Thursday, August 29, 2013
3: What YOU'VE Learned
While research is the act of looking again, the act of asking questions and seeking answers--research relies upon what we know. The key is that we begin with knowledge. Who we are and what we know drives what we choose to research and how we research it. In the style of Monet's poem, what do you know? Please post your poem when you have completed it. Be prepared to respond to 2 peers poems with warm feedback and questions by Tuesday, September3 before the start of class.
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I know about school.
ReplyDeleteI know how important school is.
I know school can take you many places in the future...
My future? School is where its start.
Being successful? School is where you need to finish.
Finishing high school is what many don't do because of stress and more.
You? You don't have to fear the future.
Not thinking you can make it should push you harder.
Motivate.
Failure is not an option.
Moving on to college is what your goal should be.
Great things are ahead of you.
Can you imagine how important school is?
Success is the key.
Very powerful! I love how you connected it a lot to school, seeing as though this is the most important year for all of us. Great Job!
DeleteI agree school is so important and its where we start are future. Do you think if we wasn't at Epic our future could turn out different?
DeleteI do Diamond only because certain schools don't push you like EPIC does and others school don't care for you like the teachers here do. I honestly do think our futures would have turned out different if we wasn't at EPIC.
DeleteMe too, I feel even though they do a lot they do it so we can have the best possible future and I'm low key greatful
DeleteNot only that but no other high school would run there senior year as if it was college courses. Other schools probably baby their students, such as kids at Bowen, so that they can just get their paycheck and move on.
DeleteI agree with everybody that school is very important.
DeleteLines 1-2 when you say you know about school and school is important i agree because if you didn't got to school you wouldn't be where you are now which is your last year of high school. Also it took a lot of learning and years to get tot his point.
DeleteI know pain....
ReplyDeleteI know that pain leads to tears, which is nothing more than salty water...
I know that they have the power to relieve the most powerful stress... But why I always ask myself all the time..
I know love..
I know love is more than you and him in the backseat of his fathers car..
I know love can be defined by so many things..
I know that you could love something so deeply but hate it at the same time...
I know hearts..
I know hearts hurt more than anything...
I know it hurts that mother's heart because she can't feed her kids...
I know that when your hurt, a certain type of pain can take over and never fad away.
I know pressure...
I know that pressure can make you do crazy things like push that funny looking girl down to make your friends laugh but not realizing shes already pushed around at home.
I know alcohol...
I know I can sit back and take a shot for him...
I know its a drug that drives my uncle crazy, crazy enough to hurt his kids....
I know many things, things that I will never be able to fit in this poem .....
Speechless! This is one POWERFUL piece!
DeleteI absolutely love the ending!
This is touching. I love how detailed you got with what you know. This is many things people and their family actually go through. Many can relate.
DeleteThis is Powerful and I could relate to a lot
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Delete"I know love is more than you and him in the backseat of his fathers car.." This line here is very true and i concur with you alot! Love is not only about sex. Yes, love is passion but not the type of passion that may only last a few hours for an orgasm that last a couple of seconds. Love is everlasting, love is joy, love is knowing that no matter what the situation may be you would give and do your all for a person.-I just believe this line is very powerful and it stands out.
DeleteI feel like I can relate to some of what you wrote.
DeleteThis is truly wonderful and powerful. Your words are very detailed and I can sense the emotion in them. Its a very lovely poem.
DeleteI must say I love this piece. I can relate to most things you mentioned. Great work!
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DeleteI know that when your hurt, a certain type of pain can take over and never fad away. This line sticks out to me because people may say forgive and forget but sometimes it isn't that easy but it is possible, it just takes awhile. I also like the line when you said "I know hearts hurt more than anything..." because tis is absolutely true. People will play with a person's heart for no apparent and then look dumb founded when that person treats them wrong. Hearts are precious things and aren't meant to be toyed with.. Great Peom!!
DeleteI totally agree with you when people say you should forgive and forget but that's something I don't do because its just not in my natural. So its really not a easy thing to do.
DeleteEven with time you can't manage to forgive someone for there wrong doings..
DeleteNope.
DeleteI really liked the ending.The reason why I liked the ending was because it sounded very powerful and showed the thoughts that you have in life.
DeleteI agree with you 100%. The line to me that stuck out the most was when you said you know it hurts a mothers heart when she can't feed her kids.I have seen that first hand at homeless shelters and at welfare offices and it is one very sore sight to see. It makes you want to help them no matter what the cost is and at the same time be thankful for what you truly have in this world. But even though mothers are not able to feed their children I hope that those children see and appreciate that they have a mother that loves and cares for them and will do anything for them no matter what it takes.
