Sunday, May 29, 2011

My Country to the USA, a bilingual Nepali-English diamonte poem by Renuka Humagai





My Country to the USA




Farmer

Human Rights
Unjust Threatening Oppression
Clothes Education Poor Simple Refugee
Intelligent Confident Active Strong Smart Education
Participate Conversation America Fearful
Social Services Enough Freedom Peace
Electricity Surprised
Overwhelmed



Thursday, May 26, 2011

Diamonte Poems by Edgar Aleman Perdomo


Ship
huge, beautiful,
comfortable, spacious,     
waves, overturning, jumping,
swimming, uncomfortable,  
ugly, small,
Lifeboat





Ocean
Unknown,
Gorgeous, oleaginous,
Scandalous, tremendous, dangerous,
Spectacular, fabulous,
Beauteous,
Land





Nature
peaceful, beautiful,
prosperous, interactive, unpredictable,
harmful, ignorant,
Man




(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

My Theme for English B Literary Response by Pateng Her


I remember the morning when the sun rises
I could not see the blue sky because my eyes blind
With the tears in my eyes
When my parents say good bye
I cannot believe the day they were murdered by three guys
They ride motorcycles to shut down my parents’ minds
The time I lost my guide
My world began to collide
My life is going to die
While I am still a child in the high tide 
Their bodies become wind to fly into the sky
I wonder if I could be a guy?
Who fights to survive in life
Who dies for family
Who supports my siblings
Who loves my community
That is me, Pateng
twenty, born in Laos, went to Sikhottabong High School
Went to University of Laos, major in environmental science
Then became to the USA, went to the Global Language Institute in St. Paul
went to Wellstone International High School, will graduate on June 7
Plan to attend Minneapolis Community & Technical College, study liberal art
Then transfer to the University of Minnesota, major in pharmacy
That is my dream, Instructor

Theme for English B by Abdulkadir Mohamed


The dictator said,

Go home and take a gun
and kill that primitive young adult of this land.
He is wise and yet ignorant.

I wonder if it’s that simple?
I am a young primitive adult, belonging to this land.
I went to fight in Mogadishu, then Baydhabo, then here.
My father is a commoner, nature is my mother.
I am who I am, so what do you say?
I am the only cloud that covers you,
I am the wings of this land.

It’s not easy to know what’s true for you and me
I am who I am, the destruction of your integrity
I love to die but wait, not for your sake but of mine and our nation.
I write but you understand not, you have eyes yet you see none.
Should I still write?  
For if I keep writing your blood circulation will stop.
We are both humans, but you are so different
You are colored, yet no one notices your color.

That’s our land, sometimes you might not want be part of,
no does it want to be part of you,
yet you are lucky because you are worthless.
Let me be your instructor, to be your investigator.
You dictate, destruct and delude,
So will my page shine your dark, dull and dust mind.
I guess you put the guns away, they are harmless to our land
yet harmful to you.

This is my gun, to kill the pests
and your vision is my mission.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Naturalism Sea Life, diamonte poems by Pateng Her


Naturalism
Journalism Philosophy
Plausible provable trustable possible
Preposterous treacherous
People


Sea
Unstable unpredictable
Foolish famished steamy thirsty
Beautifully peacefully
Land


Life
Superiority humanity
Beneficent struggle blissful dreadful
Diseases misfortune
Dead


(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

Summer Adventure and Ocean, diamonte poems by Rozaura Cendejas


Summer
Bicycle, Coke
Picnic, Beach, Sun
Hot,  Swim,  Chilly,  Cold
Cloudy, Windy, Snow
Coffee, Skiing
Winter


Adventure
Boat, Laughing
Exploring, Thinking, Talking
Knowing, Waves, Cloudy, Raining
Dark, Storm, Lighting
Scary, Drawing
Disaster



Ocean
Turtle, Shark
Fish, Octopus, Shrimp
Crab, Dolphin, Lion, Monkey
Donkey, butterfly, Bear
Deer, Zebra
Land


(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

The Nature of Sky and Earth by Farihya Koronto





Sky
Scattered, Stars
Clouding, Condensing, Blowing
Moon light, Gravity air, Windy weather, Atmosphere
Human, Manufactures, Fertility, Harvesters, Plants
Suffering,  Surviving, Surrounding, Snuffing

Hills, Valley, Flat
Landed, Liquid
Earth



(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

From Guatemala to the US, a diamonte by Edwin Jose Suriano Quevedo



USA
Cool, hot, freedom
Skiing, sledding, sweating, running
Borders, deserts, violence, corruptions
Suffering, fighting, bribing, hiding
Mountains, oceans, indigenous
Guatemala

Diamonte Poems by Anonymous




Naturalism
Atheism Random
Philosophy Science logic
      Social value family value humanity intelligent.
tradition supremacy man
Believer God!
Anonymous


Nature
Life beauty
Producer food shelter
Fire destruction
People
Desert




Roots
Hot sweat Tourist
Respect Love fight  justice
Snow cold coat
Wind
Tundra




(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

Monday, May 2, 2011

3 Diamonte poems by Edwin Jose Suriano Quevedo




U.S and Guatemala
U.S.A
Cool, hot, freedom
Skiing, sledding, sweating, running
Borders, deserts, violence, corruptions
Suffering, fighting, bribing, hiding
Mountains, oceans, indigenous
Guatemala



The nature and architect
Nature
Place, origin, transformation
Setting, choosing, changing, beginning
Attempt, accountability, moderation
Restraining, charging, trying
Visual, smart
Architect





The sea and land


Sea
Peacefulness, insecurity, destruction
Relaxing, preventing, fixing, enjoying, swimming
Waves, storms, tsunamis
Plighting, surfing
Ashore
Land


(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

Men Waves and Sunshine by Alondra Mendoza Cardoso


Men
Brotherhood, United,
Fierce, Optimism, Vulnerable
Catastrophic, Unpredictable, Evolution
Nature



Waves
Turbulent, Boisterous
Speechless, Careless, Suffocate
Steady, Riffle, Constant
Stream



Sunshine
Tan, Tropical
Vicious, Pleasurable, Tranquil
Twilight, Brisk
sea
equanimity  ultramarine
mysterious  habitation  hermaphrodite
maltreat  heartless
land
people
ambition  civilized
kind  curious  maternal
uncivilized  quarry
animal


(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

Sea and People by Veronica Martinez Rubio


sea
equanimity  ultramarine
mysterious  habitation  hermaphrodite
maltreat  heartless
land
people
ambition  civilized
kind  curious  maternal
uncivilized  quarry
animal




(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)

Ocean Sky and Fire by Malyun Abdullahi


Ocean
Barbarously, enormous,
Swimming, Aquatic, fishing,
water, brine, terrain, humans
Living, inhaling, expanding
Steady, dry
Vegetation



Sky
Extensive, infinite
Twinkling, altering, glinting
Night, day, water, tranquility
Executing, combating, evacuating
Broad, dry
Earth


Fire
Blazing, scary,
Scorching, consuming, suffering,
Flame, flicker, existence, drop,
Deluging, rushing, flowing,
Wet, indispensable
Water

(written in response to The Open Boat by Stephen Crane)