Mad Lib's Poem

The semi truck and the dump truck were best friends,
they're partying stopped at no ends.
The gargantuan trucks jumped for joy,
when they crashed into the trees, oh boy!
It was a razzel dazzel rose bush I assume,
however they weren't drinking diet coke when they resumed.
The dump truck said I've got a hammock,
but the semi truck explained, "we'd break it lets go to Hamtramuk.

Looking Through the Eyes of Injustice: Integrating Poetry and African American History

In looking at this article more in depth I realized the potential that poetry brings into the classroom. Students can get a real sense of emotion and connect to the people that experienced discrimination and injustice during the civil rights movement. By students seeing clips from the time period they learn a lot about the oppression and injustice African American people felt during the movement. I agree that students need to experience poetry to express their feelings and emotions on sensitive topics such as racism and the pain of the civil rights movement. I believe that students have a lot of emotions they want to express and poetry is a great form of expression. While attempting to teach civil rights emotions in my pre internship, i found it difficult to find a way for my students to express their many thoughts and emotions to relate to the people who have experienced it. Poetry would have been a great way of allowing them to vent their emotions and thoughts in a representative form. Poetry in the classroom is a powerful method of making history jump and become more relevant to students lives.

Two Voices Poem

"Freeze bitch!"
Oh my god
"I'm going to need that money"
"Just stay calm"
I've got five kids to feed
Please don't let them shoot
I wish things would have turned out different
I hope someone called the police
"You better not call the police"
"What do you want me to do?"
"Just put the money in this bag and nobody gets hurt"
"Here take it all"
"Yes! I'm gonna have a ball..."

Found Poetry, "Tainted Undefeated Ship"

Undefeated inspired record,
A powerhouse team with accomplishments
of a classy bunch of guys
that put forth a myth of unbeaten celebration.
But soon the record will be tainted,
evil videotaping, asterisks, and lost champagne
would diminish significance not soon forgotten.
"If they wish to join the unbeatens, come aboard,"
but the 'ship has already set sail and the 'Pats
will be left behind.