DeleteI know how to use my creativity to write short poems. I know that putting on a fake smile to hide your true feelings can end up hurting you even more. I know that not everyone keeps their promises. I know that the sky is not always going to be blue. I have learned that to understand life you have to be living it. I know that parents might be strict but in the end it is only to protect you from going to the wrong path.I know that the path I am taking will take me as far as I am willing to go.I have learned that every problem has a solution.I know that I do not have to end up being a simple statistic. I know that I love having my loved ones around me. I know that my dad will always be my one and only superhero.I know that all your memories can be manipulated to be unforgettable. I have learned that life is not fair to everyone. I know that one day I would like to travel around the world someday. I have learned that you have to use a lot of hard work and patience to get where you want to be. I have learned that everything with time reaches its true beauty.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The second line really caught my eye. So I want to ask, why do you think some people put a wall up after being in certain situations?
DeleteI think people put a wall up after being in a certain situation because they don't think anyone will truly understand why they feel the way they do, therefore they have to hide their feelings in a way. Why do you think people do this?
DeleteI agree with what you said. Along with the fact that after they go through whatever it may be they just don't trust anyone enough. I know I have friends I could talk to, but I just don't tell people my business.
DeleteYes, that is very true because you should first establish "trust" with someone in order for you to open up about your "personal business".
DeleteVery true!
DeleteI loved this specifically because of the line you put, which stated "I know that all your memories can be manipulated to be unforgettable.". This caught my eye because it makes me think of all the dreams I can possibly remember. I want to ask what made you use this specific sentence?
DeleteI liked the fact that you said, "I know that putting on a fake smile to hide your true feelings can end up hurting you even more" because it has happened to me before, and it still does. I agree with you, Paola, because not everyone will understand because they might not be going through what you're going through. At times when you do want to tell someone, it is difficult to find a person you can trust and who will understand at the same time.
Delete"I have learned that to understand life you have to be living it," is a line that stood out to me. I feel that this line explains a key point to looking at life. I know this because it is one of the many things I live by everyday.
DeleteI know that having a baby changes your whole life.
ReplyDeleteThe way you think, the way you act.
You wont be able to go wont be able to go out and do as much as you wanted.
You wont notice how much you used to do until you can't do it.
I know the world needs to change.
All the killing kids and robbing old ladies because they are helpless is not good.
What happened to fighting with your hands, picking someone that's your own size.
I know that finding someone to love you for you is not easy for you anymore because its so easy for boys to get what they want from girls.
I know that love hurts.
I used to love someone so much that I constantly got in trouble for them.
But I had to leave because he didn't understand.
Understand that I needed somewhere to live and that I couldn't take the changes he has made.
I know that friendship isn't forever.
There will come a day where you will both have to leave each other to better your own life.
Yeah, you can keep in contact with them but it wont be the same.
I know that having both parents in the house is important because seeing your mother struggle with three kids a nice house and a car is hard.
She may have hid it but deep down inside I know she was hurting and struggling.
And now that she's married they rely on each other.
I know that having a job is amazing.
Getting your own money to pay for your own things and not having to ask your mother for support is great.
I know that school Is only the beginning.
When im all done I will look back and appreciate it because i know that I did not become a statistic.
I know that being stuck in the house with spontaneous tempers can drive anyone crazy.
I know because I deal with it everyday, when I walk in the house and while I'm sleeping.
I know how to hid my pain.
I know how to hold a secret, because everyday I hold the secrets that I have about myself.
And it will remain that way.
"What happened to fighting with your hands, picking someone that's your own size." POWERFUL line!
Delete"I know that having both parents in the house is important because seeing your mother struggle with three kids a nice house and a car is hard.
She may have hid it but deep down inside I know she was hurting and struggling. " This line really hit me
Why will you never unleash your secrets?
I don't trust anybody enough to tell them my life.
DeleteWhy?
DeleteI don't trust anyone because I feel it might possibly get around to some people. And may get around to the wrong person and next thing you know everyone knows my business. But I try to open up and then either the person doesn't believe me or the person doesn't understand me.
DeleteThe line when you said "What happened to fighting with your hands, picking someone that's your own size." also stood out to me because as a young male isn't really hard to just fight someone with your hands, now a days people run to go get weapons to you with.. I thought my hands were my weapons.. I guess I was wrong..
DeleteI can relate to the first part because I am also having a baby and I know it won't be easy.
DeleteI believe that there is not such things as privacy anymore. Marquita you're very right. The best thing we can do is conceal our lives and secrets in our mind before anything else.
DeleteThere are things I know and there are things I don't know. I know when to be formal and when I don't have to be formal. I know what is school appropriate and what is not school appropriate. I know how to take time out of my day to do homework instead of staying outside all day. I know how to give respect and not to be disrespectful. I know hate and if you are a hater you will always be a hater. I know family, family is the people you tell that you always love. I know pain, pain is a hurtful thing and may never be reversed. I know a heart, a heart is to beat and never be broken. I know Earth, Earth is a planet where life is great. I know money, money is the key to success. I know college, college is the greatest place to be after you have graduated high school. I know humans, humans are the most and top dominated of all. Last, I know life, life should be lived the way you want to live not no one else but yourself.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty powerful, especially the last line.
