Dayona+McNeil

" Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen " -- Leonardo de Vinci

Poems come from the heart, speak your mind....... 1. Memory Poem 2. Obe Poem 3. Riff Poem 4. I was raised by....

__**Tragic:** __
Friends, Oh your going to the store with your friends, But wait, your friends ain't nothing but trouble, Your only going to the Chinese Store, It's dangerous there though, 30 minutes later..... Knock, Knock, Knock, Boom, Boom, Boom, Wait, why are people banging on the door, Why, All I see is tears, and tears, I hear screaming, I see blood, I started getting dizzy, I wake up in a hospital chair, Why, What happened to me, My brother got shot at the Chinese Store, I told him not to go..... I had a feeling something dangerous was going to happen, Why didn't he just listen to me, Thank God he lived, Tragic.....

//__**Basketball for life:**__//
//Who do you think you are,// //Have you really gotten me this far,// //And will take me farther,// //Should I trust you,// //Or should I just leave you,// //Right here, right now,// //Without telling anyone.....// //Im in love with you,// //You make my day,// //In every way, and that's just all I can say,// //Never knew I could love something so much,// //Some people may treat you better then I do,// //But that only means I have to use you more each and everyday,// //Just to show you the way....// //To success....// //I won't let you down,// //You will help me succeed,// //I just have to lead you the way,// //Just to show the people that doubted me,// //That they gonna see,// //What God has in store for me......//

__**Life about basketball:**__

Basketball is not a hobby, it's my life, People say why do I care about basketball so much, I tell them it been apart of me all my life, People doubt my skills, and how good I am, I just tell them speak now, but don't say a word later, Don't get it? Well think about it.... They be lyin' through they teeth, hope you slip up off your path.... But it is hard being a person.... People hate on me, But I don't know why, Because I am humble in everything I do? Because I never talk or brag about how good I am? Because I always try and find away to improve on my game? Because I take basketball serious? Should I go on about it? I think not.... You wanna know what I tell these haters, Just watch, and remember my name, Because you will see me achieve FAME.....

LINE 9- Naomi Shihab Nye LINE 10-Lupe Fiasco

__I was Raised By...... __
the people that care about me the most, my family. the people that sticks with me no matter what, not the type of family that only cares about me whenever they see me, not the family that is jealous of what I have, not the family that hates to see my family and I stay together, well I have 2 kinds of family, the family that really cares about me, and the family that really doesn't, I ask my mom and dad....why? Why don't they love us, My mom and dad tells me....they do love us, Just not as much as we love you, My mother, father, 2 sisters, 4 brothers, and I... I was raised by my family.

__Sonnet__

Playing basketball is something I do, Reading is something that is a good thing, My family is the best and thats true, Don't sometimes you wish you could really sing, Well not me because I love to play sports, I also do hair in my spare time, Sometimes I just go to a spa resort, Now I have to make this poem rhyme, Its gonna take me some time but its cool, I think I'm about to start up a group, Never try so hard because you might loose, When I see a basketball I like to hoop, When it comes down to it I have to choose, I like sports because I don't like to loose. = = =Nikki Giovanni =

Nikki Giovanni is a work of art. With me I like people to be real and just speak the truth, don't be fake. This brings me to why I picked Nikki Giovanni. When I first heard about Nikki Giovanni it was just like "Oh okay, another poet." My teacher Mr. Block introduced me into her name, and suggested that if I wanted to pick her then I could. At first I wasn't going to pick her then I thought to myself, it wouldn't hurt anybody. So I decided to do some research on her, and starting reading some of her poems. Nikki Giovanni poems reached out to me. They speak the truth. Not all of her poems rhymed, some of them but not all. Nikki Giovanni is an amazing woman, and has a mind of a genius. Nikki Giovanni is a great poet, and if you didn't read any of her poems yet, then you should.