"Reading Plato"

     This specific poem, i thought was interesting. It start to make me think about a guy, who had recently lost his loved one, to what, i don't know. But that he lost the love of his life, that's what it led me to believe. But then as I continued to read, it shifted. It turned and twisted itself into a guy who lost, not his loved one, but his home. He lost his home. He was remembering all the smells, the sights, the sounds, the stuff he detested but loved. His realization that those memories, are what makes him who he is, even though they seem like dried up earth, it still can produce an amazing flower.

"blunts" By robert fernandez

So the title of the poem got to me for some reason "Blunts" I don't smoke so yeah! So i decided to read it, it starts how the guy first got high at 23rd street with a couple of friends. So this got me thinking the first time and last time i ever lay my lips on a blunt. Made me remembers the first time i got high with my friends at someones back yard. Just be Reading the first couple of lines it took me back when i was younger making that stupid mistake. Its cool how Jackson who wrote the poem talks about blunts then later on in the poem he amid a fit of coughing then he "wants to be  poet" Its kind of weird how he got that idea from smoking but i guess its cool!

"zapruder" by Robert Fernandez

I like this poem right here" Zap Ruder"! Because its awesome.. it really does make sense to me even though i had to read it twice to understand what the author was trying to say. I see that he was really focus taking a picture somewhere in the poem. They were really focused on doing it and not paying attention to anything else. So its like if you think you focus on your goal or dream in life and you don't pay attention to nothing else you know? That's what it meant to me. " That moment when everything begins to wave.."  Got me thinking about a group of people like the army or the marines. The poem starts off weird though like its a mystery. "day off in a dark suit and hat" Then goes on in more detail like there doing some FBI stuff. Sounds like there trying to find clues to get to the bottom of it.

Occupation : Suji Kwock Kim

This poem stood out to me because it kind of keeps you wondering. It makes me think of people working hard and helping others by the saying " there is room for everyone" then again it says "they paint the walls with blood" which makes me think that they maybe they are being forced to build the house and are working hard for someone else. Its a short brief good poem. It doesn't describe to much but you can feel what she is talking about or what she is trying to say.

"Atomic Bride" Thomas Sayers Ellis

I liked this poem it kept my full attention through out it. It made me wonder about many things. The idea that something perfect like a suburban home could have a crazy story behind it. Then again it made me think about how the poet was writing about making memories good ones and how they all start somewhere. Then it also gave me the idea that the poet was telling us Andre could have been a cross dresser or in other words a drag queen. The poem made my mind go all over the place that's why i liked it.

"Divorce" Joel Brouwer

I like this poem a lot. I felt like i could really bond with the idea that was trying to be shown. My parents had gone through a rough patch in their marriage a little ago. When the author said "Thought you might want to know I'm taking classes on how to be a man." It really made me reflect on my dads words when he tried to change my mothers mind. With a little luck and help from his "classes" my mother didn't divorce him and now they're better then ever.

Occupation

There are so much to this this poem can mean to someone. The reason why I chose this poem was how it describes soldiers, I can definitely relate myself to this since my cousin just came back from afghanistan. The words she used were quite gruesome, perhaps a little too detailed. Yet, it capture a clear image to me one how these soldiers today risk everything for their country and so  many are so unfortunate and don't make it. We as people here don't see all that happens when they are out there. The first few sentences she used; " The soldiers are hard at wry building a house they hammer bodies in the earth like nails, they paint the walls with blood" has so much detail on how they work so hard as well as how she used "they paint the walls with blood" really means something she is trying to put an image of how war really means that soldiers die. I just know that one day there won't be no more wars anywhere. And of course, grateful to have my cousin back home. And hopefully, all of this will be over and they can all come home.