https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol 1. Why did you choose this particular poet and poem? 2. What was the lesson the poem was teaching? 3. Identify (1) impactful image or idea from the poem. Explain why it was so impactful. en-us 2021-05-14 12:29:43 UTC 2021-05-28 14:31:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568608694 I chose to do Villanueva because I though his name was interesting, literally meaning new town. The poem I wrote about was "Those Winter Sundays" because i was well familiar with it and knew I had a lot to write about it imagery wise. Some impactful images given from the poem is the "blueblack" cold and the narrator's father's hands cracking and breaking in the cold. ]]> 2021-05-28 14:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568608694 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568610003 1.I chose "Rate ode" Elizabeth Acevedo
2. The main lesson of this poem was to show that although some creatures may be uglier and less talked about than others they are still unique and should be talked about in their own way.
3. The most impactful part of the poem in my opinion would be the use of repetition in the first 3 lines to help put in place that rats are not a talked about or "cool" creature.]]> 2021-05-28 14:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568610003 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568610016 1. I chose to do The First Book by Rita Dove because it looked interesting. 
2. The poem was teaching the value of reading
3. An impactful image was "Go ahead, it won't bite". It gave books a human characteristic through personification. ]]> 2021-05-28 14:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568610016 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568610606 "When mom braids my sister's hair" by Clint Smith
1. I chose this poem because some people were doing Clint Smith last week & I thought his work sounded interesting.
2. This poem tells us about how through hurt, trials, & patience come good things, even if in this story it was just braids for Clint's sister
3. My favorite line from the poem were the closing few which said, "Jess hops up from
the carpet and runs to the mirror beaming as if the pain was never there.
Her new braids swinging from her head, a wreath of calla lilies in the wind"]]> 2021-05-28 14:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568610606 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568613206 "Lifeline" by Clint Smith
1.I chose this poem because I felt like it sounded interesting, and I've heard about this author before, so I wanted to check out his work.
2.The poem was about people only caring for something when they themselves experience it. So, people will not give the help to others and won't understand the significance of giving help to people in need, unless they get into the same situation.
3. The significant idea that the author related back to was the incident during the hurricane Katrina. He showed that those people had their homes destroyed and not many people were willing to help those ones in need.

]]> 2021-05-28 14:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568613206 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568614427 “One Today” by Richard Blanco

1. I chose “One Today” by Richard Blanco because the poem was presented at President Obama’s inauguration, and I thought it meant that the poem should be very good for that reason. 
2. The main lesson of the poem is that even though there are severe struggles, there are also very amazing things that we often forget about.
3. The best image was “We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always—home, always under one sky, our sky.” This image greatly supports the main lesson of the poem, that after several hardships, in the end a light of happiness and joy will appear, and we need to make sure that we get the most out of that light. 

]]> 2021-05-28 14:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568614427 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568615411 "Rifle" by Rudy Francisco
1. I chose this poem because I have  seen some of Rudy Francisco's spoken word poetry in the past and I found his poems to be very impactful.
2. This poem is about the duality of mankind, and how there is always a choice that must be made between helping humanity, or harming it.
3. The comparison that Francisco made between a garden and a graveyard was most impactful in my opinion, because he shows that the only thing that changes something from peaceful to grim is the intent behind it.]]> 2021-05-28 14:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568615411 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568617116 1. I chose the hill we climb by amanda gorman because a family member recommended it to me. 
2. the lesson the poem is teaching is that we need to come together as a country in order to write the wrongs of the past and progress as a country. 
3. The reference to still i rise really resonated with me because it helps push the motive that we need to push through the hard times and come out as one and on top. ]]> 2021-05-28 14:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568617116 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568617268 1. I chose the poem "One Today" by Richard Blanco. I chose this because I read one of his poems last week and it was very interesting and I wanted to read more from him. 
2. The main lesson of the poem was that we are more alike, as Americans, than we think we are. 
3. One impactful image from the poem is the line "a new constellation
waiting for us to map it,
waiting for us to name it—together." This is the last line of the poem and it looks toward the future. The tone is optimistic and hopeful about what we can accomplish if we work together.

]]> 2021-05-28 14:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568617268 https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568619870 1. I chose the poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil because her name stuck out to me from the list of other names. I chose the poem "When I Was Six" because I liked it's themes of nostalgia and childlike innocence in the face of something more serious.
2. The poem was teaching that in our childhood we tend to only see things that are positive or happy. Sometimes when we encounter something more serious or somber, we may not realise the gravity of it.
3. My favourite part of the poem is when the speaker finds air-mail letters from her grandfather. Seeing her mother's reaction to her finding the letters shows that she has found something sad or serious, but because she is naive she does not realise it.]]> 2021-05-28 14:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gerry_ackert/xymsvwk7wv0s0yol/wish/1568619870