Welcome to the Kenwood English IV Poetry Blog!

Students from Kenwood's Honors English IV classes have written poems inspired by the poems, poets and poetic forms that they've studied during this term's poetry unit. Some students wrote Ballads and Sonnets while others responded to the work of poets like e.e. cummings, Sylvia Plath and Rainer Marie Rilke. Many poems are profound, heartfelt and deeply insightful. Others are fun and lighthearted. But, all of the poems illustrate the students understanding and appreciation of the genre of poetry. We invite you to read this work and offer your comments. Thank you.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Makings of a Woman

Aint I a woman
Striving for a mans respect
Trying to gain the publics attention
But have I won it yet?

I am someone who has survived so much pain
Shed so much sweat and tears
Trying to let the world know my name
Ready to overcome any obstacle that may appear

Aint I someone worthy of your praise
A woman with an education
I could boast it for days
Living above other expectation

Doesn’t this show you I can do as much as a man?
Doesn’t that make me a Woman?

Inspired by sonnets like, “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun”, by William Shakespeare
By Shaina Randle Per. 5

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