DeleteThis is really strong. I really liked your last line where you said, "I know life, life should be lived the way you want to live not no one else but yourself". I can understand this because there are those who try to be someone else, and completely forget who they are.
DeleteI know where I would end up without school.
ReplyDeleteI know I can't be someone successful without an education.
I know why school is so important to me.
I know I want to be successful.
I know how to keep myself motivated.
I know how to love my family.
I know I will be a great mother to my child.
I know I can't trust everyone.
I know I have made a lot of mistakes in my life.
I know people change.
I know right from wrong.
I know people don't keep their promises.
Line 9 I think is very true for almost everybody because nobody has been perfect everybody has made a mistake throughout their life.
DeleteI know a first love "broken heart" can be the worst pain in the world that can change the way you carry yourself. I know trust can only be earned when you have witnessed it with your own eyes. I know not really having a father in your life makes you want to resent things. But you have to look at it in their perspective. I know when you give up it is when you have truly let yourself down. I know happiness comes from what you really enjoy in life. I know that this world should come together in unison for peace because we are just slaying each other relentlessly. I know why some people say they can't rely in faith but truthfully faith is all we have. I know my neighborhood is bad. It consist of everybody wanting to kill each other for money or drugs. I know that this world feels like it's about to go to war. You can even see people talking about how Barrack Obama might be declaring world war 3 on youtube. I know that I am naturally influenced by dance, music, and song. It just goes to show how powerful performing arts can be to a person. I know that I love to hard and when I get hurt I can change into a person who shows no interest for you at all. You learn from your mistakes and I try to the best of my abilities to never do them again. I know I have had a lot of important people walk out on my life who I really needed to stick with me. But in the end you only have yourself to rely on.
ReplyDeleteTrue I agree with the first 5 lines because i sometimes feel that way.
DeleteI agree because my first love really left me hurt even to this day. I always wonder why that pain leaves everyone so hurt?
DeleteI think it is because that was the point in time you were most vulnerable. I mean you tried to give your all to this person and for them to just toss it in the trash or whatever that situation might be, it is like a knife in the chest that can never come out.
DeleteVery true.
DeleteI agree with lines toward the end because they speak out to me about things I may have dwelled on but couldn't quite figure out..
DeleteI defiantly agree that when you give up you fail yourself. This line should be in a motivational seminar!
DeleteBut what if giving up is the best thing for you to do?
Then are you really failing yourself or helping yourself get out of a situation thatis hurting you more than helping you?
I know that there's a statue with a torched raised real high, but are we really equal?, yeah right.
ReplyDeleteI know that there is this suited man that stands and preaches that we shall all remain peaceful.
I know that deep down he says what he feels and at times he must lose the fear.
I know that times have changed since they grew up. That their words soon were free and their minds were no longer tied to a cage.
I know that along the way we had fights, riots, and clashes.
I know this is true because I've seen it with my eyes.
I know that people die daily but many more die fighting for what they wanted.
I know that a bird can only live so long inside a cage and that it soon has no more strength to fight on.
I know that freedom can hurt, but that is our symbol and alert.
I know that without knowledge we wouldn't be able to make a change. To stop the ignorance, bigotry, pain, and selfishness.
I know that while we have fought a long one, that we have been able to make a slow change, this is just among the last page.
I know that on the other side of the fence there lies a better defense.
Your last statement sparked an interest in me and I was wondering if you believed that if we all just went out and explored would we find what we may be looking for?
DeleteThe first line really caught my attention. Especially since we are not equal. Why do you think we aren't equal but yet we reflect equality.
DeleteI know that is hard to hold on to reality when you lose someone
ReplyDeleteOur minds slowly drift off, trying to cope but it just doesn't work
I know children can be cruel
Not everyone has a happy life, other can easily hide it away or it can be easily seen
They could either grow up alone and broken or apathetic and emotionless
I know mental disorders are frowned upon and not seen as important
Telling someone to "just get over it" is easier said than done
Try being in their shoes, some live normal lives while others
Fall into the sea of insanity, trying to swim to the top
But they can't make it, lack of support and making them feel like a monster
Is only pushing them down further never to return.
I know why some people commit the biggest mistake
Not for attention, not because they are weak
They are looking for an escape
Escape the world that hates them, the world that keeps pushing them down till they can't get up.
Some are stronger, they know life does get better
Others can't see the light, they fall too deep into the darkness
You may call them weak, stupid, or even pathetic
But You'll never understand the pain they go through
the road they had to walk to survive
Very few get sympathy or even hate if they get popular enough
There are still others whose stories are yet to be told.
I know depression can break you
It also could be your only friend
I know that everyone can resurrect from the ashes of their failures
To tell a new story, a story with struggles and accomplishment
I know books can change your perspective on reality
I know that it's important to be yourself
Don’t follow trends, start something new
I know that words can hurt and mentally scar you
That girl you bullied calling her names, saying her face is like some tried to erase a wrong answer
She’ll grow up believing she isn't beautiful
She could have a loving husband and child whose definition of beauty is her ,His Mother
But she won’t believe that
Words can hurt
Death can hurt
Lies can hurt
But they shape you as a person
I know this, I've seen it before
This will repeat until someone stands up
"Telling someone to "just get over it" is easier said than done
DeleteTry being in their shoes" this quote stuck out to me because some people have said this to me before, and it is hard to get over it.
