Blocked off

This afternoon the sun is out, warm and bright
PERFECT  as it should be.

People out and about, enjoying the day free from pain and stress.

A smile is seen on their faces, laughter in the air.

A PERFECT day

This afternoon, I am cut off from this PERFECT day.

Locked within my walls. Blocked from the outside.

Preventing the warmth of the sun from touching my skin.

This afternoon, I remain here, my responsibilities forbid me from leaving.

Until my job is complete, then I will be given access to this PERFECT day.

The Bronze David of Donatello poem response

First off this is a longer poem than the other poems I have read. Not really a fan of long poems, to me long poems are hard to stay focus too. because there is so much detail in the poem, that it might be hard to keep in mind of what is going on. But again, this could be just me and my preference to reading poems.

After  reading this poem, i found it to be an ok poem. It is descriptive of the bronze statue David of Donatello, but that is all it really is. I like how after describing some parts on the body, there is a little bit of a story that goes with it. But I honestly found myself bored by this poem, I have not said that to the other poems and I try to give them a chance and some credit. granted I am not the poem expert, but as a person reading the poem I found this poem to be a bit boring and slow. The parts that I did like is that it kept in the theme of Greek times, with mentioning Medusa and other characters. And there is a lot of good description and detail, but I think it could be shorter.

Musee des Beaux Arts poem responses

This poem was an interesting poem to read, but at the same time, I am confused as to what is going on. This may be just me, but I am having a hard time finding the image in the words (to see visually in my mind). From the style of this poem, it looks likes a poem that is more descriptive and not trying to be short with its words. sort of like the last poems that involved a winter landscape. It is another poem that is setting the scene of the environment, and not really having a main person to focus on. As for the tone of the poem, I do see must tone, other than it has a calm and relaxing feel to it. I am not sure who is the person telling the poem. That is something that I would like to know, other than that this poem is ok but I think there could be more added to this. If there was more details on the people and anything more about the person telling the poem, then I think the poem might be stronger, other than a nice poem detailing of a landscape.

My Brother's Lovin

You have to be drunk, to crave my brother's "lovin"
That IS all I have to say,
and it is the only way.

To feel his "lovin" is to feel the cold hardness of a rock.
Forever in silence and unable to return your love.
To feel his "lovin" is like when the light attracts a fly.
Lured by it warmth, its beautiful glow, such trusting light.
ZAP, it kills your love to ashes.

You have to be Drunk to crave my brothers "Lovin"
Sorry for sounding horrible, I should be kind.
Beneath his looks, there is blackness and emptiness.
Nothing can fill that void.

Go ahead take a drink, fall into your wonderland. Perhaps there is something more.
Maybe he is the man of your dreams. But I will say it again.
You have to be drunk to love my brother.

The Hunter in the Snow Poem Observatiom

This is another descriptive/detail poem, only this one is shorter in the words that William Carlos Williams uses. This poem is describing certain images and still paints the landscape image of the town and the idea of winter. After reading this poem over, To me I can a kids reading this poem, its short for them so that they won't loose intreats and it is still telling a descriptive telling of the story. in other words, it's short, sweet and too the point. Also like the previous poem, this one uses the same painting by Pieter Brueghel.  This poem fits well with the painting just like the last poem.

I think that this poem share the same tone and mood as the previous poem. That we are reading this poem as if we are observing the town. Not the one telling it, but listening to someone else tell it, maybe it is one of the men telling us the poem.

Winter Landscape Poem Responses

I like this poem, what I like about it is that it tells a story. To me I see this poem as a very detail and descriptive poem. Much like it's title, this poem is telling about the landscape of this winter with the town and people. It goes well with the painting. If i had to guess on a tone or mood of what this poem is going for, I would have to say it's a very quiet moment. Like these tree men are in the woods, frozen in silence as they watch the town and the people below. No real action, just quiet observation from a far. I know that is not mush of a tone or mood, but this was my reaction after reading it a couple of times.

