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In her poem, "kitchenette building," Brooks talks about her experience living in redlined housing in Chicago to talk about poverty, racism, and the hopelessness from living in that situation. She uses imagery like fried potatoes, onion fumes, and ripening garbage that allows the reader to feel like they are there in this cramped, tiny apartment.

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In his poem, "Mexican American Disambiguation", he talks about the struggle of not being Mexican enough, or being too Mexican, or not being American enough or being too American. He talks about the similarities and differences of being Mexican in America. He talks about he and his family only get certain opportunities and privileges while still having to walk on eggshells when it comes to America. In Mexico, they are shamed for being too American. He uses repetition in his poem, repeating the words, "should not be confused with (insert here) though they are cousins" showing us how even though they are similar, they are very different when seen in different peoples eyes.

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I chose Sandra Cisneros because she is a poet from the same neighborhood as me. In her poem, "South Sangamon" she describes what could be an abusive boyfriend or father coming home late at night. It describes her fear and trauma from this event and suggests that this isn't a one time experience. I know from the title of her poem, Sangamon is a street in Chicago on the south side. The poet describes where they are from by naming their poem after a popular street. The poet uses imagery in her poem.

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I picked Nate Marshall's poem, "Harold's Chicken Shack #1" he explains he was not only born by a lake and church but also near a chicken joint. He says, "Of course your sauce sweet & burn at the same time..." Marshall then talks about how chicken is nostalgic to many by three senses: sight, smell, and taste. The sauce is described to be soft and juicy, while the chicken melts in your mouth.

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They describe where they are from by describing the people there. They used other people besides himself to describe that, the imagery they use is in relation to workers and how tired they are, a sentence from his paragraph shows his pretty well with how the faces are empty of dreams and tired of wishes

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In the poem "South Sangamon," she talks about how a drunk guy is banging on her door, and saying her name in the mix of the cursing. I'm guessing she was in a abusive relationship and she wants to keep her and her kids safe. She talks about how everyone saw him abusive him but no one says anything, and she lives in a apartment. I think she uses a hyperbole when it says "cussing her name all over the hallway." He just in front of the door but since he is so loud everyone can hear him.

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I read "1975" Since the area was pretty close to my house (I live literally right next to the Roosevelt stop, in those red buildings you might see.) I thoroughly enjoyed the poem, especially with the sense of repetition that it gives. The meaning behind it is about the blue collar worker, just simply trying to survive and make a living for rent or food or heat.

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In 1975 Ana Castillo talks about proletariats and how they live in the city. A proletariat is a person that is solely valued based on their labor power or someone that is only able to sell their capacity to work. She mentions how difficult it is to afford gas and how there was a constant fear of getting deported. In the fifth stanza, she compares the mayor to the emperor of Chicago and states that the mayor "lives off the fat of the land and only feed his sty of pigs" which is a metaphor. She's basically saying that the mayor only focuses on the members of society that he cares about. I used to live close to Castillo. This is an entirely different description of life in South Loop because the neighborhood isn't usually described in the same way Castillo describes it.

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In his song, "Summer Friends," Chance the Rapper talks about his experiences growing up in West Chatham. He is specifically talking about summer friends and how they come and go. The artist names the typical things he did with his friends as a kid like get blockbuster movies, eat at Harold's, and catching lightning bugs. One strong topic he pushed across was his "gang" was his family. Where Chance is from really makes him who he is. He claims he, "folds his ones like a lawn chair," which means he stacks his little bills just like anyone else.

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In Mayda's poem "This is How the City Began to Slip", she talks about how she wants to leave Chicago. The Chicago she once knew does not exist anymore because everything changed. For example she says that the Sears Tower is now named Willis, Comiskey is also named differently now, Cellular Field. Her mother also wants her to get out of Chicago. Mayda always comes back to Chicago even though it does not feel like home, it is where she is most known. Her poet uses imagery.

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I chose Sandra Cisnero's because I also live in the Pilsen neighborhood. I think the poem is about domestic violence in the neighborhood. she uses lots of figurative language such as imagery, hyperbole, and metaphor in the poem 'South Sangamon'.