her, because he doesn't want to put her life at risk.
         He truly has feelings for her but he is scared to be hurt so he ends up admitting his feelings for her. He has no doubt in his mind what he wants but he knows he can't have it. "If I hadn't been denying my thirst for the last,well, too many years, I wouldnt have been able to stop myself."(260) Edward can't deny his feelings but he wants to stop himself to keep her. In a twisted way he could love but can't be loved.
        Edward must do anything and everything to control his feelings for Bella. He can see her in a different way then others he doesn't know her too well but he loves everything about her. The way she looks and even smells he loves it. "The fragrance coming off your skin.... I thought it would make me deranged that first day."(270) Edward has an urge for her but must restrain and stop to better her life so she won't be in danger.
       Edward has desire for Bella in the way like no other. He wants to feed offer her but wants to look for at the same time. He has mixed feelings towards her, but he still is protected of her so he can keep her safe. "I took precutions, hunting, feeding more than usual before seeing you again." Edward scared he might hurt her so he does more just to keep her out of harms way. He really cares for everything he does.
       Edward loves but can't be love by the girl he wants. Go to show how people would do anything for love. He did more and more every day to keep her safe and protect her. For Edward it was hard to resist what he can't have but he tries his best to keep her safe, and overcome adversity.
       

Authors note

I hope to teach kids to healthy and listen to things their parents say even if they don’t like it. I want kids to learn even sometimes the things you don’t want to do can be the most helpful like living a healthy good life. I found lots of kids don’t take the right amount of vegetables and fruits into there body. So teaching kids how to be healthy in a fun and cool way can really help them.

This is good topic for kids because so many bad things can happen to your body if you don’t eat right. Kids learning this could help them to lead a better lifestyle and teach others to be healthy. This is really good for kids to learn more and help them out. I think this is good because kids could grow a lot from this and be more mature. Finally I want kids to know things might not be the best but it can be the best for you.

This connects to me cause I know lots of people in my family and my life that are overweight and just knowing you could live a healthy life can help these kids. Kids need to know living healthy is the best and right way to go. I know people that have diabetes and other things because of the food they ate. A lot of the people I know regret it cause now they can barley eat some of the foods they loved before because they had so much it got them sick. I want kids to lead a healthy life and live good.  

Synthesis page

Claim: This book doesn't show justice because people are getting killed over diamonds that aren't even theirs , and it just shows how wrong and messed up the world can be sometimes.

Argument essay

The story Flight by Sherman Alexie is about a young boy named Zit who is lost in life his dad left him and his mother is dead he doesn't know who he is or what to do. The text deals with Zits thoughts and life. He struggles a lot with self doubt and there is a lot of violence and bad language, but this book can teach kids a lot. This should stay in middle school libraries because it teaches kids life lessons and how to be self motivated.
The article "Darkness to visible" by Gurdon Meghan shows how books like Sherman Alexies Diary of a part time Indian  shouldn't be banned because they are helpful. For example Sherman Alexie says that his book is not as bad as the internet because the internet is so big you could really find or see anything. So Alexie was right his book is a small booklet of paper what could it really have thats so bad. From "Flight" the baddest part of the was when Zit decided to kill all those people in the bank and describing all the people dying getting shot, men, women, children it was sad. Also he let a kid named Justice choice his decisions for him, Justice convinced Zit to kill people and gave him guns, so Zit didn't know better.This could teach kids to go the right way in life and learn and grow.
The book Flight also teaches kids awareness such as racism and why its bad but it shows kids why now days people are not ass racists as in the 50's or earlier. In Flight  Zit goes into one indian boys body and is told to kill a white kid. But he can't do it he has the tomahawk in his hand, to this kids neck but he questions if he should kill him. He thinks about the kids age, he thinks what has this done to me, and he finds his answers stop him from doing the wrong thing. This could teach kids that in life just because you don't like the way someone looks, it doesn't mean they deserve something bad in return for how you feel. This also teaches kids to really think before they act a way about something.
This book is bad because it teaches kids that self doubt is a thing that is real and lots of people have self doubt. But this book also teaches kids how to keep there heads high and do what they want to stay happy but don't do bad things in the process. It shows kids a lot of lessons about life and how this could be good for them they also need to be strong and independent for themselves. The article "Librarians load fight against banned books." Shows that a lot of books now have a lot of self doubt and self abuse because kids now relate to this because they think its the only way they could be happy and free. But they need to learn that its  more than just that kids need to know that life it self is a good thing and they need to appreciate it.
Flight is a book that teaches kids many things in life lessons and new attitudes. It lets kids know what not to do in life based on people around and that you need to be yourself sometimes. People need to learn to lead not follow other so this book shows kids that and shows them to be on there own but not against people.  