I like that this poem is descriptive, different from the past poems I have read. And this poem has inspired me to try and do the same thing for my next poem.

My Face Fades

My face fades,
vanishing within the mask.
Fooling the reflection watching me
fooling others that pass me.
Sinking deeper in the shadows.
Quiet as a mouse, you can not hear me.
It makes no difference, trying this, trying that
makes no difference.

Half-expecting someone to see me
to see my dark brown eyes
to hear my voice
to feel my touch,
but they just walk away. As my image fades.
This mask is my new face.
My old face trapped inside, lost even to me.

In the mask
try to cover up my pain
No, I still feel lonely.
Still hiding
Still fading away.

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird poem response

This poem is growing on me, in the beginning I did not get the poem. I was trying to hard to put everything in a visual image in my thoughts. But after reading this poem over many times in class and having use it as a guide in my past poem (The Seine),  I have come to like the style of this poem. It is a bit long, and I usually don't like poems that are too long. For me when I see a poem that long it is almost intimidating, and i worry that if i read it I would miss something important. What I do like about this poem is that in the 13 ways of describing the Blackbird, Wallace Stevens did not have to go into full detail and description of the Blackbirds. Something I need to learn more from when it comes to writing my own poems. I like adding descriptions and details to my work, from my illustrations to writing a story, so this comes as a bad habit to me when trying to write a poem with less words. I also was able to follow along to this poem, it could be for the fact thatI heard it before in class, but I like the flow of the poem and there is not a slow moment in it. Though I can not figure out the right mood for this poem. But if I had to guess, I would say that this is a happy poe,m. Stevens is writing a poem about Blackbirds and talking about them in many ways, maybe these birds are his favorite and he wants to share with everyone what he sees.

American Gothic poem response

This poem is not one of my favorites. What I did not like about it is that it felt (if you can say that) boring and dull, just as the looks of the couple in the painting. After recently talking about the feeling and mood of a poem, to me this poem felt like it was slow and dragging on and nothing really happening. Maybe If I heard someone else read this poem and listen to how their tone is while reading this poem, I might say something different. But as I just said this poem didn't draw my attention. The type of poem this is, is a poem that in short details is telling the life of these characters. Just in the beginning we are given the image of the house and what should be their, the animals and such. Then we the reader are introduce to this couple that seem to just go about their day doing their work around the farm, and nothing else but that.

Tell us a story

Tell us a story
Oh Great Storyteller
Keeper of tales of old

Tell us a story
Open the world filled with fantasy
Speak the words, cast them to appear

Tell us a story
Bring us in, take us there
Let us embrace that world.

Tell us a story
Of good and Grimm
Let us journey though enchanted forests
Face wild beast
Overcome evil spells
And have our wishes granted.

Poem Response to The Red Studio

After reading this long poem, I am a bit confused as to what was going on in the story. It is not exactly a list poem, but W.D. Snodgrass does return to the objects. I think the objects that he keeps going back to are the focus and this poem is in the view from the objects. My reason for guessing this is because the poem does go back to the object, the poems talks about the person that once lived in the room and the room itself.

In the beginning of this poem, as I was reading this I was starting to think that this poem was telling a story of a murder and the only objects are the silent objects all around the room. And the red is to represent the rage and anger and blood of the murder. But continuing reading, that idea slowly vanish and I became lost as to what is happening. Maybe what would help is if this poem was spaced out in its format. Not changing the writing, but separating a section so that it can be a bit easier to read and not to see it as a long list going down.

Poem response to Cezanne's ports

Allen Ginsberg's poem was interesting. To me after reading this over a couple of times, I read it as one of those hope type poems. The way it starts out is kind of sad, the way Ginsberg talks about time and life going by. Like if this was the end of the line for your life moment. Then turning the poem around by leaving with a hopeful thought/ image. I really like this line which make it seem very hopeful, 'For the other side of the bay is Heaven and Eternity.'  Nothing much more that I can say about this poem, other than that it has a mood/ brings feeling of sadness and hope.