I am writing my essay over the poems “Mountain Boomer” by Howard Starks, “Chahta Ahaya Moma” by Ron Wallace, and “Hurt Hawks” by Robinson Jeffers. The reason why I chose these three poems is because they all seem to have a distinct form of sadness. They are about being cornered, destroyed, and/or killed. I like these poems because of how sad and true they are. They represent the things we humans have a tendency to do at times, whether to humans or animals.
Howard Starks once wrote a poem called, “Mountain Boomer”. This poem is about a lizard that is native to Oklahoma, called the mountain boomer, who is minding his own business when a child comes up to disrupt his solitude. There is this part in the poem where the lizard is just lying there, …show more content…
This poem is about the Choctaw’s forced removal from their land and the tragedies that befell them. In the poem Wallace wrote, “Old Jackson tried to kill the Choctaw moons/with strokes of ink and a feathered quill/despite the debt he owed,” (32) and, “Pushmataha came with the Choctaw warriors and stood beside Sharp Knife in the time of war against the Red Coats.” (32). During the War of 1812, the Choctaws, or moons as Wallace wrote, were led by their leader, Pushmataha, to help General Andrew Jackson against the British Red Coats. But when it all came down to it, Jackson, now President of the United States, didn’t honor what the Choctaws did to help in the war. To tear apart the lives of these people, all Jackson had to do was sign a piece of paper, which …show more content…
To be cut down before its time, is one of the saddest things that can happen. The last poem I have chosen to write about is “Hurt Hawks” by Robinson Jeffers, which is about a hawk that is dying and wants mercy from Death. This beautiful hawk “is strong, and pain is worse to the strong; incapacity is worse.” (line 9). In life, to many people, to be incapacitated is a very wretched experience. His hawk is supposed to be wild and free, but instead, he is confined to the ground until Death greets him. The narrator in the poem fed the hawk and cared for him, but “He wandered over the foreland hill and returned in the evening, asking for death.” (line 22). Hawks are arrogant and prideful creatures, and don’t care for the help of others. So the narrator gave the hawk his gift of death. Then, through this gift, the hawk was
Howard Starks once wrote a poem called, “Mountain Boomer”. This poem is about a lizard that is native to Oklahoma, called the mountain boomer, who is minding his own business when a child comes up to disrupt his solitude. There is this part in the poem where the lizard is just lying there, …show more content…
This poem is about the Choctaw’s forced removal from their land and the tragedies that befell them. In the poem Wallace wrote, “Old Jackson tried to kill the Choctaw moons/with strokes of ink and a feathered quill/despite the debt he owed,” (32) and, “Pushmataha came with the Choctaw warriors and stood beside Sharp Knife in the time of war against the Red Coats.” (32). During the War of 1812, the Choctaws, or moons as Wallace wrote, were led by their leader, Pushmataha, to help General Andrew Jackson against the British Red Coats. But when it all came down to it, Jackson, now President of the United States, didn’t honor what the Choctaws did to help in the war. To tear apart the lives of these people, all Jackson had to do was sign a piece of paper, which …show more content…
To be cut down before its time, is one of the saddest things that can happen. The last poem I have chosen to write about is “Hurt Hawks” by Robinson Jeffers, which is about a hawk that is dying and wants mercy from Death. This beautiful hawk “is strong, and pain is worse to the strong; incapacity is worse.” (line 9). In life, to many people, to be incapacitated is a very wretched experience. His hawk is supposed to be wild and free, but instead, he is confined to the ground until Death greets him. The narrator in the poem fed the hawk and cared for him, but “He wandered over the foreland hill and returned in the evening, asking for death.” (line 22). Hawks are arrogant and prideful creatures, and don’t care for the help of others. So the narrator gave the hawk his gift of death. Then, through this gift, the hawk was