Why People Need Poetry by Florangel Goble

Why People Need Poetry by Florangel Goble https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be “articulate.” Watch Jamila's video. After you are done watching the video write and post on this wall (double-click in open space next to video) why you think that poetry is important. How does Jamila use poetry? Why? What did you think of Jamila's poem? After you written and posted your response on this padlet, take a screenshot and submit that (the screenshot) under the assignment you wish to replace with this activity. Please make sure your paragraph contains 6-8 sentences. If it does not contain 6-8 sentences, you will not receive credit. en-us 2018-10-01 19:28:02 UTC 2023-01-18 15:47:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png 3 ways to speak English fgoble https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/287846371 Watch this video and then follow instructions above to receive credit for your DBA.]]> 2018-10-01 19:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/287846371 By: Jah'Ziah Eady https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/291260933 Poetry is important because it is another way to humanly express ourselves. It provokes us to put our feeling into forseen words that you can only describe by example, (like how Jamila compared how she gets her 3 tongues of different english mixed up to how it is as she's cooking in a kitchen) allowing us to create a story out of emotion. The way this woman Jamila used poetry was by expressing herself. She felt that the way people talked was judged, which is true, for example, you'll often see critics these days on the internet correcting grammar often referred to as "Grammar Nazis". I think her poem was somewhat comedical but had as I said before true meaning of the criticize towards English tongue. And I complete agree with what she had to say, we should be entitled to talk how we want because at the end of the day it will all mean the same. There is no difference in it for the British as Jamila said, will continue to mock us for they they 'proper english', for as we will continue to talk in our more comfortable tongue.]]> 2018-10-10 14:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/291260933 The importance of poetry: Elizabeth Garcia https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561290957 Poetry is such a beautiful art and their are many reasons as to why it is important. Poetry is important to express emotions, memories, thoughts, etc. It allows a writer to fully express deep emotions on paper and put in a form of art. People need poetry because it allows for bottled up emotions, thoughts, and ideas to be brought to life in the simple form of poetry. In my opinion I think poetry is such a beautiful way to write and if I was any good at it I would definitely try it out. I’ve always loved to read poetry and read how a writer conveys their emotions.]]> 2021-05-26 13:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561290957 why poetry is important to others https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561565339 melanie calderon
poetry is a way of freedom of speech in a way where you put your emotions and feelings on a piece of paper or just freely speak. it makes people more comfortable into their skin,who they are and most importantly how you feel about yourself or even others expressing memories and emotions. some people don’t find it as interesting and who or what they wanna be people wanna do what makes themselves or others happy because that’s what we want!!]]> 2021-05-26 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561565339 Inara S https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561686274 I think poetry is important because for some people, they can express their feelings and what's happening to them in a safe place where they can use any type of figurative language. They can express what their feeling where no one can judge them or tell them their wrong. Jamila uses poetry by telling it like it is a story or telling a memory/lesson and wanting the reader to know her thoughts and her actions. Jamila's poem was strong and eye-catching. The way she presented it was intriguing and distinctive. The way she brought together about bein articulate, with knowing three languages was smooth. And she was saying that our tones in the way we talk is in itself another language too. It was interesting seeing her explain the three different ways to speak English, and hoe she incorporated examples from what people she talks with daily and how she talks with them.]]> 2021-05-26 14:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561686274 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561779726 By Liana Collins

