- collecting basin for area precipitation and a series of channels to conduct the water out of the area and toward the sea. - an interconnected group of streams. - collects water over a large area. - drains water toward the ocean.
A A A. Email. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. The first poetry slam competition was held in Chicago in 1984.
Claude McKayâs poem âIf We Must Dieâ shows us that no one really wants to die, but if we must, we want to die fighting. Claude McKayâs imagery in this poem shows an awfully dreadful death of one dying like a âhogâ said to be âhunted and pennedâ somewhere that it cannot get out.laude McKayâs âIf We must Dieâ conveys so much power behind each word of this riveting poem. When reading this, as an African American, I can not help but to sense an overwhelming feeling of rebellion and pride. In so many cases African Americans have been treated less than human.