Against All Odds by Taylor Revels https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a Spliced poem by Taylor Revels. ENG 2130 Section 06. en-us 2022-08-31 17:06:23 UTC 2025-11-18 05:01:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Against All Odds tayrevels https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2278109387 Up from a past that's rooted in pain
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs
Who has never lost a battle,
Leaving behind nights of fear and terror
I rise.

It was evening all afternoon.
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. 
Regardless of others, even regardful of others,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide
Breathe the air but leave plenty after me.

]]> 2022-08-31 17:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2278109387 Works Cited tayrevels https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2278115084 Angelou, Maya. "Still I Rise." Poetry Foundation. 2019.

Sandberg, Carl. "Chicago." Poetry Foundation. 2019.

Stevens, Wallace. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Poetry Foundation. 2019.

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Poetry Foundation. 2019.


]]> 2022-08-31 17:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2278115084 Dr. HC whyrhetoric https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2279230868 Love those last two lines. How did you decide to end it there?]]> 2022-09-01 12:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2279230868 dmitch71 https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2282399029 Nice job Taylor. I felt like there was a touch of overcoming adversity with your combinations and the way they flowed was elegant.]]> 2022-09-05 02:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tayrevels/y2acytwvc0ve775a/wish/2282399029