Poem found here: "Current" by Alan Soldofsky Disclaimer: So I've known Alan for years and when his poem popped up on the front page of Poets.org, I wanted to analyze this. I don't know if me announcing I know the guy matters at all except for I admit my bias. So let's start, shall we? The beginning line foreshadows the entire theme of the poem, "I'm careful where I step." Not what's stated but the structure of the poem. Regardless of the beauty around, the speaker can't help but intrude in it, analyze it, and not be a part of the current. As with the majority of Alan Soldofsky poems, a reader has to pay special attention to the verbs: [...] Water ripples greenish blue against hot sand; pebbles mixed with quartz grains and pine needles, sharp amid the duff, blown down from the upper stories of the sugar pines clumped along the beach. Kids falling off paddle boards into the cold lake, voices like stretched brake linings in the dry air. [E...
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