"I know depression can break you" This stuck out to me because I have been there before.
"I know mental disorders are frowned upon and not seen as important
DeleteTelling someone to "just get over it" is easier said than done
Try being in their shoes, some live normal lives while others
Fall into the sea of insanity, trying to swim to the top
But they can't make it, lack of support and making them feel like a monster
Is only pushing them down further never to return.
I know why some people commit the biggest mistake
Not for attention, not because they are weak
They are looking for an escape
Escape the world that hates them, the world that keeps pushing them down till they can't get up.
Some are stronger, they know life does get better
Others can't see the light, they fall too deep into the darkness
You may call them weak, stupid, or even pathetic
But You'll never understand the pain they go through
the road they had to walk to survive"
WOW! I love all of this section. I can relate so much.
Will you every stand up?
I know how you feel, especially since you've told me most of this before. I also understand because I've felt the same way as you, and I still sometimes feel this way. Everything can hurt a person, not because we're weak, but because we are human and we know how to express emotions. I love this work that you did. Great job! Now I would like to know why doesn't anyone stand up to these issues?
Delete"Words can hurt"
Delete"Death can hurt
"Lies can hurt"
I love all these lines because they just push deeper into ones thought processes and I forces you to really think back to that one time you might have said something to hurt someones feeling or how you just let your anger dish out words that could have really hurt a person and killed a friendship before it even started.
LOVE IT VIVIANA!!
Your first line caught my eye. I am still trying to live life with the lost of a loved one. I can agree you go crazy once they have vanished before your eye.
Delete"I know mental disorders are frowned upon and not seen as important
DeleteTelling someone to "just get over it" is easier said than done
Try being in their shoes, some live normal lives while others
Fall into the sea of insanity, trying to swim to the top."
I love this section because it paints daily life. Every day, people refer to other people with a word that is cruel without acknowledging the fact that we're shaming those who can't think, live, or act the way we do.
“I know that everyone can resurrect from the ashes of their failures.” I love this line because it shows that even if you fail at something it doesn't mean you should give up either. I know I have felt that way before, like I should just give up but never give up because there is always going to be a light at the end of that dark tunnel. My question is why do people accept failure sometimes?
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ReplyDeleteI know that the way I was raised doesn't have to be the way I live.
ReplyDeleteI know just because some people might be higher than you doesn't mean they should make you feel as though you are below them.
I know just because you're living life doesn't mean you are truly alive.
I know that regardless of background everyone should be treated like a gem.
I know some people cut themselves simply because they find peace within that slit.
I also know when bad times come you have to be ready for that hit.
I know self-respect and self-love lacks when the presence of a father does the same.
I know some people see life as just another game.
I know when you set your mind to great things greater things can happen.
I know this is your life and it can all be taken away with just one knife.
I know knowledge is power, and everything can easily turn sour within less than a hour.
So live everyday like it's your last.
This had made realize that not everything someone say about you should take it in consideration but instead you should get what you really want from it
Delete"I know that the way I was raised doesn't have to be the way I live.
DeleteI know just because some people might be higher than you doesn't mean they should make you feel as though you are below them. "
Those 2 lines are so important to me and stick out the most because those are things that took me a while to realize but when I did it changed me completely.
I agree with you on people taking life a game. I think they do it because they are afraid of the real world.
DeleteI know time can't heal all,
ReplyDeleteI know how to dust off when I fall
I know I can really hold a grudge,
I know my trust doesn't easily budge
I know i don't have many friends,
I know that's my fault,
I know my minds a vault, filled with who i am and who I wish I was
I know what its like to be fake,
I know what it means to cut just for the sake, of my hypothetical sanity
I know I'm just a statistic in humanity
I know how many pills to take each day,
I know this gets in my way, of my mind
I know poems don't have to rhyme,
I know I'm probably just wasting time
I know you don't care about what your reading
I know your gonna comment just to get an exceeding
I know you know I'm right
I know Justin Beieber's pants are way to tight,
I know how to make light of a bad situation,
I know by my 'bars' all ya'll suckas is hatin'
I know its not professional to use slang,
I know too many people offiliated in a gang
I know you think im funny, no im not cocky
I know you think you know me,
I know you know NOTHING
All of these things I know
Still...
I have nothing to show
I could relate to this whole thing, It was very very powerful. I also love how you rhymed.
DeleteI love line 8 because I can really relate to it and its so many fake people around me
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DeleteThis is an amazing poem Destiny.
DeleteI now one thing that is extremely hard for me is to make light out of a bad situation and I feel it is so inspiring that you are able to do that despite how bad the situation is.
