Raeven+Maddox

__Poetry Unit__ Hey everyone, Welcome to my wikispace. On this page you will experience a lot of words and phrases that become real personal to me and as well as the poet I have decided to research. A lot of my poetry talks a lot deep matters and memories that I have., as well as how I live today. I do believe that this poetry makes you think a lot about what could've happened. In addition, I have used a lot of big words and the structure of my poems is different. Every word in each poem starts with a capital letter. I chose this because, I think that it captures the readers attention in wanting to read the poem even the more. In one of my poems "I Was Raised By", it has a real deep flow of some of the things that I went through and what I have encountered in my everyday life. It's one of my favorite poems. I hope you all like it!!

"Poetry is emotion put into measure. The measure must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art." - Thomas Hardy

**My Memory** A Memory That Shall Never Be Forgotten A Memory That Will Be Locked In Forever. Never Letting Go Of Those Memorable Moments A Memory That Can't Be Defined Holding On But Never Letting Go. A Memory Stored Away In A Place Where Is It? Stored In A Deep Place Where The Epitome Of Her Heart Lays. Her Light And Joy Blinds The Realness In Her Eyes. <span style="color: #a022a5; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Mending Of A Heart That Was <span style="color: #a022a5; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thought Of Never Being Replaced. <span style="color: #a022a5; font-family: Georgia,serif;">It Was A Memory That Defines Who <span style="color: #a022a5; font-family: Georgia,serif;">She Is Today.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ode To The Forgotten Ones ** <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ode To The Forgotten Ones <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Ones That People Endlessly Surpass Them

<span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ode To The The Forgotten <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Ones That Lost Their Loving Loved Ones <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Hurt & The Affliction Of Endless Pain

<span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ode To The Forgotten <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who's Hearts Where Turned Down <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">But The Immeasurable Responsibility

<span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Of The Care Of Their Families

<span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ode To The Forgotten <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Continuing To Speak Out <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Letting Their Stern Voices Be Heard. <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Never Giving Up <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Doing What Needs To Be Done To <span style="color: #862f98; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Survive.

<span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**FOUND POEM:** <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Shut Up <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">You Get On My Nerves <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Can You Just Chill? <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Stop Acting Like That. <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Do What You Want Yo! <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ew! You Ratcheeeetttt <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I'm Not Perfect <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Love You! <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">You Have To Chill <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I'm Sorry...

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**I Was Raised By...** <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Was Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Yet, But Still, The Constant Talking <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">About The Importance Of Being A Woman.

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Was Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Loud Noises <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">That Dominate Over The Four Walls <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Of Which We Call "Our Safe Haven" <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Our Ascendancy. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Constant Altercations And Battles <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thinking We Always Came Correct.

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Was Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Independence Of Getting For Yourself <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fighting For Yourself <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Hustle. Always The Grab And Go. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Get Ready. Get Set. Go!

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Was Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Privilege Of Getting The Things That Was Wanted <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Embracing The Moments. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Enjoying Every Minute

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Was Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Understanding <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Comprehensive Knowledge Of <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Keeping A Smile Regardless <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">But Deep Down. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here She Was. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Broke. Busted. Disgusted. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mad. Angry. Upset. Hurt...All Of The Above <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">So Much <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Asking "God, Why Me?" <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">But Never Willing To Get An Answer <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Never Wanting To Ventilate <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Seeing Things From A Different Perspective. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Searching For The Things She Knew Wasn't Right

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Teaching And Study Of Religion <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Faithfully, Yet, Still Attending Church <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Singing. Dancing. Crying. Shouting. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Raising Hands. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">But With That <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What Is That Getting Me Too? <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Knowing That It's Only One God. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Enduring Preaching

<span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Was Raised By <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Disfunction of Togetherness. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Satisfaction Of Being Stable. <span style="color: #9b5db6; font-family: Georgia,serif;">But Look To Where It's Gotten Me

<span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Riff Poem:** <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What Does Minus Mean? Cause <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I Don't Want To Minus You. <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">We Think Of Ourselves As Being Special <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Us On Top But No One Can Destroy It

<span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Trying To Surpass All The Hurt & The Pain <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">That Was Endured. <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Handling It In The Wrong Way. <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Stormy Clouds And Rain <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Continuing To Fall Never Ending <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Never Thinking The Rainbow Will Never Appear

<span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Your Lips That Speak The Words <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">That Not Even I Can Explain When We Touch. <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Your Hands That Wrap <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tightly Around Me. <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who Ever Wants To Let That Go?

<span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Feelings That Are Ever So Vivid <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Even The More. Right In Front Of Me <span style="color: #8d166d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">But Only Time Will Tell.

<span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Imagist Poem:** <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Walking Down The Street <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Long, Never Ending Block <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Constant Looking <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Of Her Body <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Thoughts That Run Through Her Mind <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">As She Walks By <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Feeling Of Being Insecure

<span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who Would've Ever Thought <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What Went On In The Past <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Terrifying Memory. <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">That Will Never Be Forgotten. <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The "Ahhhs" And The Loud Screaming <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">STOP!

<span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">It's Not Her Fault <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">She's Just A Little Girl <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Seeing And Capturing Every Moment Of What She Calls Her <span style="color: #af286e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Only Possibility.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Audio Poem:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">media type="file" key="I Was Raised By Poem.m4a" width="300" height="50"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The poet that I have researched was Adrienne Rich. She was a writer that mostly wrote about love, relationships, history, racism, etc. She had spent seven decades writing poetry in her career. Unfortunately, she died a couple weeks ago. A lot of her writings were very inspirational to me. I mainly focused on her love and relationship, and memory poems that she wrote. They way she wrote had me question a lot of things as to what she was writing about. It took me a while to try and understand what she was writing. She puts a lot of feelings and truth in her poems, and I think that is what makes her poems so unique. In some of her poems, she doesn't capitalize her words at the beginning of her sentences and sometimes the stanzas. While reading the poems, there is a certain way that it must be read in order to understand the poem. You just can't read it just to read it. In my poems, I used all capitals for all of my words because I think it's an unique way to capture the readers attention. I talk a lot about experiences and memories that I've had as well as what I have heard people talk about. Adrienne Rich has really helped me writing to express my thoughts through poetry!