Writing In A Notebook
February the 13th, day I died
Keeping a writing notebook for school
I like reading more then writing
Although writing for school is a rule
I don’t like writing for school
I decided to do a series of 6 word
memoirs about my dislike for having to keep a writing notebook. My process was
simply speaking my mind but only 6 words per line at a time when I had to write
my first entry in the notebook. I incorporated end rhyme in the series rhyming
the second, fourth and fifth lines together.
Is There One
If I believe there's one
Is there one, or two, maybe three?
Or is there none
If I believe none
Am I incorrect for it?
Or is it my idea?
Life is like the world
Always changing for good and bad
Maybe one can be none
I decided to write a series of
haikus based around whether an entity like a god existed. My process was just
my own thoughts in the form of haiku (some changes in the form in places). I
incorporated simile in my poem comparing life and the world and made use of
repetition in asking questions.
The World
The world creates a place for us to be
The place is of all the colors of life
It’s beauty not seen by eyes of humans or
tress
The world has secrets unknown to us, like
strife
The world is scared of us, the scourge
and plague
We cause the world tremendous pain and
grief
This wasn’t always so, when the world was
vague
The world used to have beauty’ we, are
thieves
Though we have joy the world has none,
its gone
We weren’t careful of what we wished for
Nor did we watch out for greed or pass on
The world is in pain it’s our fault, once
more
Others can disagree, simply people are
the earth’s plague
This beautiful world is sick with us, the
vague
This sonnet was a response to a rant
written in prose. I used metaphors comparing us to a form of plague, and
hyperbole of all of us being thieves.
Starry Night by: Tupac Shakur
The
poem “Starry Night” by Tupac Shakur is a poem alluding to the painting The
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. Tupac Shakur talks about Van Gogh’s life and
the paintings relationship to it. I loved the poem Starry Night by Tupac
Shakur.
Tupac Shakur’s word choice and use
of slang made me love his poem. Multiple times in the poem, Tupac Shakur uses
text-speak or slang to talk about Vincent Van Gogh. For example writing, “but 4
u there is only contempt.” This line is very powerful in context, considering
Shakur writes that Van Gogh has given the people many things in painting form
but all Van Gogh has gotten in return is people disliking him and his work.
Although the line itself is strong and dark, using the slang, “4,” and, “u,”
gives the poem a much lighter and more apathetic tone. This makes the poem
itself seem interesting, because the use of the slang takes a very serious
line, and almost makes it seems less important then it is about his life. Then
Tupac also uses the word “obsessed,” in the line, “A creative heart, obsessed
with satisfying.” This gave Van Gogh the appearance of man obsessed with making
the world like his work. The use of this word made me enjoy the poem even more
because it was powerful enough to show Van Gogh’s life and his eagerness for
people to love his work, but not too strong to show that his work wasn’t
actually worse then it was supposed to be. Shakur’s use of word choice and use
of slang made me love his poem.
I loved the poem
“Starry Night” by Tupac Shakur because of his use of literary devices. The poem
itself is actually an illusion to the piece of artwork the Starry Night by
Vincent Van Gogh which I found made it very interesting. This allusion to the
piece of artwork made this poem even more interesting, because it gave the poem
a focus. This allusion really changed the way I thought about this poem because
it meant that this poem wasn’t neccesarily all about Van Gogh’s life, it was
also about his piece of artwork. Then Shakur also uses end rhyme to help the
rhythm of the poem continue. For example,
“So on that starry night u gave 2 us
and you took away from us,”
This use of end
rhyme really kept the entire poem rhythmically sound because without it the
poem would be more prose like then anything else. The end rhyme also allowed
the next two lines to be spoken slower to give them more meaning then these two
lines. The use of literary devices in this poem made me enjoy it even more then
I already did.
“Starry Night” by Tupac Shakur was a
great poem. The text makes me wonder about Vincent Van Gogh’s life. I knew Van
Gogh had problems throughout his life but I would like to know more in depth
about how bad they actually were. Additionally I would like to know if maybe
the reason this poem was written was for Tupac Shakur to feel connected with
Van Gogh.
