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=__ARNOLD ADOFF__= __The way I see any hope for later __  The way I see any hope for later, we will have to get over this color thing,

and stop looking at how much brown or tan there is in or on this woman or that man.

And stop looking at who is a woman and who is a man.

Stop looking. Start loving. __Let The Biter Beware. __  In the center of each pale milk c h o c o l a t e lump there is a hard nut waiting to bump your front tooth into the d e n t i s t's chair.

In the center of each dark deep c h o c o l a t e hunk there is a car a mel chunk just waiting to glue your teeth to geth er for ev er.

Take care.

__Influences__
I wouldn’t say that Arnold Adoff always follows the rules of poetry sometimes he does but a lot of the time he doesn’t. Not a lot of his poetry rhymes. His poetry also isn’t written in normal stanzas. Some of the words are often spaced out or there is one word per a line. There is nothing said about what other poets say about Arnold but many people say that “he brings attention to the voice of African American poets” and that he is very talented and a one-of-a-kind. =__Biography__= Arnold Adoff, born July 16 1935, started writing when he was eleven years old. At that age he discovered that girls and poetry were different from boys and prose. Adoff was born in a Russian immigrant family and raised in New York’s South Bronx. Arnold Adoff is still and continues to work with children as a social studies teacher, lecturing and conducting workshops across the country. Arnold Adoff is a poet and an anthologist who has published over thirty books in thirty years. He received a BA degree from the College of New York and then, for a period of time, studied history at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. During his studies he met and married author Virginia Hamilton.Arnold Adoff has won many awards and those include: National Council of Teachers of English, Virginia Hamilton Literary, and he received a blue ribbon for Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Arnold Adoff has written over 30 books but his best selling poetry books are: Black is Brown is Tan(Jan 6, 2004) Roots and Blues: A Celebration (Jan 3, 2011) Love Letters (Jan 1, 1997) and Chocolate Dreams (1989). Something that Arnold Adoff said was, “I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach adulthood, we are closed and set in our attitudes. The chances of a poet reaching us are very slim. But I can open a child’s imagination, develop his appetite for poetry, and more importantly, show him that poetry is a natural part of everyday life. We all need someone to point out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. That’s the poets job.” Arnold Adoff became a poet because of his love for for all forms of writing especially poetry. Arnold also wanted to change the American society and thought he could do that through children's poetry. As a kid Arnold's favorite poems were humorous poems, partially inspired the way he writes. Arnold writes humorous poems because as a child he enjoyed humor and figured children would enjoy his poems if they were humorous. However Arnold also writes serious poems on topics such as racism. Arnold's poetry style is free verse.

__Sides__ Left side Right side Black side White side Colors shouldn’t be segregated, People should mix together, Everyone is equal, Left side Right side Black side, White side

By: Colby Slifka

**//Colors By Stephanie Luchene //**

Colors are just colors They don’t matter at all…

People should stop looking And start l o v i n g

**Everyone** is treated differently According to their R A C E   Or    ETHNICITY

When they should be loved Depending on who they truly are

It doesn’t mater how **DARK** T a n   Or   WHITE Someone is

As long as you love them for whom they truly are

Colors are just colors __Rainbows by Erika Hansen__ Rainbows are so P R E T T Y The C O L O R S Go together N I C E L Y And that’s how it should be for You And Me It doesn’t matter if your PURPLE Or GREEN You are a part of the same RAINBOW Just like we are a part of the same WORLD Each color is U N I Q U E AND S P E C I A L Just like YOU and Me! BIBLYOGRPHY! "Arnold Adoff Biography." // Ohio Reading Road Trip //. Web. 10 May 2011. . // Arnold Adoff //. Web. 10 May 2011. .