I can really relate to the line that says" I know how many pills to take each day". I know that sometimes a pain killer can't really kill the pain that we carry in our hearts. However, it can cure the migraine caused by the thoughts.
DeleteThe line "I know my trust doesn't easily budge" is really what caught my attention because trust is something people have to earn. You can't just put your trust into anybody and that's where I can relate.
DeleteThe way the poem is structured is great. The way the poem starts as a serious insight on life, then moves on to have a couple of jokes is a unique way of doing things. The dichotomy is perfectly blended and turns this poem into a satirical post while keeping all the necessary items.
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ReplyDeleteI know the sounds of silence. It's too quiet. In the distance you can hear a pin drop.
ReplyDeleteI know darkness is a warning sign of an inevitable danger to come, just like the Simon and Garfunkel song begins "Hello darkness my old friend".
I know sorry doesn't always deserve forgiveness.
I know one word can not erase the past.
I know there's a fire starting in me, the intensity excites me yet scares me.
I know through the suffering in this hell, there's this blissful experience that some people call heaven.
I know though the devil may be chasing me, I've found paradise.
I know I've an escape to ease my pain.
I know I've discovered what love truly mean, but I also know I will never be truly love.
I know there's a hidden side to everything.
I know life is not difficult, we just make it difficult.
I know I will never be something you will miss.
I know life is a big "what if"
I love the words they are really powerful
DeleteI like the line " I know life is a big "what if", it is something I strongly believe in and something I have always thought was true.
DeleteI know it took me like 10 times to write this
ReplyDeleteI know some people may not like this
I know who I am and who I want to be
I know sometimes I don't feel free
I know most people are fake
I know those people I have to shake
I know I get mad fast
I don't count to 10 so just move back fast!
I know my success isn't far away
I know my enemies will try to get me to stray away
I know that I am truly blessed
I know this life is my own personal quest
I know there are people who love and care for me
I know who I am and who I want to be
I love when you said "I know my enemies will try to get me to stray away", it shows how your enemy might want you to fail but you just have to prove them wrong.
DeleteOften times we are what others want us to be. However, in your last sentence you mention how you know who you are and what you want to be. I like this sentence in particular allot.
DeleteWhy don't you feel free?
Delete"I know that I am truly blessed
DeleteI know this life is my own personal quest"
These lines really hit me hard. I agree that life is a personal quest that no one else can go through but you.
I like everything about this, but I really liked how you started off saying " I know it took me like 10 times to right this".
DeleteI know there is nothing more beautiful than life. From the green, spacious prairies and the creatures that rule the sea, to even the things that can't be seen.
ReplyDeleteI know that the unseen can be felt by the heart and seen with the soul.
I know that I didn't know this before, but I grew up learning that this is true.
I know that I used to believe that fairies and unicorns, and every other mystical creation, existed.
I know that I'm just a dreamer.
I know that dreams are better than reality.
I know that my mother had a chance to dream, but never had time to do so.
I know that time passes by too fast and it is impossible to reverse it.
I know that scarcity is a conflict of almost every single individual that walks on this planet.
I know that this world can be a better place, yet not a single person in this world has done anything to help.
I know no one does anything because of the cost, but do we really have anything to lose if we don't have anything now?
I know freedom doesn't exist, no matter how many times society claims we are free.
I know we are held captive by the government like caged dogs in a dog pound.
I know politicians don't have a heart; they're more about the brains.
I know mostly every person has a broken spirit, scattered in every single direction from all the pain, anger, and even neglect that one has felt.
I know that all of this is just part of the life cycle.
I know one day, we are born, we learn to speak, we learn to walk, we learn in school, we learn right from wrong, we make mistakes, we are forgotten by some, we learn to forgive and forget, we learn to accept the gifts that life puts in our hands every single day, and when the time comes, we fly up to the opened skies.
I know that everything isn't easy at all.
I know that there is the good in the bad, and there is the bad in the good.
I know that one major thing I would change to make things a little better is helping the environment to keep nature alive just like it keeps us alive.
I know there's much more to learn about, but I'm happy to know what I know so far.
"I know freedom doesn't exist, no matter how many times society claims we are free."
DeleteThis line is so true because freedom is not real in this world.A person will always be stuck to the life system of bills, kids and trying to make a good life. Freedom is not gain at no cost in this life no matter what we do Freedom is like fake lifestyles....unreal
I like this poem a lot. It explains life just the way it is, while giving insight to how hopeless some situations are.
Delete"I know freedom doesn't exist, no matter how many times society claims we are free." This lines stands out to me a lot, it shows how we are living in a society when we do not have freedom to do anything and how we are constantly being judge of who we are.
Delete"I know that dreams are better than reality." this line stuck a chord in me. Its truly powerful yet small. Wonderful job Selina, its a marvelous poem.
