Synopsis
“The Tyger” looks at what could create such a creature like the tiger. The poem takes a look at the different parts of the tiger’s body and the thing (God?) who created the subject. Continue Reading
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“Ode to Cinco de Mayo” by Gary R. Hess
“Ode to Cinco de Mayo”
by Gary R. Hess
An American Holiday
for our Mexican friends.
The best of our cultures
merged and united. Continue Reading
“Divide Us, Unite Us” by Gary R. Hess – A Slam Poem
“Divide Us, Unite Us”
by Gary R. Hess
They want to divide us.
They want us to see color,
to see religion, to see ethnicity, and see gender,
to anger us and separate us
so we don’t see the truth
of what really divides us:
money. Continue Reading
Justice in Life by Gary R. Hess – A Slam Poem
“Justice in Life”
by Gary R. Hess
I knew a man who grew up poor
in a small town in rural America.
His parents worked hard and provided
but they still struggled.
This man was molested when he was little
and harassed while at school.
He walked through life with his head down,
his shoulders curled,
and a frown upon his lips. Continue Reading
“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe – Analysis and Poem
Synopsis
“Annabel Lee” is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous writings. In this work, Poe looks at his love, Annabel Lee. Long ago, in a kingdom by a sea, lived a maiden named Annabel Lee who lived to love and be loved by the speaker. The two of them were so deeply in love that the “the wingèd seraphs of Heaven” coveted it. He says that this is why the “wind blew out of a cloud, chilling / My beautiful Annabel Lee” causing her “highborn kinsmen” to come and take her away from him and put her in a tomb. The angels, being not so happy in heaven, envied them and that is why they caused her to die. He says that their love is stronger than anyone wiser or older than him and that there isn’t any angel or demon that can take it away. He says that every night he dreams of his wife and sees her beautiful eyes in sky and all night long he lies next to his wife inside her tomb. Continue Reading
“Oh, My Sausage!” by Gary R. Hess – A Funny Poem about Food
“Oh, My Sausage!”
by Gary R. Hess
Dear sausage,
Your wondrous length
has beauty and sensuality
that only you provide.
You bring men to their knees
and open their mouth wide
for you to enter freely. Continue Reading
“I died for Beauty, but was scarce” by Emily Dickinson – Analysis and Poem
Synopsis
“I died for Beauty, but was scarce” is a poem in which the speaker is dead. The speaker says she died for her beauty, but that beauty is not common. The speaker then says a man who died for truth is then laid to rest in a room across the way. The man asks the woman why she failed, she replies “for beauty”. The man says they are family. The two then talk until “moss reached [their] lips, / And covered up [their] names.” Continue Reading
“Ode to Large Tuna in the Market” by Pablo Neruda – Analysis and Poem
Synopsis
“Ode to Large Tuna in the Market” is about the author walking through the market and seeing a variety of different vegetables but only one fish, and the fish is what catches his eye and admiration the most. He goes on to brag about the greatness of this fish, the tuna. Continue Reading
“This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams – Analysis and Poem
Synopsis
This poem is written like a note William Carlos Williams would write for his refrigerator in his doctor’s office for one of the nurses or partners. It is simply an apology letter for eating someone’s delicious plums. Continue Reading
“a total stranger one black day…” by E.E. Cummings – Analysis and Poem
Synopsis
“a total stranger one black day” is about a man who does something to anger a “stranger”. The stranger then fights him. The stranger found it hard to forgive the speaker. It is then revealed that the stranger is himself and now they are immortal friends. Continue Reading