                                                                Work cited
Cox Gurdon, Meghan. "Darkness Too Visible." The Wall Street Journal. N.p,4 June 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
Rich, Jake. "Can Book Censorship Save Our Children and Their Innocence?" University Wire. 07 Oct. 2014: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.
 Kallweit, Karoline. "Librarians Lead Fight Against Banned Books." Global Information Network. 24 Sep. 2012: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.

Social awraness

Police Brutality

The police

They don’t care they will get in your face

They will do what they can

“to keep us safe”

But it’ s fake

They only care about themselves

The police

Were is the justice in that

Beating people

We don’t need them stay together be us

I wrote this poem talking about the problems with police. Such as, beating people for no reason. Don’t get me wrong some cops are good but some can be really bad. So I want people to know they have to watch their backs. So be careful around cops even though they are the law enforcers.

Interview

Q: What do you feel about this police brutality going on?

A: It is very wrong I work for the police department myself and I didn’t think cops would act like this. I didn’t know things are changing now a day. Officers had more respect for the public.

Q: What is it you do for the NYPD?

A: I take the calls from people and dispatch it to the cops.

Q: How do you think we can stop police brutality?

A: Engage the officers with the community. Train officers to meet & greet the residents of the neighborhood they are patrolling, starting with the very young school aged children. Officers should know the children by first name. On the same note children and adults should address officers patrolling their neighborhood with respect, get to know the officers last name and address them properly when confronted by an officer.

Q: Do you think that the protesting will continue?

A: I strongly believe New Yorkers will continue protesting until a solution is made. New Yorkers are very opinionated individuals and will not let the Police Department get away with excessive and unnecessary force.

Reading Response

Upon reading the article “NYPD investigates alleged police brutality in Sunset Park” in the Brooklyn Eagle I was astounded by the excessive force used by police officers in the neighborhood I was born and raised in. I had no idea residents in my neighborhood were facing these issues with the 72^nd Precinct.  I don’t feel safe walking in the streets of Sunset Park, I may be the next victim of stop & frisk. My age and ethnicity will make me a target of profile in the officer’s mind.

The astounding and sad thing about the police brutality in Sunset Park is the majority of officers carrying out the brutality are also minorities as referenced in the YouTube video. Quoting U.S. Rep Nydia Velazquez and Councilmember Carlos Menchaca Facebook statement “We are a community of immigrants that has historically felt isolated from the police,” This statement emphasizes the reason why the 72^nd Precinct officers are mostly Hispanic, in order for the officers to communicate in Spanish with the immigrant residents who speak little or no English. It is an abuse of force and an abuse of power for these same officers hired to improve relations within the community, instead they make the poor choice to sever the relationship between the NYPD and the Sunset Park community.

In another statement made “It is clear that the actions on behalf of the police have affected the community in a profound way.” I agree with the statement, instead of Sunset Park residents reporting crimes they are going to stop requesting the Police Departments assistance and cease to cooperate with officers in fear of the way they have been treated.

In conclusion, a resolution has to be made with the NYPD and citizens. Officers need to be retrained in areas of community involvement. Also in the way they approach citizens and form relationships within the community. The NYPD has to own up to its saying CPR, which is courtesy, professionalism and respect.  

 

Non fiction

            The article Sayreville High School Arrests Divide a Town That Lived for Football By KATE ZERNIKE and N ATE SCHWEBER is about kids that got arrested for hazing another student on the football team with them. 7 of these students were arrested and the schools football season was canceled, this was the schools choice so they could show their students positive characteristics. In this article the author is trying to show how bullying could affect a lot of things not just the feelings of someone it could also get people in a lot of trouble.

                  Many people see this in different ways, people thing its kids just playing but other people think it’s really bad for kids and dangerous. They think this could mentally damage kids like there self of steam and emotions. For example the kid that was getting bullied was said to be getting treated badly and kids were making fun of him that he called the cops because he felt he was in danger. Three of the 7 kids were charges with sexually penetrating the kid so sometimes this “ hazing” could go to far. The other kids were charged with various crimes and hazing charges. People were surprised about this because parents say it was never this alarming or bad, it was just kids being kids until recently. This shows how out of control such a little thing could get.

                  This could also be harming to a kids self of steam because they feel alone when there is a group of kids hazing them and threating them bad. They feel like they are weak and can’t do anything about it. But this articles shows that speaking up isn’t always the worst thing to do it saved this kid because he was getting treated so bad but now he knows he is safe and the schools is cracking down on this issue. It is making awareness everywhere and could help other kids.

                  This article is very good because it teaches kids and parents a lot about things that are happening and what they could do.