Poetry is a way for people to express their thoughts and feelings. I believe that poetry is a beautiful form of communication that articulates a message to an audience. Jamila’s poem was powerful and the way that she presented it with passion allowed the audience to feel every word that she was articulating. Jamila was playful with her words and used them very carefully so that we the audience could follow her message. Her poem was about the three different languages of English she spoke and she spoke these different languages to fit into her social surroundings and adapt. She felt that this was needed for her culture because of her historical past and how her ancestral language were taken away. I really liked her poetry and the way she presented it, you could tell she is very artistic and I believe she did a good job communicating a topic that people don’t really think about]]> 2021-05-26 15:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1561779726 Monica Espejo https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1565643536 I believe poetry is important because people can express their views in a form of art. Poetry helps people express their feelings without people judging them and misunderstanding them. It can help people feel that they are in a safe place. Jamila uses poetry to express her views on what it means to be articulate. She uses poetry so that other people can get a better under standing of her views. I thought that Jamila wrote a beautiful, strong work of art expressing her views. It helped me to get a different view of the English language. ]]> 2021-05-27 15:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1565643536 Gabriel Duran https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1569518592 I feel poetry is important because its a way people can express their feelings, thoughts, and point of views freely. People being able to do so allows them to feel safe and it creates a safe bubble for themselves. Jamila uses poetry as a way for her to express to the reader things she had to go through by using word play, and expressing emotions that allow the reader to somehow feel connected to her by just reading her poem. Jamila wrote a very strong, beautiful, and important poem by simply expressing her views and life experiences. I personally don't `like to read books or poems but if there was one poem I could read everyday it would definitely be this one. I love the way she was able to express all the ways you can speak the English language by using examples of her everyday life. I like when people or writers in this case write a poem, movie, book or whatever but use their own life experiences to do so. The reason why is because it allows me to personally connect to them and feel what they are feeling and I enjoy reading poems like this.]]> 2021-05-28 19:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1569518592 Sophia Perez https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1575292321 Poetry is important because it allows a person to let out their feelings and emotions through words. Poetry helps develop and strengthen our brains by all the different values that comes along with it. People use poetry to free their thoughts and let out what they want to say. Jamila expresses her thoughts on what it means to be articulate through poetry. Jamila delivered her poem with a lot of passion and emotion in order to get her audience engaged in what she’s trying to express. She use poetry in order for others to gain a better understanding of her stance. Jamila’s poem showed how unique and powerful her words can be just by the way she put together her poem. I, personally, enjoyed Jamila’s poetry and train of thought because it was distinctive and different from the types of poems I am used to reading/hearing.]]> 2021-06-01 05:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1575292321 Thomas Lilchin 😃 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1586055808 Poetry is one of the many ways that we express what we think and how we feel. It’s a way of doing so but in a more eloquent and expressive manner! We see poetry used for various purposes: from praising someone such as the many poems in the book of Psalms that praise God, to expressing ones position about an important issue such as Jamila Lyiscott’s “Broken English” poem. In her poem, Jamila not only utilizes her articulate way of speaking English to joke around and make her audience laugh, but she also uses it to express her position on how she is judged based on how she looks and how she speaks. Jamila exclaimed “Cause the only God of language is the one recorded in the Genesis

Of this world saying “it is good"

So I may not always come before you with excellency of speech

But do not judge me by my language and assume

That I’m too ignorant to teach.” Here, Jamila masterfully uses poetic devices to maximize the impact that not only her tone but also the words she used has on her audience. Jamila exercised her poetic skills to teach us about the history and versions of English spoken nowadays, but to also teach us one valuable lesson: just because a person speaks with eloquence does not mean that person is better than a person who lacks that eloquence - Moses was REALLY bad at speaking, yet God used him for the groundbreaking event in history that was the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt!