DeleteAt this point in life I wonder what don’t I know. I know that dreams can become reality in a matter of months. This life, these times, it all just seems like some unreal illusion. I wake up and sometimes I can see the stars through the sunlight; like their presences, I’m always here. I went through three years of high school and in this final year my hours became minutes, and my minutes became long seconds. I know that I’m not dreaming because by now it would have been too late to wake up. All that promethazine in my system would of already taken away the over thinking, optimistic, death obsessed me. That same me that would of OD just to clear my head. Just that one moment, that one moment of peace…….my peace….. world peace. We are all dirt, born in it, live in it and then we all gladly die in it. My best friend is a lot like me but not me. Our friendship works, and in this forever loving world, a true friend is hard to find. Now that is what I know, as for what I know, I just hope that it don’t kill me.
ReplyDeleteThe ending is very powerful just like other once because it shows the things that you know and then at the end you and everyone end it very strong.
DeleteI know in the world imagination isn't reality
ReplyDeleteI know I’m not strong nor brave
I know I’m not invulnerable to pain
I know I’m not Sexy or handsome
I know I’m not very social
I know I hide in my shell, afraid to see how the world views me
I know there are times where I feel lonely
I know there are times where I miss my mommy
I know there is pain within my heart
I know that I cry in bed at night
But wait....
Because I know these things
I know I grow stronger each day
I know my future is coming and shining bright
I know it’s time to take flight
I know one day I’ll be strong and brave
I know one day I’ll even be sexy
I know it’s time to keep moving forward
I know that it’s time to run to our future
Now how it’ll turn out is something unknown
This is really strong! The line "I know my future is coming and shining bright" stood out the most for me because I know your future will be bright. You writing is wonderful and keep believing :)
DeleteI like how you stated the thing you know you aren't then you said you know you will be hem. I like this because this shows that you are confined in yourselves and that you know things will happen for you so you'll not letting it stop you or hold you back from anything.
DeleteThe line "I know my future is coming and shining bright" is something I can really relate too because I think about my future everyday and I know its bright!
DeleteI like the lines that begin with
Delete"because.. all the way to future" because its all true we wont let nothing hold us down. We can keep moving because one day we know we will be one of those.
I know the feeling of waking up, getting ready for school.
ReplyDeleteI know some of us don't love school,
I know some of us don't like doing work,
I know some of us rather be home sleeping,
I know some of us struggle to pay attention.
I know school is hard.
I know we struggled to get where were at.
I know we have confidence on our selves
I know were senior,
I know we can do it.
I know soon were going to walk the stage.
I know we can make our friends, and family happy.
I know we have a long time until Graduation ,
But I know we can wait.
I know this is our year.
So Lets Show everyone If we can do it, they can do it too.
"..this is our year". I like this line because this really is our year to show what we got and how much we all have grown.
DeleteI agree with Deyja, "this is our year" and that it shows how far we have all came.
DeleteI know I know a lot.
ReplyDeleteI know there's a lot I don't know.
I know there's a lot I need to learn.
I know what I am and what I'm not.
I know I'm a good person.
I know I can be better
I know I'm not perfect.
I know how to pick myself up when I fall.
I learned how to laugh to keep from crying
I know that I'm stronger.
I know can be stronger.
I know what's real and what's not.
I know real friends really do exit. And fake ones will never come to extinct.
I know where I came from.
I know where I want to go.
I know I want to go to college.
I know I want to see the world.
I know some day I will.
I know patience really is a virtue.
I know things get hard and frustrating.
But I know I must keep going.
I know I can do it.
I know work hard really does pays off.
I know education is the key to success.
I know EPIC will help me get there.
I know my dreams will someday come true.
I like the line that says "I learned how to laugh to keep from crying." because that how I am, I'm a person that shows a smile then a tear, because I don't like when people see me cry, so I just laugh it out
DeleteI agree with your first three. There is a lot to learn and you are just starting once you see life at your own point then you will start knowing a lot more.
DeleteI know that many kids lost their parents in a adolescent age
ReplyDeleteI know many families that do not have the need to support their love one
I know kid that have been bullied but are afraid to speak up
I know many hearts that have been broken
I know life does not go how you expect it
I know a good education determine who you are in this society
I know many kids that are fighting to get their life back the way it was before
I know sometimes I stop to think about whether I am following the right path
I know I want to be a successful person when I grow up
I know I can become whoever I want to be
I know people don't determine who you are
Neddji, I know that you've questioned yourself whether you are fallowing the correct path or not. You're not alone ,many of us wonder if we made the right or wrong choices in our lives. The best thing you can do it take any chance you have to progress and do what your heart and mind tells you to do.
DeleteI truly understand how you feel because I'm the same way. I start to ask myself, who am I, and what is my future. Am i following the right path, should I even be in the honors cohort. I still ask myself this, but there is one thing that is clear. I want to be successful.
DeleteI know life isn't easy.
ReplyDeleteI know education is everything in life.
I know parents are always right.
I know being healthy is important.
I know I can count on my parents.
I know nobody lives forever.
I know everybody likes music.
I know kids are force to depend on them self's when parents aren't there.
I know Epic is trying to make us succeed.
