Why We Should Read Poetry by Emir Ozoksel https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu Words coming from heart en-us 2019-05-06 18:05:22 UTC 2019-05-16 04:28:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f526.png Necessity of human race ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/357329309 In daily life, people need many things such as food and water, but these are the things that our body needs. What about our soul? What our souls need? For me, Our souls need poetry to actually get in shape, think wisely, and eruditely. Poetry even shapes our behaviors in a good way. The one who reads poetry and not only read actually understand what the poetry is talking about will have a sense of purpose of life. ]]> 2019-05-06 18:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/357329309 1- Speak to the young ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/357342085   In the poem, the poet clearly speaks to the young people in the room, and give them advice about life because the poet had lots of life experiences so that it is proper for the poet to give advice to the young generation. There is a verse in the poem that is saying "Even if you are not ready for a day it cannot always be night." I can say that the verse summaries the whole poem in a sentence. The poem makes the readers realize what they are doing, or what should they be doing. ]]> 2019-05-06 18:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/357342085 2- Those Winter Sundays ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/357342870 The poem, Those Winter Sundays, is a special poem for me because it always reminded me, my father. The poem talks about the sacrifices that parents make for their family and their children which is kind of emotional. The poem actually makes children understand what parents do for their children. The poem gives the feeling to the readers that feeling what the parents feel.]]> 2019-05-06 18:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/357342870 3-Rite of Passage ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358183983 The feeling that you feel from the poem is what 7 years old child feels. The poem lets you into the world of a 7 years old child. What I feel from the poem is I turned back to 7 years old Emir. I remembered what I was doing when I was 7. In my eyes, that's what a poem should make you feel.]]> 2019-05-08 18:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358183983 4- My Papa's Waltz ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358184415 I can smell the whiskey that the small boy drinks. The poem gives the sense of the darkness of their life, and even the tedious of the environment that they are living in, in other words in their house. The poem clearly reflects the color of the environment. Just at the beginning of the poem, the poet says:
 "The whiskey on your breath,
 Could make a small boy dizzy,
 But I hung on like death: 
Such waltzing was not easy."
 These lines clearly reflect the emotion in the poem., and also the emotion of myself while reading the poem.]]> 2019-05-08 18:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358184415 5- Quinceanera ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358184682 The poem shows the same sense that my main idea also shows. The poem is actually added new things into the readers' life. I am not the person right now that I was before reading the poem. The poet makes the road for his words and the words just goes down and down from his pencil to the paper. It is not only the words, but the poem also gives inspiration to the reader. In my opinion, the best lines were these:
"I am wound like the guts of a clock,
waiting for each hour to release me."
Just amazing!

]]> 2019-05-08 18:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358184682 6- America ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358185146 In the poem, the poet isn't talking about the thing that are too complicated, but the way that he says things are impressive and memorable. What I understand from the poem is the poet tells what he has been gone through in his life, and what he has been suffered. By this way, he gives his own experiences to the readers, so that they can easily go through what they are experiencing. The most impressive lines were these:
"Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth."
]]> 2019-05-08 18:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358185146 9- Harlem ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358185376 In the poem, the poet makes fun of the fallen dreams of himself triumphantly. The situation gives the readers to do the same thing that he does. This is the other poem that inspires me. Nothing happens to a dream that is deferred. The poet made his opinions just on the target, in my eyes.
"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?"


]]> 2019-05-08 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358185376 7- I, Too ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358185527 I, too is a strong poem that talks about racism. There is a guy who has been facing racism and probably the situation made him sick so that he started to show some reaction against the racists. The poem spreads out the courage that many people look for. I strongly believe that tomorrow, the guy will be at the table.
"Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes."
]]> 2019-05-08 18:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358185527 8- We Did Not Ask For This Room ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358186814 The poem by Stephen King made me realize that even if I am feeling in the dead end in my life, there is always way to get out of there. If you come to a dead end just turn back and start the walk again. Just turn your face to the light, the rest will come. Let us dance!
"We did not ask for this room or this music. We were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces to the light. Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty. We have been given pain to be astounded by joy. We have been given life to deny death. We did not ask for this room or this music. But because we are here, let us dance."]]> 2019-05-08 18:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358186814 10- Sigh No More ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358186898 The poem is fascinating to me. It talks to the people who are down, emotionally, but the poem says that it is enough now. No more sadness. The poem force people to be happier, not sad.
"Sing no more ditties, sing no more 
Of dumps so dull and heavy."
]]> 2019-05-08 18:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358186898 Song ozoksele https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358199392 Personally, this song make me feel what I am doing or what I am not doing. Anytime I feel sad, or have no power to do something, I open this song and I listen it over and over again. I try to have the power and determination back. Reading poem and listening music, not just this, brings me back to the world. That is why this song could be the most valuable song for me. ]]> 2019-05-08 18:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ozoksele/rmw9vd3heaqu/wish/358199392