]]> 2021-06-04 18:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/1586055808 By: Romelissa Pierre https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2293274735 I feel like poetry is a way of showing your emotions and a way of showing your emotions in a more creative manner. Jamila uses poetry by showing how she feels. She also shows her emotions by using poetic devices like Irony and Rhyme Schemes. Her poem really spoke out to me because of the meaning and of the poetic devices she used. She explains how she speaks english in different "languages" I didn't understand at first but when she started explaining it I instantly understood because I come from a similar background like her. Sometimes speaking english in a "hood" or broken way makes you look unpresentable and when you speak "perfect" english you're seen as a presentable person. Overall, I think Jamila's poem is very strong to the point where it makes you have chills and make yourself imagine what would it be like in her shoes. I've read other poems but Jamila's poem really touched me because I can kind of relate!]]> 2022-09-13 00:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2293274735 Ellie Pulsifer🙂 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2300108175 I believe poetry is important because it allows people to express their thoughts through words. You might be thinking that its just some words but it's so much more. Some people are not good at speaking but have so much to say. that's why poetry is super important. The way Jamila uses poetry is by expressing her thoughts of what it means to be articulate. Not only dose she lift herself up she lifts others up with her empowering words and funny jokes. She uses poetic devices like rhyme sentences. She uses her emotion to captivate her audience. She used poetry so her audience understood her thoughts and her ideas. Personally I loved her poem. Her poem was beautiful and inspiring. Jamila talked about personal things like getting made fun of. I am so glad that people can trust poetry to express their feelings.]]> 2022-09-16 14:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2300108175 :) Isabella Parada <3 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2309542812 Poetry,the oldest art of the time.For some people it's a torture to listen to,with every word,dread creeps along their
spine.Unsensible people I say,without a soul they live indeed.Poetry nurtures the soul,heals it.Since ancient times humanity has longed to express their emotions,whether it had been joy,anger,or melancholy feeling,poetry fulfilled it in an exceptional way.In the poem "Broken English" by Jamila Lyiscott,Jamila was able transmit her emotions strongly through poetry.She uses jokes and rhymes to transmit her message and captivate her audience.Her poem expresses a very important ongoing problem.I speak for myself and everyone who heard this poem by saying it really spoke to us,the way people make fun of the way others speak english.Poetry is the oldest art of the time,and yet it is still used in modern days to conceive our delicate emotions. ]]> 2022-09-22 22:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2309542812 Ryan Barrera 🗿 rbarrera004 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2311104032 Poetry is important since poetry is a way for someone to express their feelings in a straightforward way that adds impact to the subject. Poetry promotes creative thinking in the reader and allows them to have a deeper understanding of the subject.
Jamila uses her poetry to express her feelings about others, critiquing their way of articulating. She does not feel that it's right to push your belief on how to speak to others and that others should be themselves. She uses passion and feelings in poetry to help portray her message to the audience more clearly, and with more impact.]]> 2022-09-23 21:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2311104032 Alexander Vargas https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2317971741 Poetry is important because it helps the speaker express their feelings through their poems via sentences, tone, etc. poetry can help people deliver messages by writing poems about the certain topic. Poetry promotes more creative thoughts into the readers mind to help the reader understand the poems more fluently. Poetry can also help the reader imagine like if they were in the story. Poetry has been used for a long time as a way to express how you feel about something. Some people hate poetry as they find it boring while other people find it intriguing to hear poetry]]> 2022-09-28 17:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2317971741 Isabella Medina https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2320142601 Jamila uses the word "articulate" 8-9 times in those 4 minutes. Jamila uses three different accents; the hood, the cultural, and the classy. What she is trying to prove is that she could be speaking of the same thing in different accents and yet people would judge and ignore because of the way they sounded. I believe she was trying to get the audience to understand the idea she was forming by actually hearing it. She supported this by rhyming and using rhythm in several parts throughout the video. Her use of poetry loosened up the serious topic she was speaking about. It kept her audience engaged and entertained while they listened to her point of view. Jamila Lyiscott is a wonderful example as to why poetry is important. Many people see the word poetry and imagine a boring, old-fashioned man writing about the struggles of life. They don't see the beauty in expressing yourself through poems]]> 2022-09-29 22:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2320142601 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2321235001 People can express their thoughts and emotions through poetry. Poetry, in my opinion, is a wonderful form of expression that clearly reflects ideas to an audience. The audience was able to feel every word Jamila was saying since her delivery of her poem was so passionate. Jamila was soft with her vocabulary and used it effectively so that we, the audience, could understand what she was trying to say. She wrote a poem on the three different dialects of English she used to speak in order to adapt to her social environment. Because of her historical background and the loss of her ancestral language, she felt that this was essential for her culture. I loved her poetry and the way she presented.]]