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

Race by Ashlee Linton

Going forth...or your mark, reeeeaaddy, set, go and no im not coming back
Back
Back
Pull Pull
Thrust
This is something I can't trust
Final Chance----

You can't beat me
you can't defeat me
Im winning this and you know it!!!


Thats it...im free


Now you're looking at me like a stomp on the tree..
.and don't even think i coming back
Look at all these people waiting for me


Inspired by E.E. Cummings
Ashlee L. Period 5
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2 comments:

  1. Kenwood Academy - English IIIMay 6, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    I like this. I read it as if it were upbeat at first then slows down at the end. And within it, it was telling a story.. It actually reminded me of graduation, and how most will leave and never look back becasue there are so many people/things waiting for us onteh outside of these 4 walls.

    David B.

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  2. Kenwood Academy - English IIIMay 6, 2010 at 8:55 PM

    i really thought this was about a race at first but then as i continued to read it it seems like it could be talking about getting over or through something.

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