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CHAPTER 5 POEMS

i MUST SAY THAT MY FAVORITE POEM WAS "THE VICTORY" BY ANNE STEVENSON.  THIS POEM HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT A MOTHER'S INDESCRIBABLE LOVE FOR HER CHILD.  AFTER READING THIS POEM, I WAS LEFT IN AWE DUE TO THE FACT OF MY DEALINGS WITH TROUBLED CHILDREN EVERYDAY.

I AM NOT SURE IF ANNE STEVENSON WAS SPEAKING OF HER OWN EXPERIENCE OR IF SHE WAS SIMPLY CREATING A PERSONA OF A MOTHER WHO WAS DESCRIBING THE PAIN OF 1) BEARING A CHILD, 2) BRINGING IT INTO THIS WORLD OR "...BROUGHT YOU OUT OF MY BODY INTO YOUR LIFE" AS SHE STATED IN HER OWN WORDS, AND 3) RAISING IT AND WITHIN THE LONGRUN TO SEE THAT SAME CHILD CAUSE HER SO MUCH STRIFE!  I DEAL WITH BOTH TROUBLED KIDS AND ALSO THE MOMS OF THESE KIDS THAT SIMPLY HAVE "THE VICTORY" DESPITE EVERYTHING THEIR KIDS ARE PUTTING THEM THROUGH.  OUT OF EVERYTHING THESE MOMS WILL SAY UPON GRIEVING FOR HOW MUCH THEIR CHILD IS A "TINY ANTAGONIST,"  THEY ALWAYS END WITH "I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE HIM OR HER SO MUCH?"

AS FAR AS "THE WINTER EVENING SETTLES DOWN" BY T.S. ELIOT, READING IT INSTILLED A CALM & SERENITY FEELING WITHIN ME.  THE ONLY "VISUAL IMAGERY" THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS.  

WITHIN THE" ROOT CELLAR,"  I BELIEVE BOTH VISUAL AS WELL AS TACTILE IMAGERY WAS INDICATED WITHIN THIS POEM BECAUSE OF ROETHKE'S WORD USAGE SUCH AS "MANURE, LIME, PILED AGAINST SLIPPERY PLANKS." AND "AND WHAT A CONGRESS STINKS!" I CAN ACTUALLY 'SEE' AND 'SMELL' THE NASTY GRIME HE IS TALKING ABOUT.

IN "IN A STATION OF THE METRO," READING IT REMINDED ME OF THE SUBWAY METRO SYSTEM IN NEW YORK.  I WAS ALSO ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THEIR REGULAR ACTIVITIES.

ALSO, IN "THE PIERCING CHILL I FEEL" BY BUSON, IT ONLY REMINDED ME OF PURELY DEATH AND REMEMBRANCE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED.