DDCPoetry

Poem Found Here:   "Down Jacket God" by Moon Bo Young Translated by Hedgie Choi The language is simple.  I think there's two commas in the whole poem and everything else are just simple sentences, but the subject matter is so complex.  As a prose poem, this poem leads the reader down the scenario, the set up metaphor, and how the metaphor works very cleanly that when we get the end of the poem, there's a simple clean sentence with a devastating image. "God wears a massive down jacket."  The scenario.  Although the image of god wearing a down jacket seems odd and humorous. the poem pivots to focus on the make-up of the jacket, the set-up, " Humans are the countless duck feathers trapped inside," So God is looking good in a comfortable jackets, and humans are the ones that fill in that warm support.  "the poet writes."  Placing the poet in this poet subdues the metaphor from being direct and transfers power to the poet, the observer.  God, ...