DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here:  "I Write You This on a Train Named for an Endangered Bird" by Kyle McCord Originally read: January 17, 2013 More information about the Poet: Kyle McCord After rereading this, I'm trying to figure out what the name of the endangered bird is.  The funny thing is is that the name of the bird is not important -- rather it's the loose end that's not answered in the poem. However, the whole question/answer, call/response idea doesn't come into effect until after the poem is done.  When I first read this poem, I felt this poem was only a stream-of-consciousness poem where the focus was entirely the directions the ideas were going.  For example, "like pitting your protagonist against an all-knowing, all-seeing jaguar spirit." which I past me thought was funny. Now I realize that this poem deals with duality not only  scene wise, but within the language itself.  Note how there's a separation between the first sentence...

Original poem reprinted online here: "Outside Fargo, North Dakota" by James Wright Originally read: December 29, 2012 (Am I missing a day? Too lazy to go back now)  More information about the Poet: James Wright So in my notes I write that this poem works on two levels -- Internal and Meta: "Internal:  The next lines "'onely / and sick for home.' the images above feel[s] like a representation of internal strife: white horses, going into the shadows, a sprawled body derailed." "Meta:  The poem turns from observational to internal -- nothing too surprising.  But the line 'I nod as I write good evening' is the only physical response of the speaker to anything -- and his physical response turns inward to the poem and the speaker." Past me, I don't think you fully describe meta that well.  So the speaker of the poem writes about the creation of a poem.  And all the symbols and images lead to how a poem is created.  And I could see it in ...