Poem Reflections

The Shout

by: Simon Armitage

This poem presents a scenario that is not common. It begins describing the author with a young man. The poems message or meaning is not easily understood. We know from the details provided, they are in Australia. I find it very interesting how the author ends the poem. "The boy with the name and face I don't remember, you can stop shouting now, I can still hear you." It is powerful how he can not remember the young man's face or name, but he can still hear him. Can it be that he his haunted by this young mans death? Can he hear the agony of the young man? Does he in some way feel responsible for this young man's death? All this questions allows the reader to make many assumptions as to the purpose of the poem. This is why I find this poem interesting.

Names We Sing in Sleep & Ange

by Amaud Jamaul Johnson

I found this poem interesting because it "hit so close to home" with my own personal life. I too had my three best friend from high school join the military. All three are in dangerous territory, in the middle east. I found it surprising how similar the poem was to my own emotions. I find it bitter sweet to know one day I will come across their path and have an education and career and not know where they will be in their life. If they are even alive at all. I think the ending to this poem is thought provoking. Do our military men face life at a faster speed than we do here in are everyday life? I think so, they face death as young men, while we may face death later on in life. They come to terms with losing loved ones, before we ever do. This poem is will written and the emotion can be felt through this poem.

Color

by Christina Rossetti

This poem's pattern is what I found pleasant. The questioned followed by an answer was interesting and enticing. The rhyme in the poem also helps the flow of reading. It's interesting to see how people view colors. I have my own ideas as to how I would express colors. Everybody has a different perspective and that is what makes this poem original and pretty cool.

Deep in Our Refrigerator

by Jack Prelutsky

Funny! I found this poem humorous and yet thought provoking with much more substance than its surface may seem. I could relate to the other, because my mother at times does the same thing. I have never thought of a poem about it. I think it's interesting how it seems simple to just throw away the useless items into the garbage, yet his mother won't do it. And the cycle continues and continues... How about how this relates to life in a deeper meaning? This is now one of my favorite poems - interesting.