Line 'Em Up "Crow is Walking"

"Crow is Walking"

Crow is walking to see things at ground level,
the ground as new under his feet
as the air is old under his wings.
He laves the dead rabbit waiting --
it's a given, it'll always be there --
and walks down the dirt road,
admires the pebbles, how they sparkle in the sun;
checks out his reflection in a puddle full of sky
which reminds him of where he's supposed to be,
but he's beginning to like the way the muscles move in his legs
and the way his wings feel so comfortable folded back and resting.
He thinks he might be beautiful,
the sun lighting his back with purple and green.
Faint voices from somewhere far ahead
roll like dust down the road towards him.
He hurries a little.
His tongue moves in his mouth;
legends of language move in his mind.
His beak opens.
He tries a word.

-- Grace Butcher

My line breaking brings meaning to the poem, because I separated where I thought that the certain sentences should go. I tried to keep the main topic in a sentence. I tried not to separate the different details from the rest of the sentence. I believe that it helped keep emphasis on the poem. It shows where the certain details begin and end.

Poetry Attack "authors voice"

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Browning uses a calm, and sincere tone. She uses detail that make the poem seem sweet and passionate. Her word choice goes well with the passionate feeling you get when you read this poem. "I love the to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight", this line in just makes you feel the passion Browning portrays; you get the feeling by the words she uses and how she relates it to herself and the readers. Browning shows a side of her when she writes about how she feels when she loves someone. Anyone who is in love can relate to this poem.

Poetry Attack "image and poem"

If You Love for the Sake of Beauty

If you love for the sake of beauty, O never love me!

Love the sun, which has bright golden hair.

If you love for the sake of youth, O never love me!

Love the spring, which is reborn each year.

If you love for the sake of wealth, O never love me!

Love the mermaid, whose pearls are rich and clear.

If you love for the sake of love alone, O yes then, love me!

Love me as I love you-forever!

Friedrich Ruckert

I chose this picture because I think it is a great comparison to the poem by Friedrich Ruckert. It shows how the lady is not attractive but that her true beauty lies within. It shows that you should not judge a book by its cover, because what matters is what is on the inside. The poem is a great example of how love should really be and that it should not matter what someone looks like on the outside. I believe that this poem is by far my favorite, because I love the meaning that it gives.

Poetry Attack "personal response"

In This Weather, In This Windy Storm

In this weather, in this windy storm,
I would never have sent the children out;
They were carried outside -
I could say nothing about it!

In this weather, in this roaring storm,
I would never have let the children out.
I was afraid they had fallen ill,
but these thoughts are now idle.

In this weather, in this cruel storm,
I would never have let the children out;
I was worried they would die the next day -
but this is now no concern.

In this weather, in this cruel storm,
I would never have sent the children out;
They were carried outside -
I could say nothing about it!

In this weather, in this roaring, cruel storm,
they rest as they did in their mother's house:
they are frightened by no storm,
and are covered by the hand of God.

Friedrich Rückert

This Poem speaks to me because Friedrich Ruckert uses detail to emphasize the way the children felt after they went outside. It lets you know how the main person feels about sending the children out and what occurs to the children. As each stanza is complete it goes into how the storm changes, it starts off as windy, than roaring, than cruel, and last roaring and cruel. I believe that Ruckert is developing a morose feeling to how the actions that happen. This poem is not cheerful is is sad it has many emotions and you can sense them when you read it.

Poems like this help a reader understand what the poet could have been feeling when they wrote it. I believe Friedrich Ruckert was sad about something or maybe going through a hard time. He shows so much emotion in this poem because of the way he characterizes the storm and connects it to the children and the different things that happen because of them going out. If they would not have been sent out than maybe they would not have gone through the things that happened.