Monday, December 7, 2009

Poem Reflection

This Is Just To Say

This is more of an apology note than a poem to me. It is so simple that to call it a poem almost makes no sense. Being 12 short lines about plums I wanted to see deeper meaning to it but there is nothing to figure out unless your plums are missing out of your freezer.


 

Grass

This is another simple poem except this one has a deeper meaning. It is speaking of grass. Through all of the death and destruction that the wars have caused throughout history there is one thing that they have in common. Grass will cover the graves of the deceased in less time than people will be able to forget about them. This poem makes me feel like the writer is telling a person that regardless of what happens, life can continue. If a death or a loss has you down you can go on with your life beasue something will come and replace your loss.


 

Carnation Milk

This is by far my favorite poem. It is the shortest of the three poems I chose to write about but that is not why I chose it. It has a simple meaning and is almost a commercial for the product that the poem is named after. It is short sweet and to the point and uses a sarcastic overtone to let you know that Carnation milk is easy to handle and what really made me like it so much is the ending about just having to punch a hole in the son of a bitch.


 

The Falling Flower

I love Haikus. Haikus are simple sweet and don't need a point or meaning. Some do have meaning like The Falling Flower. It speaks about how a falling flower really is a butterfly. The meaning here is that everything is not what it seems and you should take a second look.


 

Making jazz swing in

Again I chose a Haiku but this one is different. Most Haikus are traditionally Japanese and speak of nature but this one is a more modern version of an ancient poem and speaks about one of my favorite music genres. It also says that making a poem using only 17 syllables isn't just for anyone.


 

Learning To Shave

This Haiku is a good one. This is about shaving for the first time which is like a rite of passage for boys becoming men. The first time a boy shaves he is likely to nick himself somewhere and once that is done you will understand how to shave better fromthat point on and that makes me see the manhood that is achieved at that point.