Jonathan

1. Original Poem 2. Original Poem 3. Poem by another author 4. And on (if you want): any poems by you or other people.
 * At least 3 poems on your page (as many as you want).
 * Identify 2 master techniques by "quoting the line" under the poem = name the technique
 * Identify 2 master techniques by "quoting the line" under the poem = name the technique.

Recorded recitation of one of the poems (or more) and post it by the poem you are reciting

What else can you do? Whatever you want! Images, links, You tube

The Vacuum BY HOWARD NEMEROV The house is so quiet now The vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet,

Grinning into the floor, maybe at my Slovenly life, my dog-dead youth.

I’ve lived this way long enough,

Went into that vacuum cleaner, and I can’t bear To see the bag swell like a belly, eating the dust And the woolen mice, and begin to howl

Because there is old filth everywhere She used to crawl, in the corner and under the stair. I know now how life is cheap as dirt, And still the hungry, angry heart Hangs on and howls, biting at ai

A1 (refrain) In the distance there are kites b Laughter from kids fills the land <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: lime; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">A2 (refrain) As more and more kites take flight

a More and more go out of sight <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: aqua; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">b Slowly rising from the sand A1 (refrain) In the distance there are kites

a More and more blend with the dark light <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: aqua; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">b They continue to fly unmanned A2 (refrain) As more and more kites take flight

a More and more seem to take height <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: aqua; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">b They fly in a band A1 (refrain) In the distance there are kites

a Gravity starts to fight <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: aqua; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">b In the distance more and more crash land A2 (refrain) As more and more kites take flight

a In the end gravity shows its mite <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: aqua; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">b kites start to land A1 In the distance there are kites A2 (refrain) As more and more kites take flight

"Dark light"-Compressed conflict "Gravity starts to fight"- Personification


 * I AM …a chair **
 * I WONDER …why people sit on me **
 * I HEAR … nothing **
 * I SEE …nothing **
 * I WORRY …I will collapse **
 * I WANT …to live **


 * I PRETEND …to live **
 * I FEEL …nothing **
 * I TOUCH … nothing **
 * I WORRY …I will collapse **
 * I CRY …nothing **
 * I AM …a chair **


 * I UNDERSTAND …I am chair **
 * I SAY … nothing **
 * I DREAM … nothing **
 * I HOPE …to live **
 * I AM …chair **

I AM ...- Repetition I Am ... a chair -Tone

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