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Burning the Old Year
BY NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
Letters swallow themselves in seconds.
Notes friends tied to the doorknob,
transparent scarlet paper,
sizzle like moth wings,
marry the air.

So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone.

Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.
I begin again with the smallest numbers.

Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,
only the things I didn’t do
crackle after the blazing dies.

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/48597

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https://www.weareteachers.com/24-must-share-poems-for-middle-school-and-high-school/

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http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/just-say

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Mother to Son by Langston Hughes | Poetry Foundation

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"i didn’t leave because
i stopped loving you
i left because the longer
i stayed the less
i loved myself"

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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

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https://allpoetry.com/The-Rose-That-Grew-From-Concrete              marc curran

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https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/poem-about-friends-for-life

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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/famous

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I like this poem because i like how it asks the reader a question at the beginning. Then gives very descriptive visuals about the rose and what it did. Ialso like that the poem is  not to short and it gets to the point.

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I like this poem because It talks about that just because you leave something behind doesn't mean you loved doing it. it just means that it might have taught you some things, for example if someone was supposed to be helping you regain confidence or get rid of depression. But they weren't helping at all. Instead they were being a exhibitionist and making themselves feel more important in every situation.

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I really like this poem. First, this poem gives very good details and descriptive words about a friendship. Also, i really like how it had a rhyming scheme.  love how even tho it looks like it is long it takes the reader in makes them interested in what the theme of the poem

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I like how this poem is very open. I also like that at the beginning of the poem the author shows the reader that many people have different opinions on many different things. I also really like how this author chose to use a rhyming scheme. I feel that the author also made the poem a little harder to understand but just enough that they would be interested in figuring out the theme and would leave them wanting to know more.

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i like this poem because e.h. is one of my favorite poets this poem is very deep and relatable to me

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I like this poem because it talks about how the world is great even though there are bad and mischievous people in the world. It also says that people think nthe world will end in ice or fire. fire signifies the burns or damage done to the world. for example bombings, school shootings, women being sexually harassed, and less violent things like people not being able to follow their dreams because of other peoples choices or their wealth. ice signifies things that weren't done, things that were done, and things that were in the progress of being done. Ice also represents things or people that have been damaged but have been repaired. For example if there were homeless people near your local store that you see everyday. Then one day you decide to help them out and buy them clothes, a hotel, or food. You might not feel like anything happened, but to the homeless person it gave them a little more hope then they had before you showed up..

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this poem is a great choice bc its basically saying expect the unexpected

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this is a good poems bc its tells the readers that you shouldn't stay in a toxic position to benefit others while damaging yourself

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is relatable bc its the way i feel about my best friend

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I like this poem because, even though its short it has meaning to it. And would suffice means that anything you do can be satisfying bad or good. So you should be careful with what you are doing

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the person that taught me to catch and how to throw

taught me how to swing a bat tought me everything I know

kept putting balls on the tee when I needed extra reps

taught me how to basebrun when I was taking baby steps

taught me to be mentally touch when I would lose my calm

no I'm not talking 'bout my dad I'm talking 'bout my mom

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https://www.weareteachers.com/24-must-share-poems-for-middle-school-and-high-school/

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Someone will walk into your life,
Leave a footprint on your heart,
Turn it into a mudroom cluttered
With encrusted boots, children’s mittens,
Scratchy scarves—
Where you linger to unwrap
Or ready yourself for rough exits
Into howling gales or onto
Frozen car seats, expulsions
Into the great outdoors where touch
Is muffled, noses glisten,
And breaths stab,
So that when you meet someone
Who is leaving your life
You will be able to wave stiff
Icy mitts and look forward
To an evening in spring
When you can fold winter away
Until your next encounter with
A chill so numbing you strew
The heart’s antechamber
With layers of rural garble

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Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

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Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

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Listen
his father
made a habit
out of hitting him
see
some men drink
some men yell
some men hit their children
this man
did it all
because I guess all men
want their boys
to be geniuses
Beethoven
little boy
living in a house
where a name meant nothing
living in a house
where mercy had to be earned
through each perfect note
tumbling up through the roof
to tickle the toes of angels
whose harps
couldn’t hold half the passion
that was held in the hands
of a young boy
who was hard of hearing
Beethoven
who heard
his father’s anthem
every time he put finger
to ivory
it was not good enough
so he played slowly
not good enough
so he played softly
not good enough
so he played strongly
and when he could play no more
when his fingers cramped up
into the gnarled roots of tree trunks
it was
not good enough
Beethoven
a musician
without his most precious tool
his eardrums
could no longer pound out rhythms
for the symphonies playing in his mind
he couldn’t hear the audiences clapping
couldn’t hear the people loving him
couldn’t hear the women in the front row whispering
Beethoven
as they let the music
invade their nervous system
like an armada marching through
firing cannonballs
detonating every molecule in their bodies
into explosions of heavenly sensation
each note
leaving track marks
over every inch of their bodies
making them ache
for one more hit
he was an addiction
and kings/queens
it didn’t matter
the man got down on his knees
for no one
but amputated the legs of his piano
so he could feel the vibrations
through the floor
the man got down on his knees
for music
and when the orchestra played his symphonies
it was the echoes of his father’s anthem
repeating itself
like a brok-broken recor-brok-broken record
it was
not good enough
so they played slowly
not good enough
so they played softly
not good enough
so they played strongly
not good enough
so they tried to mock the man
make fun of the madness
by mimicking the movements
holding their bows
a quarter of an inch above the strings
not making a sound
it was
perfect
see
the deaf have an intimacy with silence
it’s there in their dreams
and the musicians turned to one another
not knowing what to make of the man
trying to calculate
the distance between madness and genius
realizing that Beethoven’s musical measurements
could take you to distances
reaching past the towers of Babylon
turning solar systems into symbols
that crashed together
causing comets to collide
creating crescendos that were so loud
they shook the constellations
until the stars began to fall from the sky
and it looked like the
entire universe
had begun to cry
distance must be an illusion
the man must be
a genius
Beethoven
his thoughts moving at
the speed of sound
transforming emotion into music
and for a moment
it was like joy
was a tangible thing
like you could touch it
like for the first time
we could watch love and
hate dance together
in a waltz of such precision and beauty
that we finally understood
the history wasn’t important
to know the man
all we ever had to do was
listen.

