Jareese+Long

"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular." - //Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.//

Above it all I was always told to be above. Who ever knew nature could be a bad thing? I was always taught to take care of it; but why? Why take care of it, it's bad. I then learned, nature isn't bad, it's the way people make it. Who ever knew humans could take a beautiful plant of nature and transform it into something bad, something it wasn't meant to be. Its amazing how us, humans use our environment and change its use

S oft nouns traveled through my ear one at a time I took those words in and hoped for them to remain That felicitous feeling ran through my body, I could feel it all over Like a queen being honored, I felt like I meant something  s oft nouns traveled through my ear one at a time Not from him, but from her, her who was told by him, these same soft nouns Like a man coming to a gun battle with a knife, how could one be so doltish?
 * Traveling **

Two W hat does minus mean? I do not want to minus you because without you there is no me. I live because of you. I walk because of you. I do everything because of you. I never have to look for you, you're always here If you're not, well I cannot say Forever you shall remain Words couldn't fully express my feelings for the two I could never ask for better sisters than you


 * Ode To Freedom**

To tell one rather than be told by one To speak out rather than be mute To decide an action rather than be given an action Freedom

Where interior matters and exterior doesn't exist Where me and my Caucasian best friend has the same openings Where I can be the first female president Freedom

A place where the dictator is one's self A place where anything is possible A place where option and opinion live Freedom

Once upon a time Liberty had a son She wanted the best for her son She moved to the US and named her son Freedom Freedom had kids of his own and they multiplied all over today

The poet I will be focusing on is Rita Dove