Background Information: A “golden shovel” is a poetic form where each word of a line from a preexisting poem is used as the final word of each line in a new poem, maintaining the original order. Invented by Terrance Hayes as an homage to Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “We Real Cool” (which we read in class!), this form challenges the poet to create an entirely new work with a different meaning while honoring the original poem. Hayes’s poem “The Golden Shovel” is the first example of this form. The Two Poems You Need: Here is the original that we read in class: “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks. We Real Cool THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. We real cool. WeLeft school. We Lurk late. WeStrike straight. We Sing sin. WeThin gin. We Jazz June. WeDie soon. Here is the Terrance Hayes piece “The Golden Shovel”: Note: there are two sections to this poem: 1981 and 1991. The Golden Shovel after Gwendolyn Brooks I. 1981 When I am so small Da’s sock covers my arm, we cruise at twilight until we find the place the real men lean, bloodshot and translucent with cool. His smile is a gold-plated incantation as we drift by women on bar stools, with nothing left in them but approachlessness. This is a school I do not know yet. But the cue sticks mean we are rubbed by light, smooth as wood, the lurk of smoke thinned to song. We won’t be out late. Standing in the middle of the street last night we watched the moonlit lawns and a neighbor strike his son in the face. A shadow knocked straight Da promised to leave me everything: the shovel we used to bury the dog, the words he loved to sing his rusted pistol, his squeaky Bible, his sin. The boy’s sneakers were light on the road. We watched him run to us looking wounded and thin. He’d been caught lying or drinking his father’s gin. He’d been defending his ma, trying to be a man. We stood in the road, and my father talked about jazz, how sometimes a tune is born of outrage. By June the boy would be locked upstate. That night we got down on our knees in my room. If I should die before I wake. Da said to me, it will be too soon. II. 1991 Into the tented city we go, we- akened by the fire’s ethereal afterglow. Born lost and cool- er than heartache. What we know is what we know. The left hand severed and school- ed by cleverness. A plate of we- ekdays cooking. The hour lurk- ing in the afterglow. A late- night chant. Into the city we Close your eyes and strike a blow. Light can be straight- ened by its shadow. What we break is what we hold. A sing- ular blue note. An outcry sin- ged exiting the throat. We push until we thin, thin- king we won’t creep back again. While God licks his kin, we sing until our blood is jazz, we swing from June to June. We sweat to keep from we- eping. Groomed on a die- t of hunger, we end too soon.
Case continuation:After notifying the provider about Mr. Gre…
Case continuation:After notifying the provider about Mr. Green’s bradycardia and abnormal lab results, the nurse receives new orders to hold digoxin, administer potassium chloride 40 mEq PO, and reassess in two hours.The nurse implements the orders and performs a follow-up assessment. Follow-up findings: BP: 116/70 mmHg HR: 68 bpm, regular Respirations: 20/min O₂ Sat: 95% Weight: unchanged Potassium: 3.6 mEq/L Client states, “I’m feeling a little better — not so dizzy now.” Question: Which finding indicates that the nurse’s interventions were effective?(Select all that apply.)
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High levels of DNA methylation usually correlate with:
Which of the following is an example of a barrier to exit?
Which of the following is an example of a barrier to exit?
What is the impact of predatory pricing on new entrants?
What is the impact of predatory pricing on new entrants?
What is the primary effect of high barriers to entry on an i…
What is the primary effect of high barriers to entry on an industry?
According to Porter’s Five Forces, which two forces are dire…
According to Porter’s Five Forces, which two forces are directly related to entry and exit barriers?
Explain how barriers to entry influence industry profitabili…
Explain how barriers to entry influence industry profitability and competitive dynamics.
How do high exit barriers affect industry competition?
How do high exit barriers affect industry competition?
Client: Linda Perez, 72, admitted with worsening shortness o…
Client: Linda Perez, 72, admitted with worsening shortness of breath from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). During morning rounds, the nurse notes: Sitting upright, leaning forward, appears anxious Respirations 28/min, labored SpO₂ 88% on 2 L nasal cannula Productive cough with thick sputum Skin pale with bluish lips Breakfast tray untouched; states she’s “too tired to eat” Question: Which nursing action should the nurse first prioritize?