10.23.09
I liked this poem very much because it tells a story. Most poetry is cryptic and difficult to understand offhand, but this poem was simple and easy, with a lesson / moral at the end. That makes it interesting.
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Weird-Bird
Silverstein
10.22.09
I love this poem, particularly because it holds hidden meaning. It teaches a good lesson to kids-- to be an individual.
Bear in There
Silverstein
10.22.09
This poem is cute, as is all of Shel Silverstein's poetry. He has very good ideas, and is clearly writing for a children audience. This is clever.
Forgotten Language
Silverstein
10.22.09
Shel Silverstein brings back fantastic memories for me as a child, especially this poem. I read all of his books on my own, every night before bed. So this poem, along with many others, touches me personally.
For The Dead
Rich
10.22.09
Again, I love the poet and his work, but I dislike the titles he uses. This poem is particularly touching, and probably one of my favorites so far.
My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
Rich
10.22.09
I don't think the title of this poem applies to the poem it's self at all, because the title is slightly vulgar in nature. The poem is a beautiful verse about a couple in love, enjoying each other's company both physically and mentally.
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Rich
10.22.09
This poem is interesting because it plays with the idea of time. It mentions both death and endings, in contrast to forever and eternity.
Parable
Wilbur
10.22.09
This poem is short and sweet. I love this poet, and all of his work is never disappointing.
Juggler
Wilbur
10.22.09
I loved this poem. It puts a juggler, a man with such an outspoken career, above every other human being in the world, because he is entertaining in his own satisfaction. He wins the love of the audience, and his lighthearted ways gives the character an overall angelic persona.
In The Smoking Car
Wilbur
10.22.09
This poem is very interesting. It's about a man who is dying, and passing into the valley of heaven. It is sad, yes beautiful in it's serenity.
The Good-Morrow
Donne
10.22.09
This is a touching poem about love, and two souls as one. It is about life being shared with another, cast in a positive light.
The Flea
Donne
10.22.09
I didn't like this poem so much because it was difficult to understand. At first I thought it was a disgusting way to describe a beautiful love affair--through a flea-- but towards the end it talks about death. I am confused.
The Kindness of Others
Song
10.22.09
Cathy Song seems very spiritual and in-check with nature and earth. All of her poems, especially this one, is related to fruit or fish or nature, and it feels very organic.
The Spaces We Left Empty
Song
10.22.09
This poem feels refreshing. The ending is moving, and it makes me feel like I should live every day like it's my last, because I don't want to "leave any spaces empty".
Codicil
Walcott
10.22.09
I am discovering that Walcott is a very descriptive writer. I admire his use of adjectives more than any other of the poets I have studied thus far, and this poem is the perfect example of that.
Midsummer, Tobago
Walcott
10.22.09
This poem feels warm and comfortable. Again, the adjectives create very good images, and it is an overall positive poem. It connects the scene with the comfort of family at the end.
Poor Little Heart
Dickenson
10.22.09
This poem is very sad. It feels helpless, and it makes good use of sad adjectives. "Wilted", to be particular.
Come Slowly, Eden!
Dickenson
10.22.09
This poem is short and sweet. it is beautiful in it's simplicity.
To Autumn
Keats
10.23.09
This poem creates fantastic imagery. It makes me feel fresh, and slightly hungry, because it describes "ripe apples" and things of the like. Similar to my entry on "October", I related to it because it is autumn right now.
October
Frost
10.23.09
I enjoyed this poem because it is about October, and it is October right now. That being the case, i related to it offhand immediately. It creates beautiful imagery.
Pan with Us
Frost
10.23.09
This poem caught my attention because I immediately thought of the movie "Pan's Labrynth". The poem, as well as the movie, has a magical feeling to it. Mythology is always entertaining, and so this poem has an advantage.
A Prayer in Spring
Frost
10.23.09
This poem is intriguing because it is a very happy poem. It is not as common to find positive poems, because it is easier to write poetry out of negative emotions and happenings. This being the case, "A Prayer in Spring" is particularly beautiful.
Epitaph On A Tyrant
Auden
10.23.09
This poem was short but packed. It describes a very influencing figure of his time. The last few lines are the strongest part, where Auden claims that when this tyrant laughs senators do too, but when he cries, babies cry on the street. There is nothing more vulgar than the death of a baby-- especially on the street.
As I Walked Out One Evening
Auden
10.23.09
I loved this poem. In the beginning, it generated positive emotions-- it made me think of adorable love scenes from movies, and young love on the streets. But then halfway through when the negative effect of time is intertwined with the lovers, it ended the poem tragically. It was moving, and the title is very simple, which adds to the empowering content of the poem.
By Night when Others Soundly Slept
10.23.09
Bradstreet
I enjoyed this poem because it has very elaborate adjectives and imagery. It's deep, to say the least, and I liked the chosen topic as well. It has an enigmatic mood to it.
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