The poetry (the 3 ways to speak English) touched my heart. The way that poet, Jamila Lyiscott spoke was really more breath taking than reading the poetry. Because of the words people use that what society wants to hear proper English. when I think about it. What is proper English? why cant we all speak that way we know how and the way we are comfortable of speaking? Jamila in her poetry( the 3 ways to speak English) offend used the word ” articulate”, which means speaking fluently. The poetry really brought me back to the times I was learning English at the Adult Learning center in Queens Library and how people would correct my grammar. I would ask myself ” why cant I talk the way I want to?” All this thoughts came to mind and that put me back in my journey when I was learning to speak.
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Nagat,
You’re raising such important questions here: challenging the very notion of “proper” English is exactly what Lyiscott had in mind with her poem, and I love that this is making you question that, too. It would be really interesting to see you dive even deeper to the rhetorical choices Lyiscott made with the word “articulate.” Who is allowed to be considered articulate in this society? Who is allowed to be considered articulate, for example, at the Adult Learning Center? In school? How does Lyiscott address all this in her poem?
Super intriguing — I’m eager to see where you’ll go with this. Are you planning to write a personal essay, an analytical essay? Something else? Feel free to write me, either in a reply to this comment, or in an email, with any questions you might have!!
JP