Amazing Students Revisit Amazing Texts @UniOvi

As a teacher of literature, I feel that my students cannot really understand the value of what they read until they start trying themselves at writing. In creating this blog, my aim is to offer them some space where they can share their own personal creative response to the texts we read and discuss in class. It should be noted that most of my students do not speak English as their first language. Yet, they are capable of writing amazing stories and poems. Because they are amazing students.

martes, 10 de octubre de 2017

Don't belong to no city

Carmen Lucía Prieto Eugenio

Don't belong to no city

don't belong to no land.

Don't know my home

but I'm still trying to find it.

Don't let them know you are different,

you are different.

Don't let them know.

October 2017

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Carolina Fernández Rodríguez11 de octubre de 2017, 18:32
The anaphoras in this poem cause a lot of anxiety, don't they? The negative adverbs add to its pessimism. The final command, "Don't let them know", breaks my heart in two. Imagine being forced to hide who you really are... Thank you for this powerful and poignant poem about unbelonging!
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Unknown30 de octubre de 2017, 18:34
Thank you very much for this compelling poem. I would like to emphasise the the line "you are different" which to me gives a glimpse of hope. In the midst of all the other negative associations, it stands as a positive reminder of self-assertion.
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