DDCPoetry

 Poem Found Here: "Vocabular Lesson" by Don Hogle This poem is a timepiece where someone else's definition and usage of the word changes the dynamic of a father son relationship. In the beginning of the poem the poem sets up the scene, "My father was driving. I was in / the passenger seat of the Rambler."  The rambler is important to note here because it places the poem in a different time frame than now.  From a cursory search, a Rambler was a car in the 1960's. In the second stanza, there's already foreshadowing of perspective, "He watched the road. I looked / straight ahead at the palm trees."  In my notes I wrote how the enjambment works here.  The drop off of "straight ahead at the palm trees" focuses the reader to the first word, "straight."  I feel this is another foreshadowing of the upcoming conversation. However, the poem continues with the narrative by giving context of past conversations.  "Mysteries of sex...