> 2022-09-30 15:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2321235001 I believe poetry is important because it's a way for the writer to express their feelings without having to really express them directly like in an essay. It's a creative form of writing by using tone, rhyming, and metaphors. Jamila uses poetry to express her feelings of the topic to her audience. The reason why she used poetry instead of another form of writing is because poetry sends her message more effectively. I really liked her poem and the way she expressed herself in the ted talk because you can hear and feel her emotions. Poetry is not for everyone but on some situations it is necessary because the way it is expressed catches the audience's attention. daniellar1030 https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2321535311 2022-09-30 19:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2321535311 Charlie Sanchez https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2321791678 Poetry can be beautiful and can be a way for someone to communicate things of their time. Poetry can be a way to express yourself, and I think that is what is happening in this video. Jamilia does a very good job at articulating her feelings that there is more than one way to be articulate. She uses rhymes perfectly placed so that it is still a poem but without distracting from her message. The tone of her poem does come off as angry, I know some may say it is passionate, but I think it is coming more from a place of anger and it reveals itself when she says, "I had to burrow your language because mine was stolen". I found it sad to be honest because it is clear she identifies herself less as American and more by race and you see it when she says, "you can't expect me to speak YOUR history holy when MINE is broken" and another example was "the reason I speak a composite version of YOUR language is because mine was raped away along with MY history". I think she is gifted but I don't agree with her massage, I think I would get in trouble if I greeted my teacher with "what's hood".]]> 2022-10-01 04:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2321791678 Mark Marin https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2331279713 I think poetry is important because it can be used for music and also used as a form of expression. it can used to help people cope with anything that troubles them. Jamila uses poetry to to make known some of the issues in the world. Jamila used poetry for her broken English essay. in that essay she talks about some of the issues she has had with her identity as a black women and used poetry to make that message more impactful. I found Jamila essay very powerful and well written. she her word choices where amazing and helped her with making her essay more impactful. ]]> 2022-10-07 16:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2331279713 Melanie Calderon https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2332885835 I feel like poetry is a set of words to describe the emotions from the writer and does not only have to be through poetry but mainly i feel like poetry is the best way to show it. Jamila uses poetry as a way to show off her emotions which spoke out to me because Jamila Lyiscott is a "tri-tongued orator;" in her powerful spoken-word essay "Broken English," she celebrates and challenges the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be "articulate." Her use of poetry loosened up the serious topic she was speaking about. It kept her audience engaged and entertained while they listened to her point of view. Poetry is an important way to speak with emotions it delivers messages to deeply show how thw writer is feeling. Jamila Lyiscott is a wonderful example as to why poetry is important. Many people see the word poetry and imagine a boring, old-fashioned man writing about the struggles of life. They don't see the beauty in expressing yourself through poems. Poetry is just a beautiful way of feelings and emotion! ]]> 2022-10-10 01:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2332885835 Felicia Barrett-Perez https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2332952584 Poetry created with the right substance and the right ingredients can be something that is powerful and beautiful. There is also the adverse effect which is that it could be extremely hurtful and disgusting, but in a way that is secretly the beauty of it. Once you look deeper into it you see that it is true art, and with it being true art, there are so many different ways to decipher and dig deeper into the meaning that the author wanted to portray to their audience. The beauty of poetry comes from the difference in what people express once they put their pen to paper, we can see this by comparing Jamila Lyiscott’s piece “Tri-tongued orator” to say a “darker piece” made by Edgar Allan Poe and the “Monkey's Paw”. There's a drastic difference between what each person wanted to portray and even though the monkey's paw is dark and twisted it is still in a poetic sense beautiful. When you compare it to the “Tri-tongued orator” it is extremely more lighthearted, but even though it seems like that on the outside, once you go and do a deeper dive into the poem/word essay, the topic she's talking about effect’s a lot of people. When we compare the two poems you get to see is a beautiful artistic deviation between two people, both having something to portray but a different way of doing so.]]> 2022-10-10 03:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2332952584 SAIID MARTE https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2333852027 Because poetry may be a means of expression as well as music, I believe it to be significant. It can be utilized to help people deal with whatever problems they may be having. Jamila utilizes poetry to raise awareness of some global issues. For her essay in broken English, Jamila used poetry. In that piece, she uses poetry to increase the power of her message as she discusses some of the struggles she has had with being a black woman. Jamila's essay impressed me with how effectively it was written. Amazing word choices she made allowed her to increase the impact of her article.]]> 2022-10-10 16:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2333852027 Gabriela pina https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2336448201 Through poetry, people can convey their feelings and thoughts. I believe poetry to be a beautiful form of expression that effectively conveys thoughts to a readership. Jamila's passionate delivery of her poem allowed the audience to feel every word she said. To ensure that we, the audience, could comprehend what Jamila was trying to express, she utilized a gentle vocabulary. For the purpose of adjusting to her social surroundings, she penned a poem about the three various English dialects she used to speak. She believed that this was crucial for her culture because of her historical background and the disappearance of her original language. Her poems and delivery style were fantastic.]]> 2022-10-12 05:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fgoble/zag940yh3riv/wish/2336448201