just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well‚ poetry is just the ash. -- LEONARD COHEN Poetry is boned with ideas‚ nerved and blooded with emotions‚ all held together by the delicate‚ tough skin of words. -- PAUL ENGLE Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. – VLADIMIR NABOKOV All poetry is putting the infinite within the finite. – ROBERT BROWNING Always be a poet‚ even in prose. -- CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poetry is what gets lost in translation
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they were living in a motel. That is an environment no 15 year old girl should have to live in. However‚ soon her best friend asked her parents if the girl could move in with them and they became the girl’s family. This incident illustrates that not all families are conventional.
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I carry so many things‚ so many insignificant things‚ things that you would never think could hold so much meaning. Chapstick. No‚ I do not carry it for fear of coming across Prince Charming and diving into his arms for the fairy-tale kiss. But I do fear chapped lips; it is more of a phobia (chapped-obia?). I was eight years old in the Alps of France over winter break when no one informed me that chapstick would be a good little soldier in my pocket to defend my lips from the enemy: the cold
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conflict of the story is the way the main character doesn’t want to die. She kept on reminiscing on many things. She felt that she still has many things to do on earth that’s why she kept on telling and reminiscing on many things. Like for example‚ She said “I miss my senses‚ or rather can’t get use to having them” this statement is saying that she misses being alive. She misses feeling things “while I know I have lived through them‚ knowing is not feeling” since she is already dead‚ she no longer
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Precious Things in Life In today’s modern society‚ economical status determines one’s social status. I have some friends who do not have any problem on spending their money to keep up with their lifestyle. They are given such privilege from their parents to be able to spend materially. In result‚ their social status among the others is considered privilege otherwise because of their exclusive lifestyle. They are often seen with a group of people who are in the same status range as them. It may
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“Is there such a thing as ethical consumption?” The entire world economy‚ especially the US economy‚ relies on consumers spending. But what happens when consumers overspend their money on things they don’t really need? What happens to all the products that are consumed every day and that people don’t want or need anymore? What is happening to our environment? Where is all this overspending or overconsumption going to take us in our future lives or the coming generation? Here is where I start
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English 110 October 21‚ 2013 “Do the Right Thing” Essay In Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” he questions his characters to “do the right thing”. This then becomes the essential theme of the movie. The movie focuses around a neighborhood in Bed-Sty‚ Brooklyn and its community made up of mostly African-Americans and Puerto Ricans. The center focal point in the movie is a pizzeria business‚ Italian owned‚ called Sal’s Famous Pizzeria. The owner Sal and his two sons‚ Vito and Pino‚ work there along
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the Right Thing Essay Youth violence and drug abuse has become a major issue in our society today. 1 in 7 teens said they have been in a fight on school property this past year. More and more teens are doing drugs because they see people doing on television or are influenced by their friends. I have seen and heard of situations that have involved drug abuse and violence that have affected my life. It may not have happened directly to me‚ but I have seen and heard of some of the things teens have
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stood by me when I was making hard choices in my life. My parents gave me the freedom to explore the world in order to see all the wonderful things around me. One of my main goals is to graduate high school. My mom was the first female in our family in a long time to graduate high school and I will be the second! It’s really important to make a difference and show people that things don’t have to be the way they are. And My big dream or goal is to become a pediatrician. I love being around kids and weather
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DOING THE RIGHT THING 21 This excerpt is from Michael J. Sandel‚ Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?‚ pp. 21-30‚ by permission of the publisher. The Runaway Trolley Suppose you are the driver of a trolley car hurtling down the track at sixty miles an hour. Up ahead you see ve workers standing on the track‚ tools in hand. You try to stop‚ but you can’t. The brakes don’t work.You feel desperate‚ because you know that if you crash into these ve workers‚ they will all die. (Let’s assume you know
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