Repetition poem

Why

Why give

Why give up

Why we give up

Is why we give up

This is why we give up

This is why we don't give up

This is why we don't give up and

This is why we don't give up and never

This is why we don't give up and never give

This is why we don't give up and never give in

This is why we don't give up and never give in to

This is why we don't give up and never give in to those

This is why we don't give up and never give in to those who

This is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand

This is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against

This is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against us

That this is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against us

Decisions, that is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against us

My decisions, that is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against us

Of my decisions, that is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against us

Because of my decisions, that is why we don't give up and never give in to those who stand against us

-End

Written by the one and only Dakota 'The Tank' Harkess

Venting poem

What the hell is wrong with you?
You hypocrites.
When I leave the chip bag open you hate it
But then turn around and do the same thing!
Are you a friken idiot?
I can't stand you guys
You claim to hate bullies,
But you go and harass the new kid every single day
You hate when peanut butter goes in the jelly jar
But then you use the same knife without hesitation to make your PB&J
Said my friend to me
-End
Written by the one and only Dakota 'The Tank' Harkess

Dead Poet Society Paper(Rough Draft)

How does Dead Poets Society reflect ideas presented in our poetry class so far this semester?
One way that Dead Poets Society can be reflected upon our poetry class so far this semester is when we talk about DYT/DET(Do your thing and Don’t Even Trip). How so? Neil applied this into his life when he decided to go into a life of acting. He wanted to do what he wanted and not what his father had planned for him(DYT), and even when his father told him not to do it, he didn’t give up and did it anyway(DET). But unfortunately, Neil’s dad didn’t see Neil’s point of view until he killed himself because of all the constriction that his father put on him(sort of like my poem I wrote- “Constriction”).  DYT can also be put into Mr. Keating’s life and his way of teaching at this very traditional private school. Mr. Keating saw the world from a different way than all the other teachers did, and that is why I admire this character so much. He may have ended up getting fired in the end, but it was probably worth it in his eyes. Another way that Dead Poets Society can be applied to our poetry class so far is the poem we wrote: “The Art of” Poems. These can relate to DPS because in most of the boys, it can be applied. For Neil, The Art of Acting, for Knox, The Art of Love, Todd- The Art of Speaking up, Cameron- The Art of being a Jerk(end of the movie). Even Mr. Keating can apply to this, he has the art of “Standing on his desk to remind himself that we must always look at the world from a different view.”

Our class is always encouraged to do what we want with our poetry and don’t be afraid to speak up, much like Dead Poets Society.