Poetry

In school I did not like poetry. This summer I have come to enjoy poetry much better. This have been a great learning experience for me. What's next?

Robert Lowell

I read "The Old Flame". The poem were very easy to understand. The poem told of returning to the home where a man and his wife lived. It describes how the house looked when they lived their and how the house looks with new landlord. From doing some research I read Lowell addressed this poem to his first wife. This poem was kind a like a love poem. I liked the poem very much.

Elizabeth Bishop

The poem I enjoyed the most was The Fish. Since I like to fish, I could relate to fishing and catching fish like Bishop described. In the poem the fisherman catches a tremendous fish but decided to let it go. A good poem.

Langston Hughes

I enjoyed all the poems I read. One of the many poems I liked was "Mother to Son." This is a very inspiring poem. As Hughes write, life will never be easy, it is hard. But even in the rough times, keep on trying and do not give up. This is a wonderful poem. I am going to use it with my youth at church. Hughes poems are simple and straight to the point. He is a wonderful poet.

Hart Crane

The only poem I read of Hart Crane's poetry was "My Grandmother's Love Letters." The poem tells of a boy finding his grandmother's love letters tucked in a corner of the attic and deciding whether to read them.

T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot poems were long . I did read Prelude. In this poem, Eliot is describing the different types of the day: 6:00 pm. before dark, morning because everyone is going to coffee stands, early afternoon and evening between 4:00-6:00 p.m. Eliot is describing living in an urban city.