Why I Hate Poetry

I really like the urgency and the sounds in the lines:

"just keep off the horrors
for another hour."

Courtney's response to Knock Knock

Courtney Barker's response to Knock Knock

This poem made me feel sad and think about my dad going away. It made me tear up. If I was in the boy's shoes I would feel sad and wonder why my dad never said anything to me. It made me wonder why the father didn't at least speak to his son and tell me how he felt.

knock knock-- tha

I like this poem because it make me feel sad.  I sad because he don't have a dad so many people like this boy. this poem positive to my life because this boy don't have but i don't have mom.

Carlos Velasquez- Knock, Knock

This poem was very deep. It touched my heart. It was so deep it made my teacher tear up. I still have my father with me and he plays a major role in my life so I can't relate to this poem. But as I was reading the poem I put myself in the sons shoes, and it made me realize how hard it will be the day I lose my father. My father made me to the young man I'am today and just by reading Knock, Knock it made me fear losing my father even more.

never let you down

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 i really enjoyed Never Let You Down, because i  really like the song and and the song really other people. and the poem is really creative. and i think his trying so hard and most about young adult.

knock knock

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 this really make me feel bad about this poem because if i was the boy  and i don't have a fatherly finger , i wont really know how to treat a lady and i don't know know how to be a true man because i am always around my mom. and if if went around my friends i will feel different from them.

Jeremy Quach - Knock, Knock

I liked Knock, Knock! It communicated really deep and moving emotions, and I enjoyed having both the son’s and dad’s perspective. Though it didn’t relate to me very much, as I don’t know my father, it’s still an enjoyable poem. My favorite lines are “knock knock down doors of racism and poverty that I could not/knock knock doors of opportunity.”

Jeremy Quach - Never Let You Down

I really enjoyed Never Let You Down, partly because I love the song this verse is from. J. Ivy spits game about how his religion inspires him and his music, and he uses his “hymns from Him” to express himself and touch others. My favorite line is “cats think I’m delirious, but I’m so damn serious,” because I personally enjoy the imagery of a cute cat looking at him and tilting its head in confusion, even though I know that’s not what that line actually means.

never let you down Teyana S.

Teyana Smith

never let you down


i think this poem is very creative when it comes to the comparison part. also i like how he is trying
to connect with us young people today. and going into detail about everything.

Ricky Morris response to Knock Knock

I think this poem is very touching. Many kids have lost their parents in the time of trouble. I think this poem really reached out to people that are lost and saddened. You can buy anything but family is irreplacable.

Anibal Garza - Never Let You Down

I really enjoyed this poem but its not my favorite, my favorite line of the poem is you don't need a curriculum to know that you're apart of the math. It is a strong line that states that you can don't need obvious signs to know that you're apart of something bigger.

Knock knock- Teyana S.

Teyana smith
Knock knock


i really like the knock knock poetry i love how he goes into detail on how he is feeling.
also i like how he tries to look at this situation in a some what a positive way. and shows
the point of view how his dad may have felt.

Your assignment for the week of Sept. 3rd is to read Never Let You Down by J. Ivy (ask your teacher for a copy of the poem if you have not received it yet), and share your thoughts on the poem in the comment section.  Please make sure to also read through the comments others have shared and respond to them to have a dialogue with students from other schools.