Poetry Padlet by Emily BIAN

Bent to the earth - Blas Manuel De Luna 6/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-02-04 13:14:05 UTC

A really basic poem
A super boring read
Felt like a waste of time
Some parts felt irrelevant and unfinished

Key idea: Even if you get beat and cuffed for no apparent reason by others those same people will still expect you to work for them bowing for you and working on the fields

Would not read again.

Hair - Elizabeth Acevedo 6/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-02-04 13:21:41 UTC

Felt like a really woke poem

Felt like the author was trying too hard to push her beliefs to me
Some parts don't make sense, what is "Can’t you see them in this wet hair that waves like hello?" sounds dumb
"You call them wild curls. I call them breathing. Ancestors spiraling." She calls her hair 'Breathing Ancestors Spirialing?' I don't see any deep meaning in it other than it sounding dumb

Key idea: Even if you are oppressed and looked down on for your unique features don't succumb to them and instead be proud you are different.

Would not read again

Care - Craig Santos Perez 15/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-02-14 22:49:11 UTC

The poem had a lot of questions and it was about a father trying his best to protect his 16-month daughter. Had some valid parts but most of it was quite boring, basic and annoying to read. I personally hate small children and them crying because it usually leads the parent to die for them even though all the baby did was cry and kill them. While stories and poems like this are meant to be emotional, to me it sounds basic and cliché, overused, this idea of being in war and having to protect someone. I know lots of people go through it and it is a privilege to not have a story like this be written by you but it's still boring.

Key idea: A father will do anything for his daughter even if he has a lot on his mind and isn't necessarily able to do so

Manipulating Tone - Emily Bian 23/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-02-24 07:52:49 UTC

Papers that carry stories

Made of love and glory

The artform that is drawing

Pencils on the paper clawing

Meaningless papers

Ruined and tampered

The time waster that is art

Makes me wish to depart

Cockroach - Cheryl Uren 23/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-03-03 01:18:08 UTC

I really like this poem, short and simple, delivers the message effectively, no need for all those extra and unclear words. It gets straight to the point without using pointless words to make it sound "deep" it just is deep.

Key Idea: It is a story about a cockroach that has fallen into a coffee cup, and while humans would be disgusted thinking the cockroach was there to cause trouble, deep inside the cockroach was scrambling for it's life trying it's best to escape the coffee cup as if it didn't mean to disturb you. The cockroach scrambles around fearing the hell that is the bottom of the cup, drowning.

Bear - Valerie Worth 13/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-03-03 01:22:32 UTC

Although this poem was short and simple like the other one, this one somehow manages to be extremely unclear in it's message. I really hate and dislike poems that try too hard to send a deep message and it ends up just sounding dumb, I'm putting this in mid poems because it wasn't too long so I didn't waste my time on this useless poem.

Key Idea: I have no clue, it was so bad. I guess it'd be that while a bear looks cute it's really a fierce being so it could be a metaphor for not judging one by their appearance because even though a bear looks friendly, on the inside it's a dangerous foe

Puerto Rican Obituary - Pedro Pietri 23/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-03-03 10:11:17 UTC

First of all, WHY WAS THIS POEM 8 PAGES LONG AND 1309 WORDS, I understand it's long so it leaves a mark and it's message hits deeper, and I agree that the message this time was actually very good and I enjoyed reading the first 4 pages because the rest of it was just the first 2 pages repeated but phrased slightly differently. The effect had already taken place by the fourth page and reading onward seemed useless and so boring it'd be unreadable. I personally actually enjoyed this poem and the meaning it carries, it would've been a FANTASTIC poem if not for the excess 4 pages that weren't necessary (yes I did skim the rest and yes it was a repeat but phrased slightly differently, it was like;

Pages 1&2, "I bought an apple from the store yesterday"

Pages 3&4, "I bought a granny smith from the store yesterday"

Pages 5&6, "I bought an apple from the supermarket yesterday" etc).

Key Idea: Lots of people live their lives working constantly living off of the bare minimum without a clue of what a car or a proper house is. The poem is showing us the dark and sad but real side of humanity and the real lives that people had to live without as much of a purpose as paying off debt and "living" pay check to pay check. We should appreciate our lives more is the message I am getting from this

The Electors - John Griffin 30/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-03-03 11:14:27 UTC

I reallyyyy love this poem, it shows the truth of reality and the stupidity and foolishness of people. Heart and tongue are meant to represent the people that start something and are unique and have their own brain to think things which is rare in this society. Death represents the large majority, blindly following along heart and tongue (a metaphor for people like celebs) not really thinking through their actions. Their life influenced by others constantly unable to carve their own path they reside in the shadow of others, like a worker ant in a colony, spending it's life working for someone else while heart and tongue represent the queen, the one who carves their own path and does things their own way, the one who doesn't let the actions of others influence them and the ones who think through things. Death represents their life, nothing much and a boring life that leads to death. Heart represents their life, emotion filled, meaningful and worthwhile. Tongue represents their life, a leader who knows how to communicate what they want and leads the others along.

Key Idea: In this modern society, through social media mindless and dumb people (death) will follow any viral trend just because it was done by someone famous (heart and tongue).

Baby Tortoise - D. H. Lawrence 30/02/24

emilybian2 — 2024-03-03 11:18:25 UTC

Why was this portraying a baby tortoise's life as something so majestic when in reality it comprises of them hurrying to shelter before being eaten by the hungry birds who await their hatching? I only enjoy uplifting stories if it's true because this is just made up, not a single part was really true and this didn't have any deep message either.

Key idea: D. H. Lawrence is a massive liar

Remember - Joy Harjo 1/03/24

emilybian2 — 2024-03-05 23:47:10 UTC

The symbol I would give this poem is the symbol of love as the poem talks about loving all and everyone as everyone deserves love.

The colour I'd give this poem is the colour orange as it is a feel good and warm poem that gives off a warm vibe

The sound I'd give this poem is the sound of a soft waterfall, the sound of a waterfall is commonly associated with relaxation. A waterfall also flows into the ocean and the ocean flows throughout the world without discriminating just like the poem did