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My Poetry Portfolio
By
Svea Nyberg
Dedicated to my Grandmother
Table of Contents
Introduction Page 1
Haiku #1 Page 2
Statement of Intent Page 3
Haiku #2 Page 4
Statement of Intent Page 5
Sing the Song of Freedom Page 6
Statement of intent Page 7
The Mystery Page 8
Statement of Intent Page 9
Flying Freely Page 10
Statement of Intent Page 11
Citations Page 12
The End Page 13
Table of Contents
Introduction
What is poetry and how can it be used to communicate freedom? Poetry is literary work that expresses emotions and ideas in unique and intriguing ways. Poems can include figurative language devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, etc. Poetry is the exact opposite to prose, which is the style of writing that is in ordinary form. There are many forms of poetry such as haikus, found poems, free verse, etc. Poems can express many feelings when one uses it well. In the following poems, I expressed freedom in many forms and ways. In my opinion, I think it is much easier to communicate freedom through poetry than prose. This is because I am free to write what and how I want.
English:
Water drops swimming
On their way to find treasure
Swirl, splash! They are free
German:
Wasser Tropfen swimmen
Auf ihre suche nach Schatz
Strudel, spritz! Sie sind frei
Haiku #1
Page 2
STATEMENT OF INTENT
My intention for this haiku was to show freedom from a different
perspective. I didn’t want to focus the haiku on people, so that it
would be unique in that aspect. This poem relates to freedom because
it is about water drops swimming, trying to find what is most valuable
to them in life, freedom. Since, haikus are very short, it was difficult
to tell the story of the water drops in only three lines. After working
on it for a while, I was able to write a simple, yet detailed haiku.
Page 3
Haiku #2
Gone with gentle winds
She cries, but no one hears her
She nibbles her chains
Weg geblaest vom Wind
Sie schreit, aber keiner hoert
Legt sich wider hin
Page 4
STATEMENT OF INTENT
My intention for this haiku was to quickly tell the story of a girl who
is not free and how she copes with being chained. This relates to
freedom because it has to do with a chained up girl who longs to be
physically free. I decided to use this theme because it was able to
express the message of less-fortunate people and how they cope with
that.
Page 5
Could we express
What we felt and thought?
Not saying it is possible
But what if ?
Would it be a roar?
A shockwave of sound?
So complex that it would
Fill every wavelength?
And if we succeed to
Channel it onto a page
Having a chance to
Sing its tune
We can truly
though not ever fully
Understand
Freedom
Sing the Song of Freedom
Standing on a field
Golf green, ever and ever
No map, no plans
Nothing, neither close nor far
Stare at the horizon
Start imagining things
Flat land, same color
Where to go?
Lives form around
Structures and landscapes
Expressions form
In the same way
What we make
Out of that
Is what makes us.
Our voices our own
No obstacle at all
We consider ourselves
Completely free
Or perhaps lost
Page 6
STATEMENT OF INTENT
When I found this piece of prose about freedom on the internet, I
marveled at how delicate and descriptive it was. Many famous people
want their quotes to be known world wide, but not the author of this
piece, who was an anonymous blogger. It just goes to show that you
don't have to be a genius, a billionaire, or a famous person to know
how to write a deep and thoughtful piece about freedom.
Page 7
Page 8
I found a key one day,
Ran home to show my mother
She frowned and said
'Go wash your hands,
Then throw that thing away'
But I kept that key .
Three years later I found a box
Ran home to show my mother,
She frowned and said
'Go wash your hands,
Then throw that thing away'
But I kept that box .
For eighty years they were forgotten
Until I found them again
I took the key, opened the box
And there a feather lay.
The gift of Freedom
The Mystery
STATEMENT OF INTENT
This poem is about a little child who finds a key and a box when he is
young, and how he savors it until he is lying on his deathbed. I choose
to write this particular poem because I felt that it related a lot to
freedom and how people treasure it. I read a story about this theme as
well and it inspired me to write this poem.
Page 9
For months I watched the birds
How they flapped their wings so freely
I longed to join them and fly
But I sat in my nest instead
Birds chirped in the bright blue sky
They laughed and sang in the wind
How I wished to do the same
But I sat in my nest instead
I waited silently, like a mouse
Until the day I could fly away
But that day never seemed to come
So I sat in my nest instead
But one day, when the sky was blue
My mother came home early
She stroked my feathers and smiled
Then she pushed me off the nest
I screamed as I fell down
But I gulped and started
flapping my wings
Flap, flap, flap, flap
I was flying
Freely
Flying Freely
Page 10
STATEMENT OF INTENT
This poem is about a little bird who longs to fly with all his friends,
but can’t. The poem shows the process of the bird slowly gaining
confidence until the day his mother gives him the freedom that he
wanted. This poem relates to freedom because it shows how many
people and animals need and want freedom, and how they cope when
they finally receive it.
Page 11
Citations
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The End
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