Poetry Project
Which Way
By Noah Hotchkiss
This is the way of the angel.
Peace and harmony, the ability to share happiness.
Angels use their power to heal and be kind,
They have taught you the only way in life,
To preserve peace and harmony.
Saving, helping, loving,
This has become David's strength,
Giving what it has and having nothing to keep.
But this is not the way of the other, No, the other is,
Taking what it wants and giving nothing in return.
This sickness has become the Goliath of greed,
Killing, destroying, burning,
All this to gain the fortune and wealth it desires.
Their way has tricked you into thinking this is the only way,
Demons use their power to corrupt the local people,
Fear and terror, the ability to scare the lesser.
This is the way of the monster.
Which Way
This is the way of the monster.
Fear and terror, the ability to scare the lesser
Demons use their power to corrupt the local people
Their way has tricked you into thinking this is the only way
All this to gain the fortune and wealth it desires
Killing, destroying, burning,
This sickness has become the Goliath of greed
Taking what it wants and giving nothing in return
But this is not the way of the other, No the other is
Giving what it has and having nothing to keep
This has become David's strength
Saving, helping, loving,
To preserve peace and harmony.
They have taught you the only way in life,
Angels use their power to heal and be kind,
Peace and harmony, the ability to share happiness
This is the way of the angel.
By Noah Hotchkiss
This is the way of the angel.
Peace and harmony, the ability to share happiness.
Angels use their power to heal and be kind,
They have taught you the only way in life,
To preserve peace and harmony.
Saving, helping, loving,
This has become David's strength,
Giving what it has and having nothing to keep.
But this is not the way of the other, No, the other is,
Taking what it wants and giving nothing in return.
This sickness has become the Goliath of greed,
Killing, destroying, burning,
All this to gain the fortune and wealth it desires.
Their way has tricked you into thinking this is the only way,
Demons use their power to corrupt the local people,
Fear and terror, the ability to scare the lesser.
This is the way of the monster.
Which Way
This is the way of the monster.
Fear and terror, the ability to scare the lesser
Demons use their power to corrupt the local people
Their way has tricked you into thinking this is the only way
All this to gain the fortune and wealth it desires
Killing, destroying, burning,
This sickness has become the Goliath of greed
Taking what it wants and giving nothing in return
But this is not the way of the other, No the other is
Giving what it has and having nothing to keep
This has become David's strength
Saving, helping, loving,
To preserve peace and harmony.
They have taught you the only way in life,
Angels use their power to heal and be kind,
Peace and harmony, the ability to share happiness
This is the way of the angel.
Noah Hotchkiss
Poetry Project Reflection
My poem "The Way," has made huge jumps in sophistication and complication over the various drafts that have been created. This project has made me grow as a poet in a very big way. The reason why I say this because in the beginning I didn't have much care or knowledge about poetry. But over time my mind grew, now I can recite most of the poetic devises and forms. I feel that I don't have to be that awkward guy who doesn't know anything in poetry now that I have learned a lot about poetry. I also feel that my poem has grown sophistically because I wanted it to portray greed in a whole light and dark way. But in the beginning I only portrayed the bad way but as I refined I realized that I didn't have to settle for just one point, I could portray two. This widened my imagination to find a way to bring on this completely different take on a poem. This made me think really hard about who and why was bringing us to use these different types of greed. It also made me use what I have witnessed in movies and articles and the globalization project that there were really two different types of greed in the world so I had to focus it into a relatable poem. This process has made me take a whole different approach on the world.
To change a part of a poem Is hard but I took it to a whole new level when I decided to turn it into a forward and back poem. What I had to do was delete a whole section of the poem and convert it into another point. So it could essentially have two points and go both ways. My evidence for this is the top half of my rough draft goes, "This is where the giant of life is located, instead it is a heart filled fire filled with need." so I them proceeded to change it to sound like this, "This is the way of the angel. Peace and harmony, the ability to share happiness." I think changing this dark verse into a good line would help both light and dark sides of the poem that I am communicating. The message changes the poem in relativity and the ability for the audience can connect with it more. I think this is good because then the audience can grasp the message and really relate to what I think the different uses of power are. The reason for me making the changes that I have are, when my sister went to school here she also did a forward and back poem. So I wanted to keep the tradition alive by also doing a forward and back poem.
