I'VE SEEN THE ANGELS CRY
I have always thought that angels wore
halos and wings of white
But now I find they wear hard hats
and black coats with yellow stripes
And angels, in my mind, wore long
flowing gowns of white
But now I see dark pants and shirts
and badges shining bright
And angels always floated with bare feet
above the ground
Not true! For they wear steel toed boots
and go where death is found
Not all angels have smooth hands
that look like porcelain
Some angels have torn gloves and cuts
and burns upon their skin
And while I thought all angels
glowed from heavens light
I see an angel cutting steel
his torch is shining bright
And while these earthly angels
passed buckets of debris
The angels up in heaven looked down
on bended knee
So while the smoke continued
to rise into the sky
I watched the rescue workers weep
I've seen the angels cry
Bonnie McDaniel September 17, 2001
Examine the Poem Above
- What message does the poem develop?
- What evidence supports your claim?
- Compare and contrast McDaniel's poem to your own creation
13 comments:
The poem develops the message that the real angels are not really watching us from heaven, but the real angels are the firemen and women that risk their lives everyday to keep us safe. The evidence I have is the line “I have always thought that angels wore halos and wings of white But now I find they wear hard hats and black coats with yellow stripes And angels, in my mind, wore long flowing gowns of white but now I see dark pants and shirts and badges shining bright” It compares the angels people read about everyday to the real- life angels, A.K.A. firemen/ women. My poem, titled “A Hero” talks about what firemen do when they go on call, and how they always try to do what they can to save the day. Both poems revolve around the topic of firemen, and how they try to do what they can, but sometimes their best isn’t good enough, and they feel upset, and they weep. McDaniel tries to show that people who give up their lives to save complete strangers are the real angels; my poem just shows how firemen/ women are true heroes. All in all, our poems have the same message, which is that firemen and women are really the most kind, brave people you will ever meet.
By Mary
This poem develops the message of how people see angles. Do they see them as protectors or as guardians or do you not even believe in them at all. The person narrating the poem feels like the angles have disappeared or are starting to fade away and now the police and firefighters are helping the unsafe and unhealthy and the angles are just weeping and watching. Some evidence to support my reasoning is that instead of the angles helping and being kind and wearing bright white clothing, they are wearing dark and black clothing. They are being by-standards. This poem relates to my poem because the firefights are risking everything to save someone else’s’ life.
Natalie
This poem develops the message that the real angels are the firemen that risk their lives just to help us be safe. The narrator thinks that the angels in heaven are not really helping us at all, instead firemen are. In the poem the line "And while these earthy angels passed buckets of debris the angels up in heaven watched down on bended knee." This line means that while the firemen are doing their work by rescuing people the angels in heaven are just witnessing it and not trying to help. McDaniel's poem relates to mine because we both wrote about firemen trying to save people. Minde is different because I wrote that the life of a fireman's friend or relative died. I focused more on one fireman than all of the firemen (like in McDaniel's poem.)
This poem develops the idea that angels don't have to be figures in white dresses in the sky. They can also be people that save lives and do the opposite of what you would think angels would do. They are fire fighters in this poem. This is proved when the author says "I have always thought that angels wore halos and and wings of white but now I find they wear hard hats and coats with yellow stripes". This is my evidence because is shows that angels can be things other than people with wings in the sky they can also be fire fighters and other rescue groups wearing black with yellow stripes. This poem does and dosen't relate to my poem. It relates because they both show that even firemen can cry and be upset sometimes. Both poems don't say that it is about rescuing people until the very end. The poems both talk about what the firemen do. I've seen the angels cry is a poem the talks about how firemen are like angels, protecting us, and mine talks about the firemen's weaknesses.
