This is a project completed by a tenth grade student. Students created newspaper blackout poetry, Haiku, Acrostic, and an imitation poem. They collected poetry from five different poets and labeled the poetic devices of a song.

1. A. W.
11/18/13
5TH HR

3. Living in the moment without any hesitation
Inside a world that is often cold and
Full of chaos and turning
Each day into a precious memory

4. Feeling vain, your eyes
swell, we clamor lots, trouble
Violent inside

5. Freedom to give
Freedom to live
Freedom to question why
Freedom to walk
Freedom to talk
Freedom to live or to die
Freedom to sing
Freedom to swing
Freedom to just walk on by
Freedom to speak
Freedom to seek
Freedom to laugh or to cry
Freedom to work
Freedom to shirk
Freedom to spend or to buy
Freedom to please
Freedom to tease
Freedom to smile or to sigh
Freedom to be
Freedom to see
Freedom to aspire so high
Freedom to touch
Freedom to clutch
Freedom to grant or deny
Freedom that’s mine
Freedom divine
Freedom no money can buy
Royston Allen

6. Dance, Dance
Even though
Your tune they don't hear
Dance, Dance
For yourself
Have no fear
Dance, Dance
If you're alive
You're doing well
Dance, Dance
And grin
So the world can tell
You know you've got
A life to live
You're looking at the joy
This world can give
And you're dancing and laughing,
Won't be dragged down
You'd rather keep moving
Than stay with a frown
Dance, Dance
'Til it's played to the end
Dance, Dance
With a smile
My truly brave friend
Atara Gedalowitz

7. True beauty
True beauty is in the way she laughs
True beauty is in her eyes
True beauty is how she acts
True beauty is inside
True beauty is unseen
True beauty is only felt
True beauty is not mean
True beauty is herself
True beauty can't be cruel
True beauty is bare
True beauty within you
True beauty is always there
True Beauty can't be covered with makeup
True beauty means true love
True beauty can't be baked up
True beauty is the flight of a dove
True beauty has no flaws
For True beauty is all that matters after all
Jean Pullman

8. Memories
Memories go through my head
memories that end up dead,
memories of you
memories that are true,
memories of things gone and passed
memories of things that never last,
memories of family memories of a kiss
its all thos memories that i miss,
memories of good and bad times
memories that take us out of our minds,
memories is all I have left in my strife
if i loose my memories might as well end my life
DAVID werts

9. Trust
Trust is earned
But once violated
It’s difficult to regain
When do you trust?
Who do you trust?
You trust with your mind
You trust with your heart
You trust with honor
You trust with pride
You trust with expectations
But is putting trust in someone worth it?
Tell me, is it?
I’ve tried to trust
But ended up with betrayal
And cannot allow it to occur again
I opened my mind
Opened my heart
But only received
A shattered heart
Now I know not to trust so easily
Alisha Ricks

10. India Arie
"I Am Not My Hair"
[Verse 1]
Little girl with the press and curl
Age eight I got a Jheri curl
RYME
Thirteen and I got a relaxer
I was a source of so much laughter
At fifteen when it all broke off
Eighteen and went all natural
February two thousand and two
I went on and did
What I had to do
Because it was time to change my life
To become the women that I am inside
Ninety-seven dreadlocks all gone
I looked in the mirror
For the first time and saw that HEY....
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
I am not my hair
REPETITION
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations no no
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am a soul that lives within
[Bridge]
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
ONOMATOPEIA
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend? Oh
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity?
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
I am expressing my creativity..
(Whoa, whoa, whoa)
Good hair means curls and waves
Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
Its time for us to redefine who we be
You can shave it off
RHYTHM
Like a South African beauty
Or get in on lock
Like Bob Marley
You can rock it straight
Like Oprah Winfrey
METAPHOR
If its not what's on your head
Its what's underneath and say HEY....
[Chorus]
Verse 3]
Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy
Took away her crown and glory
She promised God if she was to survive
She would enjoy everyday of her life ooh
On national television
Her diamond eyes are sparkling
Bald headed like a full moon shining SIMILE
Singing out to the whole wide world like HEY...
[Chorus 2x]
[Ad lib]
If I wanna shave it close
Or if I wanna rock locks
That don't take a bit away
From the soul that I got
Dat da da dat da [4x]
ONOMATOPEIA
If I wanna where it braided
All down my back
HYPERBOLE
I don't see what wrong with that
Dat da da dat da [4x]

11. True beauty of a girl is more than skin deep. Her
true beauty shows when she smiles and laughs. You
can see it when you look into her eyes. You can
also see it in the way she acts. Her real beauty is on
the inside. True beauty can’t be seen, only felt. True
beauty isn’t being judgmental and cruel. A girl’s true
beauty shows when she is herself . True beauty isn’t
covered it’s within you. True beauty can never be
taken away or wiped off . True beauty can’t be
removed with make- up remover or a wash cloth.
True beauty can’t be made or given. Recognition of
true beauty is recognition of true love, and that’s all
that matters.

12. •
What did you discover?
• I discovered many different things about poetry. We use poetry in our daily lives
everyday and don’t even realize it. The music we listen to on the radio, our phones,
iPods, laptop, etc. are all full of hidden poetry. They rhyme and have rhythm and
beats that make them more catchy.
• What did you like?
• I liked being exposed to all the different types of poems that I never knew about.
For example I previously didn’t know anything about blackout poems, but now I
do and enjoyed them
• What type of poetry do you enjoy
• I enjoyed “poetic devices” poetry. It was easier to have fun with and relate to
because it’s a song that you enjoy and listen to on your own time that you get to
put into your school work. It’s more personal.