Group E Poems

This week i was in group E poems
My favorite poem of the three we had to read was Daystar by Dove. In this poem the author draws the perfect picture of the typical tired, stressed out over worked mother. Throughout the entire poem the author describes the many reasons as to why the mother wants what is stated at the end. "for an hour----where/ she was nothing,/ pure nothing, in the middle of the day. In my head when i read this line i visualized a mother sitting outside staring off in the distance think of absolutely nothing, just wishing her kids would take a long nap so she could have some time to herself. Like she says she wants in the beginning when she says "she wanted a little room for thinking" Every mother deserves so me time alone.

The next poem we read was The one girl at the boys' party by Olds. This poem was so strange to me... I found this poem to be written with the message trying to be of how this girl has changed, or was maturing. The comparisons of her body to math numbers or symbols was very odd and differnt. I do not know for sure who is telling this story but because of how detailed it is about her body i didn't think it was her mother or father. In my experience parents are typically sad they are growing up and the narrator of this poem seemed to be admiring it. So then part of me thought it could have been a boy who liked her, until the author talked about sitting her down, then it seemed as if it was a younger girl. I still do not fully understand who is narrorating this poem.

The third poem we read was Daddy by Plath I found this poem to be dark and very angry.. I did not like this poem as much as the other two. Not because of the anger, but because it was so much harder for me to read and follow along than the other two.