https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z Poetry Analysis en-us 2020-09-03 18:13:54 UTC 2023-02-14 22:15:05 UTC hello@padlet.com ehuminski1 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008905
When I was twelve, I shoplifted a pair
Of basketball shoes. We could not afford
Them otherwise. But when I tied them on,
I found that I couldn’t hit a shot.

When the ball clanked off the rim, I felt
Only guilt, guilt, guilt. O, immoral shoes!
O, kicks made of paranoia and rue!
Distraught but unwilling to get caught

Or confess, I threw those cursed Nikes
Into the river and hoped that was good
Enough for God. I played that season
In supermarket tennis shoes that felt

The same as playing in bare feet.
O, torn skin! O, bloody heels and toes!
O, twisted ankles! O, blisters the size
Of dimes and quarters! Finally, after

I couldn’t take the pain anymore, I told
My father what I had done. He wasn’t angry.
He wept out of shame. Then he cradled
And rocked me and called me his Little

Basketball Jesus. He told me that every cry
Of pain was part of the hoops sonata.
Then he laughed and bandaged my wounds—
My Indian Boy Poverty Basketball Stigmata.]]> 2020-09-03 18:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008905 ehuminski1 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008912 Add a Picture: Post a pic of the shoes YOU would steal for yourself if you were feeling desperate like the speaker of "Victory." ]]> 2020-09-03 18:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008912 ehuminski1 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008918 Make a Connection: Link a song that relates to this poem, and explain how it relates. 
Example: Nelly's song relates to this poem because he also places a high value on sneakers.]]> 2020-09-03 18:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008918 ehuminski1 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008923 Think About It: What are you so passionate about that you would break the law to get it or make it happen? ]]> 2020-09-03 18:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/719008923 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727145999 2020-09-08 13:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727145999 rhendr4453 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727147945 2020-09-08 13:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727147945 dfail8374 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727157805 2020-09-08 13:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727157805 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727158130 2020-09-08 13:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727158130 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727167365 2020-09-08 13:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727167365 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727169802 2020-09-08 13:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727169802 dfail8374 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727175921 Drake stole the song Playaz Club
After an auction for royalties from Rappin' 4-Tay's song "Playaz Club" surfaced this week, his manager, Franky J, told KQED that Drake still hasn't made good on a $100,000 payment he'd reportedly promised for lifting the lyrics for his verse on YG's "Who Do You Love?]]> 2020-09-08 13:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727175921 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727186869 2020-09-08 13:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727186869 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727187635 something that i am so passionate about is something my parents would want but don't have the money for]]> 2020-09-08 13:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727187635 rhendr4453 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727189928 2020-09-08 13:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727189928 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727620342 2020-09-08 15:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727620342 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727672651 2020-09-08 15:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727672651 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727678800 2020-09-08 15:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727678800 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727685832 i am passionate about dance so if i needed dance shoes and i didn't have them for a competition i would steal some so that i could dance or else i wouldn't be able to compete. ]]> 2020-09-08 15:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727685832 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727729902 2020-09-08 15:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727729902 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727736504 I would probably break the law or do something bad to play basketball]]> 2020-09-08 15:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727736504 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727854687 2020-09-08 15:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727854687 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727884724 2020-09-08 16:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/727884724 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/728007522 I am passionate about tennis because it is my favorite sport and I will try my hardest to get my parents to take to get some tennis shoes before season starsts]]> 2020-09-08 16:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/728007522 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/728136718 2020-09-08 16:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/728136718 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/728207816 "WINGS" by Macklemore]]> 2020-09-08 17:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/728207816 cpecor3404 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729611050 2020-09-09 01:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729611050 cpecor3404 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729626377 I'm passionate about art and music so i would do something illegal for it if I needed too.]]> 2020-09-09 01:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729626377 cpecor3404 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729669868 ¨give it to me¨ by Agust D.]]> 2020-09-09 01:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729669868 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729707447 2020-09-09 02:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729707447 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729714243 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRQNpRWhfvQ
This song relates to the poem because he talks about how his shoes make him feel like he's living the dream. ]]> 2020-09-09 02:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729714243 https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729717418 I am very passionate about equal rights for everyone. I would go to jail to stand up for anyone who is being mistreated in anyway.]]> 2020-09-09 02:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ehuminski1/xx21hk576609ku7z/wish/729717418