Mary Szybist's Here, There Are Blueberries

Mary Szybist’s lyrical poem, “Here, There Are Blueberries,” expresses the thoughts and feelings of a narrator who is enjoying nature while on a picnic. The narrator uses different types of imagery to reach the theme of the poem. Through the imagery of nature, the narrator appreciates the world around her and decides people are wrong when they say people do not just keep living to live. Altogether, the poem’s imagery illustrates the theme that one does not need something to live for. The narrator uses visual imagery to appreciate and admire nature’s beauty. She is surrounded by clouds, fields, blueberries, and moss during her picnic. The time is taken by her to notice the shape and dazzle of the clouds, describing them as “...swelling clouds…” and “...bright clouds” (L.1/5). She also describes the meadow vividly with imagery as “...whole fields without wires…[and]...the blackened moss…” (L.9\10). The details she notices show her appreciation of nature. Anyone who takes that much notice of small details in nature finds nature beautiful and wonderful. The narrator's perception of how beautiful and wonderful nature is makes her come to the conclusion that people should over look …show more content…
nature’s beauty, she welcomes that she has no reason to wake up in the morning for the time being regardless of other’s views. According to her, people say, “[one] must live for something...people don’t live to just keep living,” but she believes those people are wrong (L.13/14). She is okay with not having a specific reason to wake up every morning because the world will eventually bring something her way with its plentiful offerings. At the moment though, she enjoys not having anything to live for because “...here is the quince tree, a sky bright and empty…[h]ere there are blueberries…” (L.15/16). She understands “...there is no need to note [her]” for the time being due to the beautiful and offering world around her