Poetry Readings

For our experimental/ poetry readings I chose 3 poems. These poems that I really liked even if I didn't really understand them all.

The first poem that I read was "This Moment" by Eavan Boland. This poem was great. It has very simple and short lines. It really reminds me of describing to myself the moment that is currently occurring. My favorite part of this poem is "Stars and Moths, and rinds slanting around fruit, but not yet." I like the way he says stars and moths. It's not something that most would put together. What do stars have to do with moths, and why moths? I thought it was a good way to describe the time of day, which is early evening. The rest of that part just sounds good.

The second poem that I read was "The Letter" by Linda Gregg. I thought that this poem was quite uplifting but at the same time just a little sad. She writes about not feeling quite strong yet. I assume she was in an accident or was sick. Then she speaks of all of the happy things that she does and how she hopes to swim soon. Everything put together just screams overcoming a major obstacle. But the thing that makes me like this poem so much is that I am curious about the subject of the poem. Are they sick? Did they get hurt? Why just a half of a bottle of beer?

The Third poem that I read was Carolyn Kizer's "To an Unknown Poet." This poem works for several reasons. The first reason I think that this poem works is because the subject of the poem is writing to a poet. You don't hear about other poet's thoughts of poets very often. But it also has many very abstract details. The author also questions herself in the poem.