pick a poet.

I picked variations of the word love by: Margaret Atwood.

This is a word we use to plug
holes with. It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
like real hearts. Add lace
and you can sell
it. We insert it also in the one empty
space on the printed form
that comes with no instructions. There are whole
magazines with not much in them
but the word love, you can
rub it all over your body and you
can cook with it too. How do we know
it isn't what goes on at the cool
debaucheries of slugs under damp
pieces of cardboard? As for the weed-seedlings nosing their tough snouts up
among the lettuces, they shout it.Love! Love! sing the soldiers, raising
their glittering knives in salute.Then there's the two
of us. This word
is far too short for us, it has only
four letters, too sparse
to fill those deep bare
vacuums between the stars
that press on us with their deafness.It's not love we don't wish
to fall into, but that fear.this word is not enough but it will
have to do. It's a single
vowel in this metallic
silence, a mouth that says
O again and again in wonder
and pain, a breath, a finger
grip on a cliffside. You can
hold on or let go.
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I picked this poem because it fits our society and I really enjoy this poem. This poem shows and gives examples of how we love to easy and that we put it in a conversation just to say it. Most of the time we don't mean it when we say it. The voice that is present in this poem would have to be an upset and wondering voice, also a sure and confident voice. I don't really know why I feel this way." It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
like real hearts. Add lace and you can sell
it". This part of the poem makes it very obvious that the poem is about using the word love in the wrong context and way of life. We say I love you just to say it.

Reclaim

Its time,
Time for what,
Does it matter I say,
Yes, I must know you tell me,
Well its time for me to reclaim me,
Myself my own dignity,
My personality,
Time to reclaim my life,
Pick up the shattered pieces,
Given up so easily by you,
I tried to reclaim our bond,
You are my mother,,
Of course you would try for me,
But you don't,
And it hurts to know you never tried,
you gave up so easily,
So spineless and weak,
I'd like to grow up and be strong,
like you right..no,
married to some selfish son of a bitch,
who took his anger out on me,
and on you,
but...you, you love him,
so he is forgiven,
of course he's forgiven,
but me..your flesh and blood,
you, let me run away,
thank you for that,
for once, you did what i needed,
and let me go..

Creative Writing Poem Reflection

You play the innocent card,
"not my fault you say"
But really, it's all your fault,
Where would I be?
Without you,
Without you Bullshit,
And your lies,
Which only led to my pain,
endless pain,
Almost unbearable,
But there's always ways to deal,
Silver catches my eye,
Red fills my mind,
Relief at last..forget you?
Impossible, but I can block you out,
Till the pain takes over my mind,
And its all your fault...

1) What voice is apparent within your poem? Please describe in detail.
The voice in the poem gives off an angry and or upset tone. Which is what i was trying to give off. I wrote this poem when i was very mad and it gives off the angry tone, exactly what I wanted.

2) What type of mood will you try to express when performing your poem in front of the class?
The mood I will try and express in my poem will be an angry yet upset with the issues mood. Like I'm mad, yet upset about he situation.

3) What types of gestures, nonverbals, and or movement will you be incorporating into your performance?
angry nonverbals, like foot stomping and fist shaking, I'm not really sure I am a bit shy so I am going to have a hard time with this.

4) What frightens you about this assignment? What seems exciting about this assignment?
I'm a very shy person and I will have a hard time opening up and coming out of my shell.

5) How does performance poetry enhance the meaning of a poem? Be specific.
the performance will give the poem more meaning due to the fact that I can express the actual emotion going through my mind.