Evergreens don’t drop their leaves,but everything green bows down eventuallylike his eyes did that summerwith velleityand heavy humanness.Beneath the bending conifers that melted into the skyhe waited for you to arrive on the promise you had made.But they would sooner relinquish. Amidst the pining, still trees of sinless peace,the nature of what could have been hung in the air.Haunted by sunlit memories and colored by regret,his head lay in his hands, waiting for you.Perhaps he is bound to hold those…
Most Things (class exercise)
some days the rain doesn’t comesome months the sun isn’t loveAugust falls, the corn hasn’t grownwind gusts come too strongthe roof caves inI run to the fieldsthere’s a dusting castmost things can never be again.
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Linger
Tying my shoes in the hazy morning sun, I can’t help but wonder why I wasn’t enough To keep our ties together. Why the cloudy mist had to cover my eyes, And couldn’t just stay outside. While I have one foot in the doorway, The other is in the grave. I’ve only ever known How to linger on the edge, Of uncertainty. When did fear of settling become the Fear of beginning. I’m sorry I Couldn’t be brave enough…
Learning Outcomes
A learning income I feel like I have improved most upon throughout this semester is the ability to connect ideas across disciplines, experiences, and contexts. I think this was best shown through my 1st essay as I discussed my goals for myself this semester and related it to my other first semester classes. A quote from my first essay really demonstrates this connection. I said, ” As a first year student of UNE, I have already become aware of the…
Questions for Coates HW #16
I think Coates chose the title, “Between the world and me,” based off of the poem by Richard Wright because it captures the horrors of living within a black body, of witnessing the death of other black bodies during a brutally racist time in America’s history. The speaker becomes stunned with fear as he creates a barrier between himself and the outside world. The poem confirms Coates fear of black violence while he writes his letter. 2. Coates says, “I…
Questions for Coates #14
After Jones death, it sparked a reminder of the fear of being a black man in this society for Coates. Coates has a realization of the vulnerability he has simply for the color of his skin, and he is reminded of the reality of this, the reality in which he is a target for police. He begins to fear for his own life, as he realizes that Jones could have easily been him. 4. Coates states on page 79, “And…
Questions for Coates #13
On page 40 Coates describes Howard University as being his Mecca, “a machine, crafted to capture and concentrate the dark energy of all African people and inject it directly into the student body.” He refers to this place as his Mecca because the University was an institution and a community made of young black people from all places, social classes, etc. These people created generations of successful black learners. The site was full of history. He believed the University “captured…
Questions for Coates HW#12
2. On page 17 Coates talks about “being afraid of those who love us most.” He discusses the punishment by form of beatings and lashings of him and his black classmates by their parents. He says that these beatings couldn’t save them all. He implies a relationship between pain, fear, love, and the body. A question I have for him is, does he still believe that fear lives with love, or does he wish his parents had taught him differently?…
Project 2 Major Exploration
Framing Statement: In this project I dwelled deep into the environmental studies major here at UNE. Along my journey I discovered what might be my definition of an enriched major, following Ernest Boyer’s insights. I spoke to Professor Bethany Woodworth and learned a lot about her own journey from college to being a professor. She described learning to be fluid, and to expect change in my careers. She didn’t imply this as being a negative, and spoke only positively about…
