Mikhail’s Comments (group member since Mar 24, 2011)

Mikhail’s comments from the MHSHS Reading Group group.

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“Me” (Poem About Self)

I’ am African American
I’ am sixteen
I’ am smart and intelligent
I’ am athletic
I’ am Jamaican and Cuban
I’ am ambitious
I’ am eager to learn
I’ am handsome
I’ am down to earth
I’ am resilient and strong
I’ am respectful
I’ am impressionable
I’ am kind and caring
I’ am Mikhail Kiwone Green


“Uncovered Darkness” (Gilded Age)

An era of progress and prosperity
America maturing and flourishing economically
Under the “Golden” veil reveals the truth
Exploitation of men, women, and children in their youth

An age of “Big Businesses” and rise to power
Established by the immigrant’s hard labor hour after hour
Low wages, unsanitary communities, and abuse
The workers desperately cry for help, but the government is of no use
The workers strived for better conditions and equality
That is the price they paid to make one wealthy

“Life of an Enslaved Black Man” (Huck Finn Found Poem)

My master treats me rough
And says I don’t work hard enough
I don’t eat more than a bowl of beans
My master threatens to sell me to New Orleans
I’m eight hundred dollars in worth
One of the many enslaved on earth

Being n***er brings the human race shame
Can not change society so who am I to blame
Killing a n***er is not considered a crime
The lives of others are worth more than mine
Arms and legs chained up like in a chain gang
Try to runaway but followed by the sounds, BANG, BANG, BANG!