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1)

Basketball is gone for now

Pain and bed rest for many months

Missing it, tired from the medicine

2)

What will i do now

No basketball no softball no sports, damn

Just wait i’ll be back

3)
Staring at the hoop
It's now or never
Will be successful

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Reasonable or excessive force? (2016)

We the people

Not equal,  no justice

Not knowing when to stop. Not

Fair at all. Not

Understanding why. Not

Being able to tell the difference in the booms. Not

Able to be “free”. Not

Happy, but crying rivers. Not

Feeling safe. Not

Being protected but neglected

(my reason for writing is on the next page)

Police brutality is a serious issue plaguing our society because so many young African American males are losing their life because of their skin color. Consider the fact that almost all victims of police brutality are, African American males, that are from a lower class area, and are assumed to be “thugs” and everyone should be scared of them. They are being stereotyped to the maximum and these cops are getting away with it by hiding behind their shields. Consider the recent case of Alton Sterling, he was sitting outside of a gas station and was shot by police because one of the cops yelled “He has a gun”, the other cop then shooting him 4 times in the back while he was in handcuffs.

After the shooting they realized he did not have a gun, and honestly if he was in handcuffs how on earth would he even be able to reach it? The 2 cops were in no intimate danger. In conclusion, we need to raise awareness and and stand up to the cops, we have already started this with the “Black Lives Matter” movement which originated after the Trayvon Martin shooting.

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It’s my choice

The longest day of the week,

All the stress of being broke,

Trying to fit in with that clique.

All the drama but I barely speak

Maybe I should just leave.

No! I can’t give up now,

I must be strong as a nail!

One day everyone will see me bow

They will all be like wow

I know this is something I will achieve,

They underestimated me and they were wrong

Trying to prove i’m worth it

Everyone finally getting along

I am making them all believe

This was the touchdown of high school

A giant swarm of success

Everyone looks like a fool

I look like a shinning jewel

All that bad stuff is in grieve

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To The Limits:

My  hair flows through the breeze
As my heart beats fast

The whole world seems to freeze

My mind is gone in a blast

My chest thuds as the lights freeze on me

All the tension is hammering down

But I have to let it go like a breeze

So that I don’t look like a clown

Coming down from the jump
Inches away from a broken heart

But it only leaves a little bump

Although we wouldn’t be that far apart

It’s only the time that seems to freeze

It all came together in a blast
It’s not all gone in a breeze That was not very fast

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That’s what love's got to do with it

In the midst of all this just kiss me now,
Hold me tight with no hesitation;

All I feel around you is all the bliss,

When you come around I feel hydration.

No trust is there after the betrayal

The second time this happened to me.

Going up and down this hill again
As I clap my hands once more!

Thought he would hold me down and be there now

But it’s all good I got me that’s it.

Hit him with one more bow in his heart,

He wasn’t the only one with little chat’s

It’s okay we were both in the wrong this time

It was one little song that made me realize it.

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All the sports make people feel so free

All the sports make you feel so free

You will feel the success in your sweat

All the reports of greatness

The feeling of the loose shorts

As it takes away all the worlds stress

All the sports make you feel so free

All the laughing makes you snort

It’s just a small little process

All the reports of greatness

The feeling of hitting the hard court in failure

When you play you feel so much bliss

All the sports make you feel so free

Needing passports to go overseas

I really don’t want to wear a dress

All the reports of greatness

Going through to many airports

To get to the top just say yes

All the sports make you feel so free

All the reports of greatness

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I believe in my future

There's always light at the end of the tunnel

Use your integrity as inspiration

Use your anger as danger

It’s only dark right now

I have been in a war zone

I have been in a rose garden

The stems stubborn all in the pathway

Outgoing in the scent

It’s only getting brighter

I have seen gold medals, trophies, and awards

Helping kids at basketball camps

Fighting that girl isn't going to help

In the principal's office

Still at the beginning of a long tunnel

I believe the end of the tunnel is far but reachable

Getting a good education and going to the WNBA

Wishing to travel to paris

Equality and justice all in one place

The end of the tunnel is far but reachable

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I can compare the two poems “A Poison Tree” and “To the virgins, to Make Much of Time” because, they are set up very similar. For example, they are both end-stopped, they both have  quattrains, last but not least they both have end rhymes. Another way I can compare them is in a way they are letting out something. In “A Poison tree” by William Blake, he is letting out his anger and expressing to his friend he is angry. In the poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” the author Robert Herrick, is letting out his opinion on how virginity should be handled. Also both authors end the poem very dramatic. In “A Poison Tree” he ends it by saying “My foe outstretched beneath the tree.” I think that’s dramatic because he might be saying someone or something he hates is getting bigger but he is trying to bury it. The ending of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” says “You may forever tarry” I think that’s dramatic because he is saying that if you don’t do something right at the first chance than you may be waiting forever.

The two poems are contrastable because they have a lot of differences. One, the sound is different, in the poem “A Poison Tree”, the language sounds depressing and in the poem “To the Virgins” he uses more insightful, inspiring language. Also, personally the two poems give me a different vibe. In my opinion “A Poison Tree” trying to force people to react that exact way when people get into arguments with their friends. In the poem “To the Virgins” he is trying to share his opinion without being completely bias and it seems more like he has a open perspective.