Terezin
The heaviest wheel rolls across our foreheads
To bury itself deep somewhere inside our memories.
We've suffered here more than enough,
Here in this clot of grief and shame,
Wanting a badge of blindness
To be a proof for their own children.
A fourth year of waiting, like standing above a swamp
From which any moment might gush forth a spring.
Meanwhile, the rivers flow another way,
Another way,
Not letting you die, not letting you live.
And the cannons don't scream and the guns don't bark
And you don't see blood here.
Nothing, only silent hunger.
Children steal the bread here and ask and ask and ask
And all would wish to sleep, keep silent and just go to sleep again...
The heaviest wheel rolls across our foreheads
To bury itself deep somewhere inside our memories
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In your butterfly there are picture that you had put but you have not written anything under the picture saying why you chose that quote. In quotes about your poem you are very vivid of what they mean and why you chose that quote. I also like how you Drew two different sides like a positive and a negative side about your poem. Great Job!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your idea of putting the prisoner and his thoughts on your butterfly. It was a really creative way to show the author's perspective from the poem. There were some things in the poem that I interpreted differently than you did, but your way of doing it was still good. You had very few grammatical errors and your writing made sense. There were a few problems with your butterfly though. You didn't use many different materials or colors, and some of your tags were not analyzing the quotes, only restating what they said. Other than that, your butterfly was good.
ReplyDeleteGood job, Lael. You did a really good job with your butterfly. You put a lot of effort into your butterfly and into your Thinklink tags. Your butterfly is creative and is is really easy to understand. The things you put on your butterfly really shows how the poem is. Overall you did a good job, Lael.
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ReplyDeleteGreat Job Lael! Your butterfly was very good. Your thinklink tags were well written. I understood were you were coming from about your butterfly. It was very creative and well thought.
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