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due Friday 9 September Vocabulary 1. Again, these are due at the
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HOMEWORK: Due tomorrow. You are to registered on the blog as a follower by tomorrow anyway. Please post under comments a response to the poem we are looking at in class: Choose a color and list 10 things with which you make an association. Be prepared to defend these either literally or symbolically (as metaphors or similes orally in class tomorrow. Make sure to identify yourself, so that I can give you credit.
In class today. The following poem is from a collection of contemporary Black British Poetry edited by Kwame Dawes.
As we read this in class, note how are images are organized within the stanzas. You will be asked to write a short response to this.
Infinity of Red by Shanta Acharya
Lips blushing cheeks
colour of magic
hennaed hands and feet
desire blazing like autumnal leaves
Fields of poppies bouquet of roses
flowers of the gulmohur tree flame of the forest
red hibiscus fuchsia peonies
pomegranate seeds scattering like rubies
Red button in the Mandarin’s cap
ruby coral garnet rose quartz cornelian
red cap revolutionist bohemian
red tincture philosopher’s stone
Judas’ red hair Beefeater man
Red Cross for neutrality
blood banks children dying of AIDS/ HIV
red in heraldry fortitude & magnanimity
red light red flag danger signal
red light district brothel
caught red handed red faced like a monkey
Shades of red in earth sky sunrise sunset
cherries carrots tomatoes beetroot
red-blooded man anaemic woman
low haemoglobin iron menses
red rags red capes bullfights
flags of countries in the red bound in red tape
red box of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mary in maroon-red and blue The Annunciation
Marilyn Monroe’s red dress in Niagara
Julia Roberts Pretty Woman red Ferraris
Benarasi silk saris Indian weddings
vermillion on the bride’s forhead
red bangles sankha* blood on the sheets red letter day (*a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell)
love letters written in blood bruises wounds
Darryl Ciccaglione
Color: Grey
-Tombstones
-Rochester's winter sky
-Sidewalks
-The soles of my shoes
-The only mug in my house which holds nine ounces
-My turntable
-Construction sites
-Crutches
-My headphones
-The adress bar at the top of the page
the words connect in a beautiful way that makes it sound lovely to your ears when you hear it. it has great visuals because it is strong writing. love it!
ReplyDeleteI like hwo the poem uses the color red over and over & reinforces it usin different metaphors and similes.
ReplyDeleteColor: Blue
1. Medittereanean Sea
2. Ripped Slim Straight Jeans
3. Blue Ballpoint Pen
4. Blueberry Pie
5. Blue Blogspot Background
6. American Flag Stars
7. The Sky
8. A Bluejay
9. ADT Security Post
10. My Debit Card
Mariah Gonzalez
ReplyDeleteColor: Green
Ten items: 1.) Freshly mowed grass.
2.) Avocado.
3.) Lime.
4.) Cucumber.
5.) Spring leaf.
6.) Envy.
7.) Zucchini.
8.) Green grapes.
9.) Rain forest.
10.) Clover.
Response to poem: I enjoyed the imagery the author used throughout her poem as well as the way she keeps the main focus around the simple color of red, while intertwining her culture within it.
linai weatherspoon
ReplyDeleteColor:Purple
1.concord grapes
2.eggplant
3.plums
4.purple marker
5.grape jelly
6.violet flower
7.purple crayon
8.purple car
9.purple martin (bird)
10.purple cabbage
Response to the poem:The poem was very interesting when it came to descibing the different objects in red.It put different images in my head and different point of views about the color red.
Arieanna Burroughs
ReplyDeletecolor: White
1: cold winter.
2: white snow.
3:fluffy clouds.
4: sweet marshmallows.
5:that perfect white smile.
6: white diamond.
7: white wedding dress.
8: cold milk.
9: my white Maltese bichon.
10: white out.
Keith Gamble
ReplyDeleteColor:yellow
1.yellow light
2. bannana
3.#2 dixon pencil
4.school bus
5.phonebook
6.yellow car
7.pizza hut cheese pizza
8.the sun
9.constructiom sign
10.peaches
response to the poem: I enjoyed how the author used different items to describe the color red. She used words that created images in my head which helped me to understand the poem more clear.
ReplyDeleteKerri Greenaway
ReplyDeletecolor:Black
1.dark
2.cold
3.death
4.beautiful
5.extraordinary
6.sweet licorice
7.the darkest hour
8.my black terri-poo
9.black hair salons
10.unwanted
I do not know if i like this poem, it is somewhat confusing, but i like stanzas 5-13. All of the ideas connect and flow well together.
ReplyDeleteColor: red
1. Blood
2. Love
3. Hearts
4. Valentines day
5.4th of July
6. red robin birds
7. red velvet cake
8. lasers
9. steak (raw meat)
10. war
11. Fire
Ashley Lawson
ReplyDeleteYellow
-bananas
-lemons
-sunshine
-flowers (sunflowers, dandelions, etc.)
-honey
-pollen
-bees
-school buses
-phonebooks
-corn
strange poem, even stranger is its appeal, good though
ReplyDeletecolour: green
1.)Links renown Tunic
2.)Pollens common friend (grass)
3.)Top colour of the traffic light
4.)Half of Christmas's Glee
5.)Flowing economy (money)
6.)Greed's Eye shadow (green eyed monster
7.)Deserts waterlogged Contrast (cactus)
8.)Cholrophil (sorry wasn't creative on this one)
9.)Boston's fabled wall (green monster)
10.)Lepricons lappel
Btw Zachary Jaeckel-Rizzo
ReplyDeleteColor: Purple
ReplyDeleteRoyalty
bruises
grimace
plum
eggplants
Charlie (okay, this won't count.)
violet luster gems
calming
Anemone Nemorosa
Birds of paradise
I liked how the author generally clumped serious issues, as well as innocent objects together. She stayed with her idea and culture thoroughly, and successfully gave the reader something not only to imagine, but to think about.
Otchych, Yulyia
ReplyDeleteColor: Silver
Seiko watch
Victorian forks
Buckyballs
Roman coins
Warren Cup
Wedding rings
Tinsel
Stars
Samurai sword
Pok`emon
i didn't know we had to put it here. i thought we were suppose to bring it to class. here's my:
ReplyDeleteCOLOR:Blue
iris of a blonde
perfect beautiful sky with fluffy clouds
blue Bugatti
sick in the face
march birthstone
robin's eggs hatching in a nest
blue Jays free as falling leaves
bushes of blueberries
hot blue fire roaring to burn
blue angels thrashing over the cities