The second biggest changes that I made were different word usage to make the overall poem sound good and easier to read. The reason why I did this was not only to make it easier to comprehend but it would also make my poem go into this deeper world and eventually come to life through my performance. Another reason for this change is I think words have great power and choosing the right words to say would separate a duh moment and ahh moment. Where you can tell the reader has reached a sense of enlightenment where they understand what this poem is trying to communicate more clearly. Something that I changed in my poem was a line that went like this, "Your mind has tricked you into thinking this is the only way." Now it reads "Their way has tricked you into thinking this is the only way," I think this made the poem say that you haven't tricked yourself, but the countless adds and norms of society has placed into your brain. I want the reader to know that you are being influenced by everything you see.
The last thing that I changed was the speed of the poem. I changed it because I felt that I was more rushing through my poem instead to taking my time and having good emphasis throughout. Giving evidence for this is my process journal #6. It was very short notice for me and what I envisioned in the process is that I wanted to make my poem come to life. When life calls and you need to act you don't rush through all of it. You take it easy and learn as much as you can on the way. That what I want the audience to see that they are learning so much on their journey of hearing me speak this lyrical magic. But throughout this process I have learned a lot about poetry and the deeper meanings other than the duh statements.
Poetry Project Reflection
My poem "The Way," has made huge jumps in sophistication and complication over the various drafts that have been created. This project has made me grow as a poet in a very big way. The reason why I say this because in the beginning I didn't have much care or knowledge about poetry. But over time my mind grew, now I can recite most of the poetic devises and forms. I feel that I don't have to be that awkward guy who doesn't know anything in poetry now that I have learned a lot about poetry. I also feel that my poem has grown sophistically because I wanted it to portray greed in a whole light and dark way. But in the beginning I only portrayed the bad way but as I refined I realized that I didn't have to settle for just one point, I could portray two. This widened my imagination to find a way to bring on this completely different take on a poem. This made me think really hard about who and why was bringing us to use these different types of greed. It also made me use what I have witnessed in movies and articles and the globalization project that there were really two different types of greed in the world so I had to focus it into a relatable poem. This process has made me take a whole different approach on the world.
To change a part of a poem Is hard but I took it to a whole new level when I decided to turn it into a forward and back poem. What I had to do was delete a whole section of the poem and convert it into another point. So it could essentially have two points and go both ways. My evidence for this is the top half of my rough draft goes, "This is where the giant of life is located, instead it is a heart filled fire filled with need." so I them proceeded to change it to sound like this, "This is the way of the angel. Peace and harmony, the ability to share happiness." I think changing this dark verse into a good line would help both light and dark sides of the poem that I am communicating. The message changes the poem in relativity and the ability for the audience can connect with it more. I think this is good because then the audience can grasp the message and really relate to what I think the different uses of power are. The reason for me making the changes that I have are, when my sister went to school here she also did a forward and back poem. So I wanted to keep the tradition alive by also doing a forward and back poem.
The second biggest changes that I made were different word usage to make the overall poem sound good and easier to read. The reason why I did this was not only to make it easier to comprehend but it would also make my poem go into this deeper world and eventually come to life through my performance. Another reason for this change is I think words have great power and choosing the right words to say would separate a duh moment and ahh moment. Where you can tell the reader has reached a sense of enlightenment where they understand what this poem is trying to communicate more clearly. Something that I changed in my poem was a line that went like this, "Your mind has tricked you into thinking this is the only way." Now it reads "Their way has tricked you into thinking this is the only way," I think this made the poem say that you haven't tricked yourself, but the countless adds and norms of society has placed into your brain. I want the reader to know that you are being influenced by everything you see.
The last thing that I changed was the speed of the poem. I changed it because I felt that I was more rushing through my poem instead to taking my time and having good emphasis throughout. Giving evidence for this is my process journal #6. It was very short notice for me and what I envisioned in the process is that I wanted to make my poem come to life. When life calls and you need to act you don't rush through all of it. You take it easy and learn as much as you can on the way. That what I want the audience to see that they are learning so much on their journey of hearing me speak this lyrical magic. But throughout this process I have learned a lot about poetry and the deeper meanings other than the duh statements.