I know never to give up.
I know there's a lot of homeless family's out there.
I know how to live life.
I like how most of this doesn't focus on you instead things in the world or general information that everyone should know however many people don't. It comes off to me like I know this common knowledge and you should too.
DeleteI know I am not a poet, but I know what I know. I know how to walk thirteen blocks every Monday through Friday with the sunshine or rain. I know that I am part of a city with of two hundred seventy-three square miles of land( City of Chicago's website).I know how to motivate myself in school, because I don't want to be another South Chicago's fool. I know that if I die, I am more likely to form part of the 530 homicides in the South, West, and East Chicago (The Chicago Reporter).I know I want to be the first college graduate of my family. I know I want to earn a bachelor's degree to live happily. I know that as a native speaker I am part of a number on a census paper. I know that working twenty five hours part-time as a waitress while going to school will not make me afford college. I know how to cook without looking at a chef's book. I know how to tie my shoes to dance at the rhythm of the blues. I know I am in love with mathematics, but not the real life problems that I wish were as hard as quadratics. I know that planting tomatoes , and other vegetables won't even save me a seventy five percent of my grocery bill. I know that people think I am mentally ill when I talk about equality for all. I know that life is not about how long you live, but the quality of the years. I know that sometimes I just want to cover my ears. I know that I don't want to know what other people or myself know. I want to know their human values and believes. Would you prefer to know what other people know, or what they stand for?
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Delete"I know that if I die, I am more likely to form part of the 530 homicides in the South, West, and East Chicago (The Chicago Reporter)" this had stood out to me because many of the time when I found myself into some hard problems and even if I look everywhere for solution its seems like there in no way out. And mostly about this time I have lost my faith and wishes that I was not part of this world.
DeleteI know of hate. Being ridiculed as a child for not being the same.
ReplyDeleteI know of death. Losing those most familiar to me.
I know of loneliness. Abandon by those who said they would stay.
I know of apathy. Developed by lack of friendship.
I know of love. Though I know I'll never be loved.
I know of void. Knowing that no one truly cares about what I say.
I know of Innovation. Something I seem to lack.
I know of vocabulary. Though I cannot explain myself.
I know of psychology. Though I do not no why I do the things I do.
I know of poets. I have nothing poetic to say.
I know of people. Yet I don't know myself.
I know nothing...
I like the line that says" I know of innovation". Sometimes, I feel useless because there is things I wish I would change but there is people more powerful that are not willing to change things.
DeleteI liked this because I can relate to mostly all. It's not easy to be accepted simply because everyone wants to be like each other. Even society sometimes shows how they want everyone to be like.
DeleteI know I'm not a statistic..
ReplyDeleteI know I'm not perfect..
I know people dislike me for certain reasons..
I know how pain feels..
I know I've caused pain..
I know I can't be forgiven..
I know how it feels to struggle..
I know how it feels to be lost, lost and not found..
I know why I was put on this earth..
I know one day I have to die..
I know there isn't a forever, only temporarily..
I know how it feel to hurt and do the hurting..
I know how to have fun, and enjoy like..
I know my life is no different from the other people in the world..
I know the type of person I am..
I know that life isn't like a piece of pie..
I know college is important to me..
I know I'm not trying to see heaven.. At least not this second
I know I want to be young forever..
I know I have goals..
I know I don't suppose to be here.. But god made a way..
I know I there isn't nothing in these streets..
I know my background doesn't define me..
I know I need to focus..
I know that's it's a lot of distractions in world..
I know many people don't know how to forgive and forget..
I know love and break a person..
I know that here in Chicago no one is safe, on every street, at anytime, any age, any moment that you could lose your life. That sounds sad but is absolutely true..
I know that I'm from a city where that if you are an unfamiliar face you going to have serious problem..
I know I love my city..
I know that without these tough Chicago streets many people wouldn't make it in the real world..
Hopefully one day all the trouble, problems, heart break, deaths, and etc that people went through will eventually pay off.. But I know that day is far from now..
I know that my obstacles will not hold me back I am to dedicated to succeed in making out of the city that tends to trap many people and keep them hostage..
I know that I won't be one of those many people..
I agree with you 100%. I feel that just because we live in a city where so many people around us are statistics doesn't mean we have to be. Plus Chicago builds character.
DeleteI Really like line 5 and 12 because I'm pretty sure everyone has caused pain or felt it. And its important to know that you actually did cause a person pain before. My question is why do we cause each other so much pain when the truth is so easy to say ?
DeleteThat's a question I really didn't have an answer for at one point. But now I realize it. The truth was so hard to say because what if I chose the wrong choice. Someone would have been hurt regardless but I could have been wrong. Then again it can be out of fear because one doesn't know if the truth is always right. What do you think?
DeleteI really don't know, I never really been in that type of situation.
DeleteAnother reason I found it hard to tell the truth is because I was possibly afraid of the outcome. But now I see either way the person I hurt got hurt and I also got hurt because that person really did mean a lot to me and still does.!!
