- When Blanco said “peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces”, I’d change peeking to emerging
because going through the poem, Blanco is using strong words to make his poem come together, I feel as
though the word “emerging” helps that. Another I’d change is when he said, “All of us as vital as the one
light we move through.” I’d change vital to indispensable because it flows with the words of that line.
The line “or the impossible vocabulary of sorrow that won't explain”, I’d change sorrow to dejection to
better fit the line to make more sense and flow easier. Blanco asserted, “Hear: squeaky playground
swings, trains whistling,” I’d change whistling to blaring because that better explains the sound of a train.
The line “One sky, toward which we sometimes lit our eyes”, I’d change lit to elevate to give it a more
personal sense.
- The online dictionary helps you define the words and sometimes presents you with synonyms and the
thesaurus helps you find synonyms to the words as well. So, when going through the text of “One
Today”, trying to figure out what words you want replace, you can search up the meaning and synonym
so you can learn what that word means and also what the replacement word means also.