Ruby Bridges
A forefront of integration16 total reviews
Comment from Mintybee
I think your acrostic tribute to Ruby Bridges was good. I think keeping huge moments like this in the conversation is important. So many of the words you used are strong: brave, dangerous, evolving, groundbreaking. You made good use of short space.
Mintybee
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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I think your acrostic tribute to Ruby Bridges was good. I think keeping huge moments like this in the conversation is important. So many of the words you used are strong: brave, dangerous, evolving, groundbreaking. You made good use of short space.
Mintybee
Comment Written 28-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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Mintybee, that's the best response I've received since posting this.
Thanks for your comments and sentiments. teafor2
Comment from dragonpoet
Hi teafot2,
This is a well done acrostic in honor of this brave girl and her family starting integration.
Good luck in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Have a great rest of the week .
Joan
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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Hi teafot2,
This is a well done acrostic in honor of this brave girl and her family starting integration.
Good luck in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Have a great rest of the week .
Joan
Comment Written 28-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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Joan, thanks for weighing in on this. Your gracious comments and
personal sentiments makes me one happy camper:) teafor2
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You're welcome. I am glad I made you a happy camper.
Joan
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:)
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing this tribute to Ruby Bridges with us. I know this young child had to be scared to death entering that school, even with the US Marshalls with her. She was very brave.
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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Thank you for sharing this tribute to Ruby Bridges with us. I know this young child had to be scared to death entering that school, even with the US Marshalls with her. She was very brave.
Comment Written 28-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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barbara, you are speaking the truth, and nothing but the truth:) teafor2
Comment from Elizabeth Walton
Excellent acrostic that also makes one wonder about the history behind the piece. Also a great choice for celebrating freedom during black history month. Great work!
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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Excellent acrostic that also makes one wonder about the history behind the piece. Also a great choice for celebrating freedom during black history month. Great work!
Comment Written 28-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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Thanks for your candid comments, your personal sentiments and
generous rating. teafor2
Comment from jake cosmos aller
a powerful acrostic poem about one of the many unknown heroes and heroines of the civil right era. So many stories to be told, so much history to learn
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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a powerful acrostic poem about one of the many unknown heroes and heroines of the civil right era. So many stories to be told, so much history to learn
Comment Written 28-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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You are spot on and DITTO:)
Comment from nomi338
I wonder how many of those who protested a young child's attendance in a classroom, a child who only wanted to learn what every other child in that class room was learning. I wonder how many protestors considered themselves good, God Fearing Christians. The bad news for them is that God was and is aware of their hypocrisy. If this young child grows up to become a Black Panther, a communist or just someone who hates white people, what might have been the driving force behind her feelings?
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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I wonder how many of those who protested a young child's attendance in a classroom, a child who only wanted to learn what every other child in that class room was learning. I wonder how many protestors considered themselves good, God Fearing Christians. The bad news for them is that God was and is aware of their hypocrisy. If this young child grows up to become a Black Panther, a communist or just someone who hates white people, what might have been the driving force behind her feelings?
Comment Written 27-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 28-Feb-2024
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You only got one thing wrong in your response...When Ruby entered
the classroom...Wait for it...The other kids ran out of the room...There's more...White parents came and got their kids, and the
the TEACHER left! A teacher was brought in from Boston...Ruby had one on one teaching...Isn't/wasn't she a lucky little BLACK girl. I am
a BLACK girls dad. My/our youngest is a K-5 school teacher and our oldest is a 911 dispatcher... I didn't mean to go here/there...My teacher daughter says, "use your words" dad...I'm trying:)
Comment from karenina
Good for you. Ruby was born in 1954 and is still alive today. It'd be awesome if you cut and pasted a little snippet of a bio about her in your author's notes. (I found many but it would be buried her in my review)
So many heroes in the Civil Rights Movement. Little Ruby was among them and deserves to be recognized!
Karenina
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2024
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Good for you. Ruby was born in 1954 and is still alive today. It'd be awesome if you cut and pasted a little snippet of a bio about her in your author's notes. (I found many but it would be buried her in my review)
So many heroes in the Civil Rights Movement. Little Ruby was among them and deserves to be recognized!
Karenina
Comment Written 27-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2024
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Thanks for your excellent suggestion Karenina...Heck, I can barely
negociate around the computer to post straight-up, imagine me trying to cut and paste...That takes skills that I don't have. Technology left me in its dust:) teafor2
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That makes two of us!
I can cut and paste...
Not much else!
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You are just saying that to make a rookie feel good:) Thanks. teafor2
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Oh well. You can ask my grandson...He's 10 and can do 90% more than I can when it comes to computers!
:)
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Technology and young folks, go figure:)
Comment from LJbutterfly
You did a fantastic job of presenting Ruby Bridges in an acrostic poem that made each powerful word describe Ruby's experiences. Most remarkable is "Inside Dangerous Groundbreaking Evolving Strife." Well done.
I'm amazed we both chose Ruby as our subject. I'm not a poet, so I had to just give a narrative.
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2024
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You did a fantastic job of presenting Ruby Bridges in an acrostic poem that made each powerful word describe Ruby's experiences. Most remarkable is "Inside Dangerous Groundbreaking Evolving Strife." Well done.
I'm amazed we both chose Ruby as our subject. I'm not a poet, so I had to just give a narrative.
Comment Written 27-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2024
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Thanks, LJbutterfly for your comments, personal sentiments and rating. That's my favorite bit too:) teafor2
Comment from Jesse James Doty
This is an extraordinary acrostic poem with each word saying something powerful and meaningful about the desegregation of schools in the Southern parts of the United States. This is, after all, Black History Month and this tribute to Ruby Bridges is a wonderfully rich background to how we have succeeded in segregating our country.
Jesse
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2024
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This is an extraordinary acrostic poem with each word saying something powerful and meaningful about the desegregation of schools in the Southern parts of the United States. This is, after all, Black History Month and this tribute to Ruby Bridges is a wonderfully rich background to how we have succeeded in segregating our country.
Jesse
Comment Written 27-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 27-Feb-2024
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Jesse, thanks for your comments, shared sentiments and too generous rating...Your response to "THIS" is appreciated! teafor2
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
She was indeed brave and all eyes were watching. A fine acrostic but I wondered about this word: (intered) Is this a word?
Did you mean (intered) or (entered)? Perhaps: (inside) might make more sense.
Love Dolly x x x
reply by the author on 26-Feb-2024
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She was indeed brave and all eyes were watching. A fine acrostic but I wondered about this word: (intered) Is this a word?
Did you mean (intered) or (entered)? Perhaps: (inside) might make more sense.
Love Dolly x x x
Comment Written 26-Feb-2024
reply by the author on 26-Feb-2024
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Dolly, you are the 2nd reviewer to question that particular line...Your
suggestion caused me to change that one word...Now, I have to add
"eagle" eyes to exceptional "Sonneteer" (if there's such a word) to my upgraded characterization of you:) Thanks for the/better/real word. I have already made the change:) teafor2
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You are most welcome x x x