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This quote stood out to me the most because it elaborates on the idea that poetry opens up people's truest emotions. It serves as a diary to the writer's experiences and thoughts. From the beginning of a poem to the end, nothing is written accidentally. Every detail involved in creating a poem is a unique expression thoroughly added by the writer. Poetry is a timeless way of keeping track of thousands of different emotions and experiences hidden in several short stanzas. It is exposing your most vulnerable self in written form. For me, that is especially important because each word can carefully describe how I feel without sharing too many details.

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"Poetry and history are the textbooks to the heart of [humanity], and poetry is at once the most intimate and enduring" - Amy Lowell

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Paul Dunbar's poem, "We Wear the Mask" has a powerful main idea. It talks about people hiding their emotions and perceptions especially at such a dark time. Specifically it mentions how people hide amongst each other and avoid major issues such as racism. The line "With torn and bleeding hearts we smile" personifies how average people go on and pretend everything is normal especially at a time when racial tensions are at its highest. In this case, Dunbar exposes America's naivety and vulnerability to nationwide concerns and it serves as a "textbook" to a chapter in 1920's hypocritical time.

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Craig Raine's sci-fi poem, "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" depicts the daily life of humans through the eyes of a martian. The martian uses several different ways to describe ordinary things. For example "mechanical birds with many wings" is used to describe books. This poem teaches us to see a perspective unknown to us, almost as an "outsider." It appears to be objective and detached from the outside world and in a way, a little vulnerable. Some people have a way of observing things unknown to them even if that exposes a side to them that only appears on paper.

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The poem, "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke, talks about an experience a boy had with his drunken father who liked to dance. The lines, "My mother's countenance / Could not unfrown itself" means that the mom was bothered by the mess in the kitchen from her drunken husband and her son's dancing but she still did not speak about it. She perhaps did not ask her husband to settle down because she is afraid of him. This poem encounters intimate family relations and once again, engorges an experience that some people might relate to with alcoholic fathers and dysfunctional home relationships.

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Langston Hughes' "I, Too, Sing America" sets out an empowering message about the hardships of being a minority in America. The subject describes himself as "the darker brother" who gets sent "to eat in the kitchen / when company comes" which describes his discriminatory experiences he's had being oppressed by white Americans for simply eating. His past experiences were motivated by a prejudice-filled society and this poem expresses his true feelings about these situations calling himself indeed a valued American and sharing his intimate self in this poem shows his courage and nobleness.

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This poem is also by Langston Hughes and also deals with the same issues as the poem "I, Too, Sing America." This time, it revolves around a young black student who has trouble communicating with his white professor and at the same time deals with the harsh realizations of coming of age and dealing with one's identity. The speaker of the poem describes a life filled with discrimination and inferiority. His white professor being one of his oppressors. He uses the word "color" or "colored" a lot because at the time (pre 1960's), the word "colored" had many negative connotations to it. He, himself, had to deal with these issues along with figuring out his identity as a young 20 year old. The poem sees through the speaker's most intimate thoughts on the subject of racism and sets the precedent as a prominent poem, especially about racial matters in the 20th century.

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The poem "Labrina's Blues" by Reggie Finlayson, is a more riveting poem compared to others, mainly because of its dark content and because it hits close to home; Milwaukee. The poem is based off a real even that happened in the city, a story about a girl who gets sent to jail for physically assaulting a family member. It serves as a kind of coded textbook to the story of Labrina, and it definitely exemplifies Labrina's most intimate and devastating experiences.

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This poem by Elizabeth Bishop reminds the reader that some things are made to be lost, "the art of losing isn't hard to master." It teaches us that if we happen to be comfortable with losing little things, the big things we lose in life will not hurt us as much. From names, places, to even losing a significant other, loss is a difficult pain to endure for us humans. This poem suits well as a message-ridden poem or a "textbook" of sorts that teaches us how to move on from a loss and how to lessen that pain for each loss. Its captivating and intimate words also shows how the speaker is currently coping with a loss of a lover and how certain levels of pain never really go away.

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"We Real Cool" is the short of the poems and this one is written by Gwendolyn Brooks. The speaker of the poem seems to be an outsider who sees a group of boys and begins to wonder about their lives. The speaker believes the boys dropped out of school, stay out late and drink a lot. Brooks adds grammatical errors in the poem on purpose, such as "We real cool" instead of "we are real cool" so the reader finds it believable that they dropped out of school. The poem depicts the life of young school drop outs who believe to have a lot to live for. They like living life in the moment but the sudden twist at the end of the poem is that they inevitably die with the lines "die soon." This poem gives a small insight knowledge of young people in an impoverished place trying to get by. It serves as a gateway to the heart of a younger troubled generation.

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"The Whipping," a poem by Robert Hayden is one that is difficult to read because of its dark and heartbreaking content. The poem starts out with the description of a woman whipping a little boy. She appears to be angry with him and continues to whip him until her stick breaks. It seems as though the reason behind these unconventional whippings stem from the woman's own personal issues long ago. She had been hurt like the child has been hurt and is taking it out on him. This poem exemplifies abusive relationships between a mother and her son. Her vulnerability is exposed in the flashbacks provided in the poem and her experiences are clearly invoked onto a new subject; the boy. Much like Lowell's quote, we see a troubled woman who's vulnerability is exposed and who's difficult life was revealed through a devastating piece of poetry.

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"Funeral Blues" by W.H. Auden describes the sorrowful goodbyes of a person who experienced a death of a loved one. Although it carries various satirical lines, the poem exemplifies the exaggerated grief that one goes through after a sentimental death of another person. He or she is overwhelmed with sadness and despair that he cannot imagine a life where happiness is the norm. The speaker uses various forms of hyperboles to get his point across, "the stars are not wanted now; put out every one" or "stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone." The speaker's melodramatic behavior shows the reader how he or she deals with grief. The death of a loved one puts a person at their most vulnerable and this poem is an prime example of a "textbook" dedicated to grievers.

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One Example of Non-Poetry described by Lowell's Quote

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One Example of Non-Poetry described by Lowell's Quote

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I personally feel that music exemplifies the quote perfectly. Whether pop music from today or rap music from 20 years ago, all these different genres evoke a similar message to the quote by Amy Lowell. Each song appears to be a separate diary entry or textbook to life of each artist. Music is a fun and beautiful way to make poetry relatable to the time we live in. An example of this is Harry Styles' new song, "A Sign of the Times" This song is a melodic masterpiece that reminds us of the tough times happening in the world today such as politics and hate crimes and natural disasters. The song creates a vulnerable tone from the singer that makes us, the audience, feel that we are not alone in this. I recommend this song to anyone who might feel like at some point in their lives, may feel like the end of the world

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Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (Official Video)

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My favorite piece of literature from this unit would have to be "One Art" for me personally, feels like a very relatable issue that I can get on board with. People come and go in my life, and in a way I admire it but sometimes it can hurt like a pain I never experienced. I take advice from this poem and I remind myself not to get too attached to these people because it will only hurt me in the long run. I don't think about a life with them like I used to, I think about my present life and if I'm happy then maybe it's worth doing. This poem puts everything I am feeling into these captivating words that I will always remember.