Poetry Part 2

The next section of poetry assignments...

The Awakening by R. Calvert

Scientists have long played with the idea of suspended animation.  This piece of poetry seems to speak to the idea of waking up from a suspended animation of sorts, but there is also the general feeling that these individuals were suspended at a very young age and continued to grow while traverse through space in a comatose state.

While I do not necessarily understand the direction that the author is going, could it be the idea of exploration, or perhaps new birth, I do absolutely love the vivid picturesque language that is used.  Calvert draws my mind to various movies, while also creating worlds that I have not seen before.  His poem reminds me of watching my daughter as she moves about in life seeing new things and making new experiences.

Against Entropy by J.M. Ford

If poetry is a road to travel by, the major thought would be the destination.  In this poem, I believe I understand the destination, but am confused and unsure of the road.  It is conceivable that Ford is writing with the concept of everything ends, be honest now.  All the destruction in the poem leaves me somewhat confused.  I just do not understand this piece.

The balance of pieces were all written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

An Obstacle

This piece would appear to be about how prejudice can be handled.  Ultimately, the traveler in the poem learns that she can move on through the prejudice without having to submit to the will of it.

This piece has beautiful imagery.  The wording leaves me feeling the sense of urgency to be on her way and the weight of the load.  The writing itself is very well executed and draws the reader on to the next line, the next verse.

Similar Cases

This is an odd poem.  I'm really not sure what to think of it.  It is interesting as the idea of the animals talking amongst themselves.  There is definitely a sense of evolutionary process as these animals are seeking to willfully become something more than themselves.  The rhythm of the poem is excellent, but in the end, I am lost as to the purpose and reason for this poem.

A Conservative

How many of us get the greatest things in life, yet refuse to recognize them for what they are?  The butterfly in this particular piece does not want to fly, but wishes to be the Caterpillar that it once was.  The wings, while beautiful to us, are the bane of the existence  of this little creature.

Of the exact theme, I am not sure, but there is a lesson contained inside of this poem to be thankful for what we have.

The Purpose

A story of womanhood.  This poem relates the natures of the relationship between a woman and her progeny.

Locked Inside

Often times we find ourselves in self made prisons.  These prisons have a single reality to them.  While they are made by us, they are also locked inside so that we could be locked in.  This poem speaks to the idea of freedom from our own larceny.  Freedom from ourselves.  We can be free of all the prisons we make for ourselves, if only we unlock the door.

More Females Of the Species

This poem lauds the "deadliness" of the female.  Other than to postulate that this is a feminist poem, I am not sure what to say about it.

Poem for my fellow classmates...

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Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Telescope
by Jonathan Vos Post

I enjoyed this piece as it made me think of all the history and science that we know; with the reality that we haven't even begun to understand the first step in the process.  The Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made.  So very true.

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Sci-Fi by Tracy K. Smith

I understand this poem but I don't.  I idea of moving on past prejudices toward a balanced society is portrayed by the lack of violence and the statement that the sexes will be equal.  What I don't understand, is how the society will continue on "adrift in the haze of space".  This picture casts one in my mind of Earth floating off into the darkness of space.  If this is the case, we would freeze and there would be no dancing for ourselves.  Unless the author is referencing the idea of the orbit of earth, which could be argued as being far from adrift.  Adrift leaves my mind thinking of pointless travel; an orbit on the other hand is highly guided, directed travel by the ballet of the universe.  My guess would be the theme of the poem would be equality, but I really don't follow the author very well.

The Cylon's Dream by R.G. Parent

The initial images as I read through this poem evoke the concepts of the Matrix, Star Wars, and Battle Star Galactica.  I find this poem interesting as it does reference some ideas from the perennial favorites of the Sci-Fi world as stated before, but it also reflects the idea of people watching over our shoulders and controlling our future.  This idea is not new to the course as it is reflected in many of the works we have watched and read.  What is unique is the idea that things will get better.  That while we are all under a level of control here and now, something or someone is rising up to balance the equation; in the words of the Matrix series, Neo is coming.

More poems to be reviewed later...