Poetry

faced with throughout their lives. Though these two poets come from vastly different cultures and backgrounds, they still share the same humanity in relation to the oppression they are exposed to. I have chosen to focus on both of these poets as their poetry depicts the sentiment of minority figures. Tonight, I will be examining the brilliant works of Javon Johnson and his poem, “’Cuz he’s black” and Alex Dang’s “What kind of Asian are you?” Both of these poets have written reflective and…

gracefully expound and share eloquently through poetry and story impacts lives. Literature is a writing form used in order to give an account derived from one’s thoughts, emotions and experiences. In America’s colonial literature, through understanding the common themes and backgrounds, there is a greater understanding of the experiences and moral compass of many writers. As with each period in history, there are major events and problems that affect…

She also told us a story about one of her poetry professors. One day, the instructed them to write an Ode to an animal, and as he went around the room, other students were picking animals such as black birds and sea anemones. When he got to Elizabeth and asked her for her choice of animal, she said…

The people are our teachers. People who have struggled to support themselves and large families, people who have survived in Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi, have learned something we need to know. There is a fantastic poetry in the lives of the people who have survived with strength and nobility. One of the interesting developments in the South is there was new movements for the revival of true Black American folk music and other old cultural forms, such as dance and story. The moving force…

Dickinson poetry was mostly about metaphysical poets in the seventeenth century England. Dickinson really enjoyed poetry about Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and John Keats. After Dickinson death, her family fined over 1800 poems she had wrote. In today’s society, Emily Dickinson is considered a powerful and…

Many things shaped Nikki’s writings. Her style was sensitive, talking about the struggles of being black from social, political, cultural, and economic standpoints (Carson 901). Nikki often wrote about what she was going through at the time (Carson 903); she wrote many of her works while dealing with the anger she felt toward her grandma’s death, as well as when she had cancer (“Nikki” 154). She also wrote about what she believes in. focusing on how people are more important than ideas…

Gwendolyn Brooks was one of the few poets able to move between the academic poets of the 1940’s and militant writers in the 1960’s, creating a fresh style of poetry that reflected the philosophic struggle each African American woman dealt with during this time. Her words spoke of the pain which comes with trying to better one’s life, especially in the face of extreme poverty and racial inequality. Upon initial reading one may see a theme of the stereotypical African American female, often…

understood. For humans to gain their own power they must look deep into their soul and endure judgment from others to find the power that they have hidden. As the person starts to mature their power is evolving in the darkest parts of their soul. In Poetry Is Not A Luxury, Audre Lorde explains “ These places of possibility within ourselves are dark due to the fact that they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through darkness. Within these deep places, each one of us…

Yanjie Hong Amy Murray Twyning Reading Poetry Essay 2 4/23/2015 The Complexities of identity in Terrance Hayes’s Poems Essentially, the emblematic portrayal of the African American male persona in Terrance Hayes poems is evidence of the experiences that people of color have in their routine lives. Evidently, his interview in the New York Times where lengthy conversations ensue, details emerge of how problematic his life in college and Japan was due to his dark skin (Burt). Arguably, his…

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) is better known as a scientist all over the world. He studied physics and aerospace engineering and dreamt to be a part of the Indian Air Force as a pilot of fighter jet. Unfortunately he did not get the chance to fly in the sky. He had to compromise with his childhood wish. He became a scientist and started working with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He…