DDCPoetry

Poem found here:  "Belfast Tune" by Joseph Brodsky The poem is in quatrains with an alternating rhyme scheme (abab).  And there is a sense of musicality within the poem, but the content within the poem has broader implications. But, with the beginning of a tune, there's something specific, a girl:      Here's a girl from a dangerous town      She crops her dark hair short      so that less of her has to frown      when someone gets hurt. Note the how ambiguous the town is described versus the specific intent of the girl.  Also the girl is reacting to the danger -- of someone getting hurt.  And note that the specific detail of the cropped hair  not to hide but to see.      She folds her memories like a parachute.      Dropped, she collects the peat      and cooks her veggies at home: they shoot      here where they eat. The image of the parachut...