Poetry

Courtney Olexa
November 3th, 2014
Blog #4 English 11

              Remember How We Forgot?
              By: Shane Koyczan

              The poem is describing how once when we had been young and wish that we could grow up already, and now that we are older we forget every little thing we had been told. "Remember how our parents told us never to look directly into the sun". This may never had meant a lot to us back then but now its memories that make us wish we could go back into time and be young again.

              There is a lot of imagery in this poem that can come from old memories where you are connecting with his words, "And we all wish Recesses would last a couple years or so". I can guarantee that every child that had gone through elementary school would wish that.

              I like this poem because I can connect with it, and the poem describes how we have to remember old memories and dreams we once thrived for when we were once a kid. This poem took me back to many old memories. "Remember how we forgot? Once upon a time we were young."




              Pretty
              By: Katie Makkai

              This poem is describing how society describes pretty by "Woman who will prowl thirty stores in six malls to find the right cocktail dress" just to be pretty. Woman who spend thousands of dollars changing themselves entirely, just so they can live up to societies standards of "pretty". Mothers having to tell their daughters that wanting to be "pretty" is not an option. Having to explain to them that it will ruin their lives believing something that everyone has hope for.

              This poem could be a Lyric because it expresses the feelings that the author has towards society and their definition of being "pretty". Having to explain to your daughter(s) when they come running to you asking, “What will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be pretty? Will I be pretty? What comes next? Oh right, will I be rich?”, that you can not be pretty and if you do want to be "pretty" than you have to be rich to be able to buy all the next line designer clothes.

              I like this poem because it shows how wrong our world is and how much society is changing us for the worst. When people say "Just be yourself", How are we suppose to be ourselves when we choose to do so and people judge us for not doing it right?



             
              Trolls
              By: Shane Koyczan

              This poem compares trolls to cyber bullying by explaining that "your keyboards [turn into] catapults". This means that writing your mood or anger towards someone and that "turning freedom of speech into freedom of cruelty" is okay, that you are saying hurtful and awful things to someone that "[It's just] freedom of speech".

              This poem used a lot of metaphors and that because it was a darker type of poem it really got you thinking of what you have done and how much of an impact it could have on someone that cyber bullying another person, it also has a lot of effect on the person reading or listening to the poem.

              I think this poem can be a really big eye opener for people who have been the victim, been a witness, or someone that has been the bully themselves. It gives a lot of impact on the reader and shows that one poem can make a difference in anyone's thoughts or perspectives of cyber bullying.