Spoken Word Poetry Assignment

Robin A
1/13/2014

 

   "The the impotence of proofreading" by Taylor Mali is a comical spin on a very common error, spelling mistakes. This poem, yet hard to decipher, gives a very clear message, "Proofreading your peppers is of the the utmost impotence." Failure to proofread your paper can lead to spelling errors, grammatical mistakes, and a general lack of flow. Thus, negatively affecting your writing in a broad scale and making you look idiotic. Mali uses the time old approach of comedy in his writing, making the poem much more enjoyable and eye/ear catching. He also reads with a passion and feel giving it even greater appeal. Taylor Mali set out to address the lack of proofreading that is done and did so extremely well.

  Jared Singers "A Letter to Arizona" is a powerful poem criticizing Arizona and the U.S as a whole. Jared speaks this poem from the point of view of the American flag. He is stating that the flag was "designed as a symbol of freedom... [It] will never be an excuse for [their] racism again". Jared makes this poem standout because of the  powerful way he delivers it, he is largely know for this. Jared shows how little America has lived up to its motto "The land of the free" and that all that they had fought for throughout their history had been wasted. Jared encourages change, in a hope that America can be the land of opportunity once more.