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 * //"I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes. //****"** ** - Sonia Sanchez **



=__My Dad __= I didn't think loving you was a crime

i wouldn't deal with the consequences not be trailed for being with you to not be at fault for the crime of loving you

I blocked out my family my friends my life for you you created my life but how can my life be created if im not the creator

you told me you loved me and that you cared enough that i would believe any and everything bit of betray that slipped on to your tounge

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">when you say you love me <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">do you mean it <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">or is that just a trap <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to trap yourself inside of me

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">you persuade me that you was the one for me <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I wait for you phone call at night <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">thinking that was the only way of sleeping at night <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">crying because i see the messages <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the signs of you, committing to betrayal

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">your love is a weapon of mass distruction <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">you destroyed my joy <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">my pride <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">now im dying inside <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">our days are numbered

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the death for the two of us is soon to end <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and there is no beginning <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">but to create a new ending

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">i changed for you <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">you snaked me <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">you told me all kinds of things

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">you a pitiful, pathetic, and a disgrace to your species <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the most disgusting thing that God could ever dissect <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and you call your self a "man"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">but i always give out and mistaken helping hand to the one they call "You" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">My Dad media type="file" key="MyDad.mp3" width="300" height="50" __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(Audio for "My Dad" Poem) __

=**__<span style="color: #e60a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ode to Hating __**=

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They dislike you for what they can't be <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wanting to see you fail <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They do not want to see you succeed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What doesn't kill them makes them stronger

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Its the girls <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The boys <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Anyone that has the feeling inside of them <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The thing they call " jealously "

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They see you <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And faces wrinkle up <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Only thing you can do <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is walk pass the

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Whip your hair back and fourth <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And wave ya hand as if you are the queen of england <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When you make it big <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The worst thing for a hater to do, is love you



//__**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Analysis **__// //<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Some things in my poem that I did was make it about my life and my self. I thought that the reader could get into it a little more. I wanted to have the reader feel as though they are in my shoes. In one of my poems (the Riff) I used different things that my little sister ask’s me, and the things that I respond too. I thought that was the creative way to do it because it was different in my eyes. I also did things that people could relate too. I liked this project because it was something I did before, but in a different way. Other techniques that I used was too make it not too sad. A lot of poems are sad and I just wanted to make it lighting up a little bit. This way people can see another side to poetry. In the “I Was Raised Poem“ I told what I was raised by and then told something about that thing that I was raised by. That would give reason why I think that that thing raised me. I really like doing this project and poems. It let me put another part of me out there that people can get to know. //

**__<span style="color: #e60a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Little Sister __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why do you do your hair like that? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Because I like it curled <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Why do you wear those shoes? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Because I like sneakers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Where are you going? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> To the store <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Can you get me something? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I don't have enough mone <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Do you want to play dolls? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I can't, I have homework <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Tomorrow? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Maybe <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Where you get your shirt from? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> H&M <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I want a shirt like that <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> You should buy one one day <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Who do you love? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I love my little sister <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I love you too

=__<span style="color: #e60a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I Was Raised By __=

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by music <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and music equals life <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by my mom <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">who made a sacrifice <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by basketball <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">where the sport brings me joy <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by dolls <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">when I used to play with toys <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by courage <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">not to be afraid <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by hope <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to raise my head <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by love <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">that comes rarely <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I was raised by myself <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">and that better than nothing

**__<span style="color: #e60a0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I love, You make , I want , Even when , You Put , And You , You Are , My New , I love __**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I love when you call my phone 9 at night <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You make me feel special in everyday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I want to see you all the time in sight <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You make me happy every kind of way

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Even when im mad you are there to help <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You put up with me when i make you mad <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And you think of others before your self <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You make sure your with me when im sad

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You are my Love <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">My New light

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You are my Baby <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I love you daily

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Analysis about Sonia Sanchez **//__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She taught African American literature in Eight Universities in the U.S. She also taught creative writing. She is now a professor at Temple Universities. A lot of her poems have a lot of spiritual, arts, and political in her poems. The language in the poems come from what she sees in her surroundings. That's how some of her poems come about. She also wrote books about concerns that interest her. Some things that that was were, relationship between black men and black women, and her interest in black children. Two books are It's a New Day and A Sound InvestmentI chose Sonia Sanchez because I fell in love with her poem "Ballad". I felt as though she was talking to me or wrote this just for me. She writes a lot of poems that people can relate to as well. She makes sure what she writes about is legit and people can relate.

__** Ballad **** By: Sonia Sanchez **__

// f <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">orgive me if i laugh // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">you are so sure of love // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">you are so young // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">and i too old to learn of love. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">the rain exploding // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">in the air is love // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">the grass excreting her // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">green wax is love // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">and stones remembering // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">past steps is love, // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">but you. you are too young // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">for love // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">and i too old. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">once. what does it matter // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">when or who, i knew // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">of love. // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">i fixed my body // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">under his and went // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">to sleep in love // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">all trace of me // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">was wiped away //

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">forgive me if i smile // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">young heiress of a naked dream // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">you are so young // //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">and i too old to learn of love. //