https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y A group collaborative effort to record our thoughts while analyzing the 5 significant poems Miss Bitomske chose for us. en-us 2023-04-13 15:01:41 UTC 2023-04-16 18:50:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2553753462 Says the author is "Alice Dunbar-Nelson". Don't recognize her name, though I guess it's notable she's a woman?]]> 2023-04-13 22:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2553753462 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554015996 "I sit and sew—a useless task it seems,
My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams"
-This very first line makes me think this poem might be about women's rights or like from the women's rights movement like 1920's-ish? 
-This is because in the 1920's sewing was like a very common household task for women to complete]]> 2023-04-14 03:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554015996 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554019110 2023-04-14 03:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554019110 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554105313 The theme of the poem is that the pain of not following your dreams can be stifling. ]]> 2023-04-14 04:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554105313 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554569493 "Of lesser souls, whose eyes have not seen Death"]]> 2023-04-14 13:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554569493 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554596198 https://poets.org/poem/i-sit-and-sew]]> 2023-04-14 14:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554596198 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554597105 https://lightpoetrymagazine.com/poems-of-the-week/wish/]]> 2023-04-14 14:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554597105 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554598561 Don't recognize author's name (though I will say it seems sort of modern with the spelling of "Erika")]]> 2023-04-14 14:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554598561 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554745575 "I want this deadly scourge controlled"
"I sit, sequestered in my home,
And yearn to mingle, travel, roam."
This makes me think the poem is probably about like illness, maybe a plague in history?]]> 2023-04-14 16:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554745575 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554751311 https://allpoetry.com/Million-Man-March-Poem]]> 2023-04-14 16:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554751311 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554760450 Maya Angelou is an author I recognize, she was an American author and poet as well as a civil rights activist. I know her because of her book "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings". ]]> 2023-04-14 16:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554760450 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554770964 Because the poem is written by Maya Angelou immediately I assumed the poem was likely about the Civil Rights Movement, which I think is partially true? I say partially true because I think the poem is about a specific event from the movement that I don't know-- like a march or something. ]]> 2023-04-14 16:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554770964 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554773382 "This morning I look through your anguish
Right down to your soul.
I know that with each other we can make ourselves whole.
I look through the posture and past your disguise,
And see your love for family in your big brown eyes"]]> 2023-04-14 16:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554773382 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554775905 "I say, the night has been long,
The wound has been deep,
The pit has been dark
And the walls have been steep." X3 ]]> 2023-04-14 16:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554775905 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554779289 https://libquotes.com/james-baldwin/quote/lbc1d8w]]> 2023-04-14 16:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2554779289 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555933344 James Baldwin is another author I recognize-- like Maya Angelou he is known for The Civil Rights movement. I know him best for his book The Fire Next Time.]]> 2023-04-16 18:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555933344 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555935514 I feel like the poem is basically about how it's important that we hold out hope until the end of our life because the "darkest hour is just before the dawn"-- things might seem hopeless but then something wonderful will happen and then we will "cease to be". ]]> 2023-04-16 18:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555935514 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555937285 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2019-01/First%20They%20Came%20by%20Martin%20Niem%C3%B6ller_0.pdf?l6HOtWW1N8umC_ELxnQI6NpaAYbxRCJj=]]> 2023-04-16 18:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555937285 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555938633 I think that, while I don't recognize the author, the name is of German origin. Maybe the poem is from the World War II era?]]> 2023-04-16 18:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555938633 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555939809 I agree that the author is likely German, or at least their name is of German descent. This would line up with my line of thinking which is that this poem is in response to The Holocaust. This is because the poem specifically says "They came for the Jews". ]]> 2023-04-16 18:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555939809 abbiebitomske https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555940598 "They came for ____"
"And I did not speak out"]]> 2023-04-16 18:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/abbiebitomske/crcf46ts48np3z2y/wish/2555940598