Alexis+Montgomery


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"Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art." - Thomas Hardy

__About My Poems:__ Poetry to me is my way of expression. It is how I can express my thought, feelings, emotions, and understanding of things. Poetry is a person’s attempt to make sense of his world in meter and rhyme. It is the beautiful structure and phrase of perfect prose. The poems I’ve written reflect on secrets of my heart that I feel need to be said. Because each poem is original, it is my own. Each poem has its own personal reason for signifigance. I used normal poetry formatting for all of my poems. It isn’t much of a surprise, but the topics are of interest. I chose to focus my ode on love, the thing that clouds my life these days. My praise poem is to my mother and the sonnets and rifts are poems that reflect on past experiences to me and mean a lot to me.

(It's horrendous, but please bare with me....haha)




 * My Ode:**

__To my love,__ You are my world. You are my universe. You are my star that guides me in the night, And you are the wind that blows by. When you smile, I get chills. When you laugh, my heart sinks. When you're excited, I want to jump for joy, And when you're sad, I cry.

You're a rollercoaster of emotions with your ups and downs. But no matter what, I want it to keep going. Whether I am happy, or I frown. I'll always buy a ticket for your showing. I've seen every movie with you in it, And you always bring a happy ending. Whether it be glistening with happiness, Or a cute couple still mending. Yet, you do have a couple bad moments, Where you have a relationship pending, Or a couple searching for each other forever. Or even, a family breaking and bending. O my dearest love, I'll always adore you. You'll always be my shining light. Even though I didn't ask you to, You'll always cuddle me when needed.

I don't know how you got my heart! I didn't give it to you. You can keep it forever, if you like. Because, until I die, I'll have yours too.

To my dearest love.


 * My Praise Poem:**

__My appreciation for you__

When things seem to get to difficult and I want to give up, I see you, the advice you’d give and the faces you’d make, The bond we created from the day I was old enough to se how it important it was, Is a mother and daughter love that can’t be broken With the strength and guidance of you, I’ve accomplished do much, I want to be the best daughter I can be to you and embrace you with all my love, You are as amazing as the transformation of a butterfly, So complex, yet so beautiful, You were made for me and I was made for you, it was destiny. You tell me I’m the sweetest and prettiest girl you know, Because you care that much, I’m proud to be you’re daughter and I do strive to do my best for you, I hope that it remains you’re my mother first, but my friend as well. You’re the most essential thing in life, I’ve ever had.


 * A Sonnet Attempt:**

__Unknown__

She lays, her legs tucked under her, and dreams, Of places far away she longs to see. Her thoughts filled with plans, and girlish schemes, A teenage beauty waiting aimlessly to be set free.

Her body developing more quickly than her mind. Emotions rule her days and lonely nights. She thinks the world unfair; her parents blind. They won't, yet, let her experience life's immense delights.

But given time to learn and understand, She'll find she was unfit for the task, To make mature decisions; her own plans, Trying to fly, falling in failure, in which she’d bask.

An woman now, she sees with distinctive eyes. The world will be her gather as time flies.

(Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou) __Imagine__
 * Rift**:

Imagine that day, that day, when all the problems of the world fall, the economy is once again successful, the violence has decreased, we all fall in love,

Imagine that day, no new imagine, faded past problems, we're smiling, we've stopped all the crying,

bonds formed, grudges broken, people coming together, fighting for the cause, maintaining the new lifestyle.

Imagine that day, it ought to make you proud.

__**Poems from Nikki Giovanni:**__

__Love Is__ Some people forget that love is tucking you in and kissing you "Good night" no matter how young or old you are Some people don't remember that love is listening and laughing and asking questions no matter what your age Few recognize that love is commitment, responsibility no fun at all unless Love is, You and me

__When I Die__

when i die i hope no one who ever hurt me cries and if they cry i hope their eyes fall out and a million maggots that had made up their brains crawl from the empty holes and devour the flesh that covered the evil that passed itself off as a person that i probably tried to love

__A Poem Of Friendship__

We are not lovers because of the love we make but the love we have We are not friends because of the laughs we spend but the tears we save I don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak I will never miss you because of what we do but what we are together

I never read much of Nikki Giovanni poetry, but from reading it, I like much of it. Most of her poems always seem to have greater meaning. I like that about them. The First poem I chose, called Love Is, is a poem that helps people realize the deeper things in love. Most people forget the simple things such as, tucking each other in and small kisses. When I read the poem, it helped me remember that. The second poem I chose is called, when I die. This poem is about what she wishes on those who ever hurt her. It expresses feelings that most people wouldn’t have the nerve to write. Yes, it is graphic, but I love the exaggerated detail. I also noticed the fact that it has no type of rhyme scheme or pattern, which makes it unique. The third poem I chose, is called a Poem of Friendship. This particular poem is my favorite because of the way it was writing and its meaning. It seems as if she’s saying, she doesn’t just do things from small meanings, she always analyzes the more precious moments.Nikki Giovanni’s collection of writing has become one of my closer favorites. I like it because it’s different from most peoples. Firstly, it talks about topics of interest. People who read these moments can really relate to the feelings and ideas that Ms. Giovanni shares through her writing. Another reason I really like here writing is because it is so divergent. She doesn’t always follow the clichés that people give about poetry. She writes how she pleases, whether its from a rhymeless poem to poems that contain lots of metaphors and similies. It has no rules, but still is classified as poetry.
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