Life is often spent yearning for another person. This person could be someone toxic, wonderful, or perhaps even fictitious. Regardless, we experience introspection separate from that person, no matter the relationship’s conditions. My collection of poems deals with the feelings experienced during and after a relationship—and the notion that these feelings are experienced in solitude. While a relationship is a connection shared between two people, the resulting emotions felt are separate and confined to the individual. The first four poems presented: A Still Evening, Soft Psalm, Black Tar, and Claire de Lune are the speaker’s experiences with another person. However, the subsequent poems: Dear Iridescent, City Lights in the Wild, and Thyme
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These songs gave me emotions I could not put into words while listening, but I could not grasp one specific interpretation of the songs because of its sparse, abstract language. This idea inspired my poem Dear Iridescent. Though this poem’s language is not sparse in nature, who the speaker is addressing is unclear. I do not want readers to get bogged down with figuring out the specifics of the poem. Instead, I hope readers can read the poem and merely feel whatever chooses to come over them. The speaker’s tone in the poem is not always consistent which embodies the mood swings we often feel in relationships. Further, I hope this poem is a unique feeling to each reader as there is not one universal meaning to …show more content…
However, in EN304, I was introduced to a diverse spectrum of poets. One specific poet that we studied in this course influenced my work greatly. Elizabeth Bishop is (was?) a poet I would have never came across outside this course. Her poem, The Moose, moved me tremendously. It told the story of a moose intercepting a bus in effortless, yet poignant, language, something I constantly strive for in my own work. While it is a lengthy poem, Bishop was able to convey a powerful message through sparse stanza lines and quick dialogue which I found extremely impressive. This poem inspired me to write, City Lights in The Wild, where I wrote about the physical surroundings of New York City, similar to how Bishop wrote about the physical surroundings of her bus journey, to communicate a deeper message about relationships. Likewise, the poet Li Young Lee has been extremely influential to my work. My high school poetry teacher would often read us Lee’s work, emphasizing his vivid imagery and unique diction to his own heritage. Specifically Lee’s poem, Persimmons, has stuck with me. This poem evokes the confusion of language across different cultures. The profound subject matter of Lee’s poetry is a talent I will always aspire to possess in my own
These songs gave me emotions I could not put into words while listening, but I could not grasp one specific interpretation of the songs because of its sparse, abstract language. This idea inspired my poem Dear Iridescent. Though this poem’s language is not sparse in nature, who the speaker is addressing is unclear. I do not want readers to get bogged down with figuring out the specifics of the poem. Instead, I hope readers can read the poem and merely feel whatever chooses to come over them. The speaker’s tone in the poem is not always consistent which embodies the mood swings we often feel in relationships. Further, I hope this poem is a unique feeling to each reader as there is not one universal meaning to …show more content…
However, in EN304, I was introduced to a diverse spectrum of poets. One specific poet that we studied in this course influenced my work greatly. Elizabeth Bishop is (was?) a poet I would have never came across outside this course. Her poem, The Moose, moved me tremendously. It told the story of a moose intercepting a bus in effortless, yet poignant, language, something I constantly strive for in my own work. While it is a lengthy poem, Bishop was able to convey a powerful message through sparse stanza lines and quick dialogue which I found extremely impressive. This poem inspired me to write, City Lights in The Wild, where I wrote about the physical surroundings of New York City, similar to how Bishop wrote about the physical surroundings of her bus journey, to communicate a deeper message about relationships. Likewise, the poet Li Young Lee has been extremely influential to my work. My high school poetry teacher would often read us Lee’s work, emphasizing his vivid imagery and unique diction to his own heritage. Specifically Lee’s poem, Persimmons, has stuck with me. This poem evokes the confusion of language across different cultures. The profound subject matter of Lee’s poetry is a talent I will always aspire to possess in my own