- 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 McKay, the first major poet of the Harlem Renaissance. The main thing Claude McKay did to show imagery and description in the poem âIf We Must Dieâ to convey feeling is to shape the trends that would later define that literary moment.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.