This poem gives the message that every person has a differnent perspective and opinion.Some people think that angels are here down on earth, whilst others believe that angels live in heaven or up in the sky protecting us and guiding us through life."not true!for they wear steel toed boots and go where death is found." these are every day people such as firemen and parmedics that risk their own lives to save others.
my poem is like Mcdaniels poem becuase they both show that angels that we live with every day they triumph to save lives and try their best toprotect the public but sometimes, the outcome isn't bright.
the poem develops the idea that not all angels are looking at us from heaven. they wear steel-toed boats and are covered in scars and cuts. the poem says that we all have a different opinion and perspective.
the person who wrote this believes that angels aren't always glowing, white, perfect beings.
this person is saying that firemen, rescue workers, and all others who risk their lives to save other humans are angels.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT April 20, 2008
The poem develops that there are mythical angels watching over us from the heaven and there is another type of angel, an angel that wears protective armour and gives more than hope and peace but, a new life from under a covered shade of darkness. The firemen and women are the angels that do not float as a mythical statue, but they run in risking their lives to save another life. A line I have to support my proof is the line "I have always thought that angels wore halos and wings of white but now I find they wear hard hats and black coats with yellow stripes. Also, angels, in my mind, wore long flowing gowns of white but now I see dark pants and shirts and badges shining bright”.
My poem called "Here I Lay" relates to this poem because it talks about what a fireman/woman's job is when they are on call, and when one of the firemen/women's lives succumbs to death how they still become an angel but of a different type. Both poems end up closing with the fireman, and shows how hard they all tried but sometimes their beswt is simply not good enough causing them to whimper, and bawl. As you can see both poems show the same thing which is,,firemen and women are, and will continue to be, the bravest people you will ever see.
This poem develops an idea that angels are not just in heaven. It shows that anyone can be an angel but what I think Mcdaniel is trying to relate these angels to the firemen/women who went to help clean up and save the people from the 911 bombing of the Twin Towers. I think this because she wrote the poem on September 17th 2001.only 6 days after the bombing. She also wrote that the angels bent down on one knee while watching them. I think she wrote this because maybe the angels above thought they were the angels for that period of time.
Rachel
This poem develops the idea that this persons image of an angel is either a rescue worker. I know believe this because at all through the poem he describes rescue workers as being angels and at the end he says “I watched the rescue workers weep I've seen the angels cry”. By saying “I’ve watched the rescue workers weep” and then saying “I’ve seen the angels cry”, it is saying that this person’s image of an angel is a rescue worker.
Both of the poems, I’ve Seen the Angels Cry and The Fireman, describe some sort of rescue worker as being either some sort of hero. In The Fireman, the fireman is being described as a hero for his bravery. At the end he is also very depressed. In the poem I’ve Seen the Angels Cry, rescue workers are being described as angels. At the end of that poem as well, the “angels” are very depressed.
The poem develops the idea that not all angels are are in heaven, and that some are among us, and that fireman and women are the real angels of everyday life. Proof of this is the line 'And while these earthly angels passed buckets of debris,
The angels up in Heaven looked down
on bended knee.' This shows that while some angels are above us watching, others are working hard to help.
My poem is about how even though the fireman has see devastation and disaster for every job, he still continues to work and help his community. In the poem examined, the fireman also keeps working hard to save the day!
the angels are the firemen i think and tere arent actually any angels watching is in the hevens and all of the firemen risk there lives to save the people in there city or town.
The peom develps that angles are real and they can be anyone. they can be wating us from the earth. because t describes what angles are like and what people belive what they are. they have the same point of view. has seen angles in real life. it says frie men and angles risk there life everyday to protect us.
Kylie
I am the author of the poem, Bonnie McDaniel. My message is this. The men and women, whether they be police, firemen, detectives
from New York or the Pentagon or the field in PA, are doing God's work. That is the message, plain and simple. They are the ones who
do the jobs no one else wants to do. Finding the remains of loved ones and giving answers. Returning
the deceased (if posssible) to their family and friends. Please note the differential of the angels up in heaven and the ones here on earth.
Regards.
Bonnie McDaniel
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