DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "Discrimination" by Kenneth Rexroth Originally read: June 1, 2013 More information about the Poet: Kenneth Rexroth Cocky? Pretentious?  The tone has audacity, "I don't mind the human race."  Which is then followed up by, "I've got pretty used to them"  -- a pretty awkward statement, but an intriguing one.  The focus here is the mindset of the speaker whose tone  and insight on the subject of the "human race."  And the short declarative lines makes this poem have unintentional (or intentional) humorous moments.      I don't mind if they sit next      To me on streetcars, or eat      In the same restaurants, if      It's not at the same table. These lines have a personal feel to them, the level of detail and disdain is humorous as the speaker nit picks what he can "tolerate."  And what of these situations?  Dinner, and a streetcar....

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Snow" by Kenneth Rexroth Originally read: January 11, 2013 More information about the Poet:  Kenneth Rexroth  So there's a certain speed of images that goes on here.  After rereading the poem today, I thought of how to control speed in a poem like for example alliteration and assonance create speed in a poem; furthermore, I feel, the majority of the time, longer sentences create speed.  So would that mean a long sentence with alliteration can be read the fastest? Anyway,  the poem starts out slow through sentence structure and image, "Low clouds hang on the mountain."  The poem could go into a different image for movement sake, but it's the reiteration (note: not repetition) of the image that slows the poem down, "The forest is filled with fog."  So the first few lines focuses on the clouds and the attributes of clouds: dim, invisible, growing.  Clouds are then juxtaposed by birds who take on the emotion...