This is a very long CPU because our poetry seminar fuelled some kind of flame in me that I can’t seem to to take out. I hope you enjoy <3 … the role adversity[…]
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the stars mingle with dust: a faiz ahmed faiz emulation-ish
a short story heavily inspired by zaid and zain’s poetry seminar Where I come from, it is unlawful, immoral, and strictly forbidden to look up. Men patrol the rooftops with the unlucky outcasts in[…]
Chalk Pastels and a Childhood Soul – “Siren Song” Polished Personal Response
Note: I have been turning this post over and over in my head as though to plan its perfect execution, but it just wasn’t piecing together the way my truth had revealed itself to me.[…]
Beauty Is
On Beauty – Kahlil Gibran And a poet said, ‘Speak to us of Beauty.’ Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide? And[…]
is there no power?
personal response to James Weldon Johnson’s “Art vs. Trade” Is there no power to rescue her, protect, defend her? There has always been power, Found in the hands of the people who roam the earth:[…]
0. something important
*important to me Beautiful Black Bodies …impact of an individual’s ambition on self or others? . . . A personal response to James Weldon Johnson’s “Art vs. Trade” God’s chosen people proclaim His goodness[…]
Nirvana
The three fires between her and freedom – unbinding: Passion, Aversion, Ignorance They put you through it all: their American Dream paved the way from your fantasies to psych ward. Constantly being watched. White linoleum[…]
In Search of Peace
The following poem is Dan Almagor’s response to the ongoing violence of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Although I personally have not experienced times of war, I wanted to write a personal response based off the stories[…]
Though the Olive Tree Weeps
The following poem is the Israeli-born Dan Almagor’s We Shoot Children Too, Don’t We, which was written in the wake of the First Intifada during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was a Palestinian uprising against the[…]
Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” ~ AP Poetic Analysis
Prompt: Write a well organized essay in which you discuss how the poem’s controlling metaphor expresses the complex attitude of the speaker. (1996) As if attesting to the legacy of centuries of amalgamation, the[…]