Margaret A. May ENGL 532 Dr. A. Vander Zee 09 December 2024 Anti-War Poetry in the Aftermath of Two Wars: a Deep Dive into the Differences Where there is conflict, there will also be those who are against it. Fights are inevitable when emotions run high and two differing opinions are at stake, which is […]
As long as humans continue to fight in wars, there will be people who oppose wars. War poses a moral dilemma that often leaves people reeling. Opposition to the death, destruction, and catastrophe that characterizes many conflicts finds itself in songs, journalism, and poetry. Writers vent their frustrations on paper to cope with things they […]
How many things could we possibly be thankful for? Ross Gay says that there is a whole lot that we should thank others for and recognize how special the world around the reader can be. His poem, “A Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude,” was similar to the Thanksgiving tradition of going around a table and saying […]
Did he talk to you Did you she what she saw I do the talking My words formed by turns and curves The lion spoke It spoke to me As the dog barked The shadowy dog barked Did you hear the juggler Did you hear the embarrassed juggler Is she in the portrait Did they […]
All things must come to an end. Years come to a close, and seasons change as life moves on and continues forward. Richard Wilbur’s poem, Year’s End, focuses on the end of a season as life moves on and continues. The narrator examines his surroundings and discusses how life, ideas, and moments often end with […]
According to many critics and writers, Audre Lorde had many titles and a place in literary history. In the article “Audre Lorde: Influence, Sisterhood, Legacy,” authors Eve Oishi and Jennifer Bowen focus on all the people that Lorde was during her life. Poetry cannot exist without poets, and different schools of poetry grew around these […]
In the morning First light appears across the fields The first bird calls out, Heralding the arrival of a new day A decade prior Looking out across the vast ocean above the breaking waves. Foam gathers into shapes and places People I knew, and buildings long gone Another wave breaks, breaking brick and mortar […]
The title of John Asberry’s poem seems to pose both a question and a statement. The reader is caught by the idea that there is only one thing that can be done or the question of what that one thing is. When we are stuck in emergency situations, we often question the one thing that […]
During my reading of this week’s selection, I became drawn especially to the poems of Robert Duncan because of how they flowed together, but also because of what they were saying. My favorite of the three that we were assigned was “Passage Over Water” which took the reader on a journey across the poem. Duncan […]
Gregory Corso’s “The American Way” puts a primary focus on what could potentially lead the country into ruin. The speaker focuses on the forces at play within the country that could spell out an impending doom for the nation. Ideologies and ideas are crashing together, but America seems ready to repeat the mistakes of the […]