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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Robert Frost

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Mother to Son

BY LANGSTON HUGHES

Well, son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

But all the time

I’se been a-climbin’ on,

And reachin’ landin’s,

And turnin’ corners,

And sometimes goin’ in the dark

Where there ain’t been no light.

So boy, don’t you turn back.

Don’t you set down on the steps

’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.

Don’t you fall now—

For I’se still goin’, honey,

I’se still climbin’,

And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

Langston Hughes, “Mother to Son” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Source: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Vintage Books, 1994)

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I like this poem because its telling us that no matter who walks In your live will always be their for you

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I like how this poem rhymes. I also like that it reminds me on what both of my parents did for me when I was just getting into sports.

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I like this poem because no matter what happens with your best friend, you will be friends till the end.

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I like this poem because it was interesting to me and the title reminding me of shark boy and lava girl

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i like how this poem is relative and i also like how even though its short it still has a big meaning

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I like how the poem describes what a friend would for another friend and that no matter what they will always have each others back

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I like this poem because it reminds me on how the world is full of new things everyday. More things are scientifically proven, many mysteries are solved and new ones are born. No one knows how the world will end, but for everyone it ends differently.

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I like the poem because it describes what some things are famous for. l like the message there giving. there trying to say if you don't show what you can do then you cant achieve anything.

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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/deer-hit

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I like this poem because it shows a lesson that many can't grasp. Many love someone else before themselves.

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I like how this poem rhymes, and that it is a good poem to read

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they own everything
- Graham Foust

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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/still-i-rise

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https://allpoetry.com/The-Rose-That-Grew-From-Concrete

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47559/mother-to-son

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=142&issue=3&page=42

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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/we-real-cool

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the rose that grew from concrete by tupac shakur

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the rose that grew from concrete by tupac shakur

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https://www.weareteachers.com/24-must-share-poems-for-middle-school-and-high-school/

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I like this poem because it is the perfect example of what not to do when you hit a deer. I also like it because it also tells you about drinking and driving and how dangerous that is.

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I liked this poem because I liked all the imagery that the author uses to describe the mood of the poem. Also I liked the way that the author used everyday objects to express emotion

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I like how this poem shows that everyone is not the same a lot of people think differently than others also in the poem there is a rhyming  scheme. This poem makes u see a lot about the world like wear you fit in saying there is a lot of bad people in the world but the worlds still great.  I feel like it saying the world is  a great place you just have to find where u fit.

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its just and to the point leaving but what seems to be a bond that is unbreakable and how the author of the poem conveys feeling towards one another is heart warming and really does show you the truly what friendship is all about.

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I like this poem because I'm a Tupac fan and love his music.
I also like this poem because it has many things about many peoples lives, especially Tupac himself how he grew up in a bad neighborhood in the city and his mother raised him and his sister most of their lives as children. he is trying to make the point that anything can grow up out of any place especially a bad place.

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good poem. it rhymes.

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In the poem I liked how the author sends a message that no matter where you come from you can still become a beautiful rose and something good  can come out of everything.

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I like the poem because, it told us how someone was taught to play baseball and to get good. it also rhymes which I like. this  also shows how this kid wants to be good.

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milk and honey You should never be in a place that's toxic that ca harm you and others 

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milk and honey You should never be in a place that's toxic that ca harm you and others 

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I really like this poem because I can relate to this poem. This poem talks about how you get rid of something to better yourself not because you stopped. I have had to get through a situation like that.

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I like how the poem rhymes. I also like how it is kind of settling a debate that no one really knows the answer to.

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I like this poem because the mom talks to the son about how her life isn't, and hasn't been perfect. but she still climbed those stairs through everything that happened to her.

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I like this poem because it sounds like something my mom would say to me.also it is says what life is like so you have to work hard.

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I love this poem because it is short sweet and to the point,also I like it because it shows how loving someone else takes away loving yourself

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I like this poem because its saying even if you come from a bad back round you can still be a good person.

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This poem Is a good poem because it shows that only certain people care about the little things in life. the poem shows a lot of imagery. the things that are said in this poem can relate to the way people treat other people.

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I like this poem because its saying no matter what they wont switch on each other. They wont stop being friends.

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i like this poem because the man in the poem get joy out of a simple item.

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I like thirs poem beacause it talks about how the abused the son and was an alchohalic. also because pushis his son