Poet Spotlight: Judith

This poem is inspired by the article "Trump's travel ban leads to widespread protests, legal action" found at Newsela.com.

REJECTED, DENIED, AND TURNED AWAY

Rejected Their Countries are in

Denied complete Chaos

Turned Away

Muslim people All they want is to escape

in new to escape their

LAND rampage country

Rejected Yet all that the United

Denied states does is...

Turned Away

Muslims and Rejects

other cultures Denies

and races and Turns Away innocent

wanting a better People

life for them and

their FAMILIES

Detained and held

Rejected captive at the airport .

Denied

Turned Away

Being tugged at and

Muslims and other pulled with the officers

cultures coming to get COLD HANDS. Being Stared

away from the VIOLENCE and the at with his STONE COLD EYES.

PAIN

Rejected They are constantly

Denied being...

Turned Away

Rejected

Denied and

Turned Away

Explanation:

I decided to use the article about Trump's travel ban because it is a big deal for everyone at the moment, especially since it is targeting Muslim and Latino immigrants. I am Hispanic, so being informed about this order is incredibly important. I decided to use repetition to make sure I get my point across, to truly show the readers how the people who are being banned feel. Additionally, I capitalized different words that actually have a deep meaning in this poem because it shows their feelings and thoughts of what they are escaping by coming to the United States and when they are being detained. In addition to those two things I decided to use alliteration because it showed in a great way