DESTINY SHOBE , NA’STYSHIA SULLIVAN , JHANARRI DURHAM WHAT IS POETRY? DESTINY SHOBE , NA’STYSHIA SULLIVAN , JHANARRI DURHAM

Passion I like you I want to know you Let’s build something When we finish building, let’s move into it We can go slowly We have all the time in the world Nobody’s stopping us It’s just you and I Hand in hand, heart in heart We’re a team I’m standing here Building you up You’re standing here Building me up Move slowly into my heart Make love to it Let your words elevate me Love me, love me gently

Nonsense Nonsense they say When they talk to me Don’t mean a thing to me. Nonsense is all around me Small town big house Didn’t mean a thing to me Nonsense when I went out and nonsense when I came in. The same nonsense when I’m with my friends. Can’t think right don’t your hear me It’s the nonsense of little things that are logic. Maybe Atlanta nonsense when they talk about the club Magic. Making money nonsense now isn’t that just tragic. Nonsense is all around I hear it through this small town. Maybe nonsense is just all round.

You’re Morals VS Mine Everyone’s morals are different although most peoples are statistical Mine are circumstantial I believe that you should always do what you think is right. No matter the circumstance Whether your religious, or just what you were told was right Do what you think and makes you happy If it turns out to not be the right thing then there’s a reason for that You’re not supposed to live with the opposite sex until marriage for religious reasons. Well I believe that sometimes you need to know how the living arrangements will be like Before you jump into a life-long commitment like that Although some are statistical

What is poetry? Poetry is a song, sometimes a song with no words, but it’s a caressing harmony of words that elevate your emotions.

What is poetry? Expressed emotion, thought, and theory into a poem

What is poetry? A way of expressing the elements of your life, a piece of work you let move you and get lost in

What is poetry? “A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” -Robert frost “Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” -Edgar ALLAN POE “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.” -T.S ELLIOT