https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4 What was going on in society, culturally, and personally when the author wrote his/her poem? Use text evidence to support your answer en-us 2017-01-06 19:45:42 UTC 2026-03-16 08:12:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145778905 Thus poem was written when in Juan Felipe's life he lost a friend and is writing a poem about what occurred after his friend died. "They're writing about you Phil..." The poem was written in such a way that Juan Felipe wrote to his friend not another reader. I think this is an eye-opener about how the world around you goes on even if you are facing a difficult time in your personal life.  ..."it did not matter to you - you just.... jitterbugged and whirled past a distant gate." 

Fatima Marin

]]> 2017-01-06 19:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145778905 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145778958 Ha JIn wrote this poem because something happened to him in his past that has a big impact on him in the present. He writes about how different people deal with the past. At the end of his poem he writes about how he won't let his past get to him but he will always remember it. 
-Courtney Nguyen]]> 2017-01-06 19:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145778958 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779159 Pablo Neruda dedicated "100 Love Sonnets" to his third wife, Matilde Urrutia. He actually cheated on his second wife with Urrutia, so their love might has not has been pure as the way he describes it and it might be the "secret" that he talks about in the poem.  He also teaches the difference between love for materials and the love for people. In the end, even Neruda admits that no one can describe love with words because we just feel it. 

Jennifer Vu]]> 2017-01-06 20:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779159 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779183 In Monologue For An Onion, the character mentioned "cutting" the onion was crying. Personally, the character crying probably had a bad marriage with someone and was cutting an onion. The description of cutting the onion gave it a deep meaning to the breakup and seeing the aftermath of the break up. In the last stanza, it said "Lost in its maze of chambers, blood, and love", the mentioning of "love" allowed me to understand the meaning of the poem. 
                                        Paul Pham]]> 2017-01-06 20:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779183 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779186 this poem was written in 1949. the poet must of written because maybe when he was younger he use to watch people dance on stage and see all the spot light on him.at the end he says the piano is talking to you thru all this why don´t you answer it¨ so me must be saying like why are you just dancing like you don´t care instead of dancing like you mean it.

-Sylvia Rodriguez]]> 2017-01-06 20:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779186 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779242 The poem "Still I Rise," written by Maya Angelou was set at around a time after slavery was present as Maya mentioned that she is "the dream and the hope of the slave" but also at a time where African Americans were still looked down upon. You can tell when she says "Did you want to see me broken?" and in other lines saying that African Americans should be on their knees with tears falling down their eyes.

Christopher Bui]]> 2017-01-06 20:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779242 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779307 The poem is written to a loved one it unclear who exactly it was written to. The poet uses the rain ]]> 2017-01-06 20:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779307 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779331 Naidu's purpose for the poem was to open up people's minds on their views about how the world is depicted. During the Indian Independence Movement, Naidu walked alongside Ghandi using her poetry to speak for her thoughts and experiences during this harsh political time. Throughout the poem she compares natures wonders with her own personal forte on life. Though doing this makes it hard for the reader to interpret, reading in between the lines will discover the hidden meaning of life and its companion, peace.

- Nadia Castillo]]> 2017-01-06 20:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779331 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779348 Wu men references him self talking about the seasons and mentions that you can see all the beauty if you don't allow your self to be distracted by unnecessary thoughts.

-Josh Stankiewicz

]]> 2017-01-06 20:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145779348 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145780082 This poem was written not only to remind people of how devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki were, but to send a message of peace, so that no more innocent  lives are taken.

Oscar Lopez]]> 2017-01-06 20:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145780082 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145781756 This poem was written in 1985, because Maya Angelou fell in love with a young man. She was going to send this poem to the young man and it turned out to be a big poetry hit. She grew up around prejudice and discrimination, when she was young she was sexually assaulted by her mothers boyfriend for years. After her uncles killed the man that was raping her she went virtually mute for awhile. I feel like apart of "Touched by  An Angel" was her way of releasing that pain an anger and discovering that you have to let love in to be free from any loneliness.

-Aja Calhoun

]]> 2017-01-06 20:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145781756 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145781886 In Golden Oldie, the character wrote this poem to express how she feels about finding her love. What she does to feel herself alive thinking about actions she could go through with him by her side, holding hands. Try to discover the pain listening to her sentiment on how to start looking for him, to start a ride on the driveway with him.

-Elisa Oroxom
   ]]> 2017-01-06 20:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145781886 https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145782108 In this poem]]> 2017-01-06 20:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zari2/poetry4/wish/145782108