Miles's Tanka: Light and dark



Light and dark

When they make comments
about my face like dark space
I think that our skin
should not be our main limit

But the heavenly blue sky

Comments

  1. This is a really interesting poem. You are very discriptive and the words sit with the reader and it causes them to reflect, at least it did for me. This is a very meaningful poem and you connect it with your feelings to the world, which is really heavy. You portrayed a great image of how things are now, and what we hope they will be. Thanks!

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  2. I really liked the ending to this poem, is brought a sense of wonder and unity to the poem, I enjoyed reading this. Your rhymes and emotion in this poem make it even better, excellent work!

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  3. I love this poem, it has so much meaning and so many people can connect to this including me. I love how you can create an image with only your words, and I agree with what is being stated that skin color should not define you.

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  4. This is very well written and expresses your feelings about people and how they judge other people based on their skin color.You use very much descriptive words

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  5. I like this poem, not for the poem itself, but how you expressed yourself on this, ever so difficult topic, and blew it out of the roof. This poem is one of the most simple solutions to the problem of racism, and this poem gives off a sense of unity

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  6. MILES THIS IS SO GOOD, I love how you take something about you how people look at it and make it seem like its not at all important you did an amazing job my friend amazing

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  7. I love how you mentioned the problem of people judging on skin colour and your thoughts about it, The rhymes were great and the overall emotion you put into this poem was great too! Nice job =)

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  8. I like how this poem dealt with people judging others based on skin color or race and I liked at the end how you talked about the heavenly blue sky which referenced people's accomplishments and how everyone can do well in life.

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  9. I think that this shows alot about how rascism still exist today and how people judge each other off of the color of their skin instead of the context of their work or their Morales.

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  10. I like this poem a lot. It is so true that your skin isn't the limit, and I liked how you were proud to be what you are, and how you can express yourself out. It is hard to do this, and great imagery on how you feel. Good job!

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  11. i like how you confronted rascim and the limit of opptiuntys that black peopele get and how white peopel get so much more and black people are judjed b there sking

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  12. I liked your poem because you talked about a topic that a lot of people either don't want to talk about or are scared to talk about and you broke out and said what you thought.

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  13. This poem is both interesting and beautiful. It is one that can relate to many. It shows how most people loose opportunities because of the color of their skin, but the color of our skin should not be the limit, the sky should. So, this poem shows that we should keep reaching no matter the color of our skin. AMAZING!!!!!

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  14. your poem was good because it shows how you want people to like you no matter skin color

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