DeleteI know I am mistaken for a 12 year old.
ReplyDeleteI know I am different.
I know my favorite color is purple.
I know I am shy.
I know I had to think a lot before writing this.
I know a lot of things, health wise, is wrong with me.
I know I feel old now that I am a senior.
I know I'm terrible at math.
I know I've cried a lot in the past year from heart aches.
I know I get lost in my words when I am frustrated.
I know I go upstairs and forget why I go up.
I know I think too much when I am alone.
I enjoy the fact that your very direct with your statements. I shows this is you, and you know who you are.
DeleteI know that I will become something, that it takes hard work and dedication to be what you want to be. I know with success comes failure, and that it takes perseverance to come out with your head up. I know that I am determine. I know how hard I have to work to achieve. But I also know their is some things that I wont achieve. I know I will learn,I know I will live, and I know I will die. But what question is if I will lived knowing great things I did or die wanting to do things I could have did. I know their will be struggle and with struggle comes failure. But I know if I continue to try that struggle turns into success. I Know success is what everyone strives for but doesn't put forth effort to achieve that. I know everyone wants glory and fame. But all I know is work hard to become better because their will never be a best.
ReplyDeleteI know happiness dies
ReplyDeleteas easy a a baby cries
I know drugs ruin lives
like stabs from knives
I know that I smile
I also know they don't last for awhile
I know words can kill
and I can bend people to my will
I know I'm good in a fight
And I know I'm not always right
I know that I am really smart
Yet I know I tend to follow my heart
I also know that my life is fine
and finally I know this is my last line
I very much like how your poem is structured because it is really neat. I also like the line "I know happiness dies". I like this like because I feel that is is an accurate fact and not just a statement. I believe everything good will always have an end to it eventually because it is just the way of life.
DeleteI know that as much as you hate the feeling of drowning that you have to let yourself sink. It happens at a time when you feel your personal worst, when you feel lost, and when you feel empty and gone. You choose to inject the venom into your veins because you feel attracted to it.
ReplyDeleteI know that to succeed means to be willing to take risks. It means to try harder than you have don before. To be allowing yourself to dream, exposing yourself to the possible under-the-belt blow of failure. It means to be willing to go beyond who you are and step into uncomfortable territory.
I know that something is better than nothing at all. Acknowledging the wishes of others that ask for something that you may partially have and thanking life for their on and off presence.
I know that I am shaped by what happens to others close to me. I know that the constant them of pain and betrayal has scared me. That the very same words that affected them affected me too. I lived their experiences and let them turn me into someone who doesn't trust easily. Who stands up for themselves and others when they can't do so. it has equipped me with an intense care for the things that happen and the people like us.
I know that I have to live for those who failed. For those who had a dream that was killed by chance. For the people who hurt subconsciously every day because they did not succeed.
I know that my background does not determine what I believe in. Religion is just a word that means life to others, but means belief to me. I'm not obligated to believe in one thing nor will I have to choose one. I'll respect their belief and choose to believe in what's right.
I know what ignorance is and how to avoid it. To be able to understand the many different sides and not shame them for their side. To be able to not shame those who are ignorant with words that put them below me.
I know not think of myself as a god no matter how amazing I or others think I am. Anyone who isn't at my level or speed is no less than what I am and that we are simply beings with different information, patterns, and abilities built in to one another.
I know that when we're learning, our definition of happiness is unattainable. That we should look in between the acts of settling and dreaming to be happy. I know that there will always be a problem whether it is a stressful one or a simple task in our job/career.
I know that I have to choose which way to invest my power in. That if I want to pursue dark territory that I paint myself in colors that others won't understand. If I want invest power in working and improving something of my interest that I will become a role model that is smudged by every bad act.
I know that we have to let those we care about go through the path in a thorn-filled on their own. That, in the end, we have to allow ourselves to feel useless as we watch the thorns tear open their skin. All we can do is another reason to keep going.
I know that no matter how smart I am that I need to continue learning. I run on a hunger for learning that shouts to absorb more knowledge. This knowledge makes me understand that before I am to become the great man who will mark the world with words, actions, and work that I need to grow.
When the day comes that I will surface, I know that I will need to be the person who inspires people I do not know. I will need to be a constant reminder that they need to keep going. I will need to be the voice that says that they'll be missed greatly if they choose to end it all. Lastly, I will need to be a prime example for what my background is and what we're capable of.
I know that sometimes deception can be synonymous to family
ReplyDeleteAnd family can be raised with someone or alone
I know loneliness can make some be comfortable with their misery
And I know misery loves company
I know the words " get high" came before my brothers and sisters
And we have created a bond
I know our bond is forever
And I know forever may change
And change is good
I know I mistake good for great because I came from little
I know little makes you value
And I know the value of money
But I don't crave it
I know money is the root to all evil
And all evil is what molds human beings
I know to be aware of your strengths is also to be aware of your weakness and my weakness is the ability to identify my strengths