Three poems from this book were read today with a substitute teacher. Before I report my analogize of these works, first I'd like to mention that the substitute thought we were stupid and it kind of ruined the experience for me.
Moving on...The first poem was mnemonic by Li-Young Lee. I enjoyed it because I understood it, unlike most poems. It was basically about a girl's memories of her father, both good and bad.
The second poem was Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez. This one I connected with because, first, I also run when I'm upset, and two, it reminds me of one of my favorite songs, Easier to Run by Linkin Park. I think most of the symbloizem of that poem went over my head though.
The third poem was Improvisation for Piano by Michael S. Weaver which just annoyed me, for mutable reasons. First, he's all scared about his son going out in the world cause he's no naive...well you should have taught him better! Duh! Second, he kills himself at the end(I think), hows that going to help your son, huh? Third, I didn't get the title, which just made me feel stupid.
The fourth poem was English-Speaking Persons Will Find Translations by Micheal S. Glaser, which I liked a lot. For one thing, it was simple language, for another it made sense. It was sad, but moving. Three thumbs up for that one. I would have perfered for Ms. Gamzon to teach it, because the sub just kind of said "where is he?" and stupid questions like that, Gamzon would have explained the content a little deeper.
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