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Original poem reprinted online here: "Late Confession" by Gary Soto Originally read: February 20, 2013 More information about the Poet: Gary Soto The reoccurring image here is the orange.  Not only in this poem but from the poem " Oranges" also by Gary Soto .  Did I pick this up on my first read? Nope.  So I bring this up first because I wonder how much of a conversation this poem and "Oranges" have with one another.  Is it only the image?  Or is there contextualization issue where one image of the orange in a poem brings a different light to another image of the orange  The idea behind this is focusing how poems connect with each other, perhaps through a collection, or solo. As of now though, I only have this poem by itself, and, although I have read "Oranges",  I feel that this poem stands on it's own and the image of the orange (and also others) within the poem creates unrepentant nostalgia. So late confession stands for a confession in th...

Original poem reprinted online here: "Change" by Wendy Videlock Originally read: February 5, 2013  More information about the Poet: Wendy Videlock This is a definition poem. Well, not like the ones I described before. This is more like a variable poem where x=y, y=/=x or something like that.  So in the first three lines, the speaker redefines "change" as "god."  Furthermore, the tone is like an infomercial trying to sell me a new definition.  And just like some infomercials, I just want to read how the redefinition works out. Since god and change have a dual definition, change and god do the following: 1) lovely enough to raise a song 2) implicate (line break) 3) implicate a sea of wrongs 4) mighty enough (? the comma after enough confuses me -- I think the line should read "mighty enough / like other gods [changes]") 5) shelter 6) bring together 7) estrange us The only line that isn't straightforward is the "implicate" line which I...