This week we were assigned to read Hal Sirowitz poetry and really I enjoyed his style of writing. Most of his poems were about something his mother said and I found this gave a unique style and tone to his poetry. His poems were very easy to read but they had a complex meaning, and I felt he uses ‘mother said’ in his poetry to emphasize the lesson or meaning the poem is providing. I thought his poem ‘Word Power’ was particularly hilarious, and I loved the lines ‘And one day your wife is going to ask you/ if you really love her. And you should/ tell her yes, & that you also idolize her./ But since you don’t know what the word means,/ you won’t be able to use it. And even if she buys you Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary/ for a birthday present, you still might not get the hint/’ I thought they had a great blend of sarcasm in them. When I first read these lines I couldn’t help but laugh, but when I read it again while I was laughing I also empathized with him for the verbal abuse he went through (in case it was based on a real experience). I liked how his poems were able to make me laugh yet also instill a meaning.
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