Friday, May 8, 2009

SPOKEN WORD RESIDENCY WITH IBé


Why do you write poetry? 

"The need to tell stories...
the need to connect with people...
ways to find answers..."

"Poetry goes beyond the limitations of language."

"Poetry is a way to your truth."


"In poetry, 1+1 can be 5."

16 comments:

Bontu said...

We can see ourselves in his poems. Bontu

melva said...

(melva) i think he is doig a great job.. i also think am learning a lot working with hi.

Jevonte P said...

The bridges between you and your personal conflicts are built. You confront them with your words, your emotion.

The only thing that matters in any poem is that you put your effort into it. You thought about it deeply and carefully.

Henry said...

i want Ibe' to come here and talk with us.

Jose said...

I think he is doing a great job with his poems because he write his poems with a piece of his life and that's good because he express himself

Henry said...

i want Ibe' to come and bring new poems

dthao said...

All of the students try to write their best so i think all of the poems will be great. i also think that everyone were write their best and write what they think of they life......

YrneH said...

Miss Emily, did you tell him to come here?
or IBe' told you that he will come to school?

dtha said...

i think he is good man and he write the poem is good too.... :)

demetrius said...

Demetrius

well i think Ibe is a great poet and i like how he expresses himself while reciting it and the emotion in his voice

Anonymous said...

i feel like his pomes are really touching and they really mean something and they are not just a bunch of word that sound alike put together. i also feel like since Ibo read those pomes to us that pomes can really have an effect on you not only as a reader but as an listener. i think Ibo it a great poet and really knows what he is doing as a poet.

twaquela miller

Cesar z said...

it think that Eby is a good writer

Anonymous said...

Alisha- what matters in a poem is the title of the poem also the effort being put into it. i think so far that poems are another way of presenting lyrics to a song. im wondering why cant poetry & music be the same as in to one title.

Anonymous said...

Tylers Quote

the bridges through poetry are the expression of feelings in the poem could be the way your feeling.

what matters in each poem is what the poem is trying to tell you and the expression of feelings in each poem.

so far this is helping me in understanding different expressions of feelings

manny said...

i like the poems my favorite poem was the one about the diamonds!!!

abdi or Abdirahman said...

I think poetry is some words that have more meaning full. you can write a book in a short poem because it means allot.

I think we could be like Ibe' if i work had, English was his first language when he came here as 15 years old.
I wondering how poems are so meaning full and so understandable. Each poem tells you the expression and feelings of something.
I hope that Ibe will stay the all month and learn more poems.
I am thanking Ibe for coming the school. Thanks allot Ibe.