My favorite poet

Here's a famous poem by langston hughes

Over There,World War II. Dear Fellow Americans, I write this letter Hoping times will be betterWhen this warIs through.I'm a Tan-skinned YankDriving a tank.I ask, WILL V-DAYBE ME-DAY, TOO?I wear a U. S. uniform.I've done the enemy much harm,I've driven backThe Germans and the Japs,From Burma to the Rhine.On every battle line,I've dropped defeat Into the Fascists' laps.

I am a------AmericanOut to defend my land. Army, Navy, Air Corps--I am there. I take munitions through, I fight--or stevedore, too. I face death the same as you do Everywhere. I've seen my buddy lyingWhere he fell. I've watched him dying. I promised him that I would try To make our land a land Where his son could be a man--

And there'd be no Jim Crow birdsLeft in our sky. So this is what I want to know:When we see Victory's glow, Will you still let old Jim CrowHold me back? When all those foreign folks who've waited--Italians, Chinese, Danes--are liberated. Will I still be ill-fated Because I'm black? Here in my own, my native land, Will the Jim Crow laws still stand? Will Dixie lynch me still When I return? Or will you comrades in armsFrom the factories and the farms

,Have learned what this warWas fought for us to learn? When I take off my uniform, Will I be safe from harm--Or will you do me As the Germans did the Jews? When I've helped this world to save,Shall I still be color's slave? Or will Victory changeYour antiquated views? You can't say I didn't fight To smash the Fascists' might.

You can't say I wasn't with you in each battle. As a soldier, and a friend. When this war comes to an end, Will you herd me in a Jim Crow car Like cattle? Or will you stand up like a man At home and take your stand For Democracy? That's all I ask of you.When we lay the guns away To celebrateOur Victory Day WILL V-DAY BE ME-DAY, TOO? That's what I want to know.Sincerely,GI Joe. Langston Hughes

"To Kill a Mockingbird" poem

This time we aren't fighting the Yankees,
We’re fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter
How bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.
Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it...?
"But around here once you have a……..
Drop of Negro blood……….
That makes you all black."

I guess Tom was tired of white men's chances and preferred to take his own.
You never really understand a person
Until you consider things from his
Point of view...
until you climb into his skin and walk around in it… However,
In our courts, when it's a white man's word
Against
A black man's,
The white man always wins.
I had never seen our neighborhood from this angle.

Free write

So today is the 7th of may and im am so tired. I just went shopping last night and got a new outfit to wear for the summer. It is a pair of board shorts with light/dark grey and purple plaid designs and a purple shirt with decals by Mad Engine. I also got some bad Nike kicks (shoes) that are grey,white and purple with a orange Nike logo. I then got another shirt that matches my short and is black with a purple collar stripe. Yesterday I recieved my allowance and earned 17 dollars that I probably will use on the movies when my house goes out to the movies on Saturday to see Iron Man 2. Hopefully my weekend goes by smoothly as I will be here alone without my girlfriend however she will be staying next weekend for the SPA talent show.

10 SSO (Second Sound-Off)

Today is officially my 9 month anniversary with my current girlfriend. Today she has work but during study hour I will see if we can hang out or just talk. I am happy that I am with a person that is not overly dramatic or just a drainer. This weekend I hope to go on pass and spend mother’s day with my foster mother and my sisters. The previous weekend my mom told me that a pure crystal cake plate my mom gave her before she died would be given to me when I was married so I could carry on my family tradition. I also plan to hang out and buy my birds a bird leash so I can walk them and help tame them. Before all this I am planning on going to Barnes and nobles on Thursday to go get a good book for the weekend and our house, boys 106, is planning a carwash for all the SPA employees and the transports. This weekend hopefully will be as entertaining as it is busy.