Katherine+Hunt



"A poem should not mean, but be." - **Archibald MacLeish** "But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with a rope and torture a confession out of it." - **Billy Collins**


 * These poems below have been written by myself, unless otherwise noted. (Katherine Hunt) **

//__**An Ode-**__//
**An ode to the sky that keeps our strength.**  **As we float into the clouds, are minds do too.**
 * An ode to the person we once were**
 * To the person we are**
 * And to the person we will one day become**
 * What shines up in the atmosphere, can't shine greater than the sun**
 * It only can if you make it that way**
 * An ode to the dreams that you have**
 * That you will soon touch the heavens above**
 * & if you can't reach the stars you at least made it to the sky, right?**
 * An ode to you**
 * Its your decision**
 * You can either keep things the way they are or strive for a change**
 * Either way, this ode is still dedicated to you**
 * You're just a human**
 * Not different from the others, but yet not the same**


 * __//Sonnet-//__ **
 * 1)  **[The boy] [spoke to] [his mot] [her very] [rude ly]**
 * 2)  **[His mot] [her de] [cid ed] [to pu] [nish him]**
 * 3)  **[Af ter] [her son] [was in] [long pun] [ ish ment]**
 * 4) **[The boy’s] [fa ther] [came and] [brought him] [some food] **
 * 5) **[The lit] [tle boy] [de cid] [ed to] [not eat] **
 * 6)  **[By do] [ing so] [the mo] [ther came] [and screamed]**
 * 7) **[The kid] [be gan] [to scream] [wa il] [ and cry] **
 * 8)  **[As the] [mot her] [ex cit] [ed the] [small room]**
 * 9) **[His play] [date knock] [ed on] [the house] [loud ly] **
 * 10)  **[The lit] [tle boys] [sis ter] [an swered] [the door]**
 * 11)  **[She let] [the girl] [in and] [esc ort] [ed her]**
 * 12)  **[The mot] [her told] [the girl] [he was] [pun ished]**
 * 13) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> **[So in] [stead the] [girl play] [ed with] [the date]**
 * 14) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> **[The bro] [ther be] [gan to] [cry as] [he heard]**
 * 15) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> **[Kick ing] [the and] [pun ching] [was his] [re venge]**
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> **[The mo] [ther no] [ticed and] [pun ished] [him more]**
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> **[In the] [end the][boy end] [ed up] [lo osing]**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">__//**I Was Raised By-**//__

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**I was raised by a mother who tended for two other children independently** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**So run with the wind and never look back**
 * By a dad, I could call father but couldn't see everyday**
 * Brought up with a brother I was close to, but watched our relationship fade away**
 * Raised around drugs, guns and violence**
 * The "ghetto" was my home****I grew up with screams and arguments**
 * Cries and tears every night**
 * I was brought up by learning that every tear is letting go of your past**
 * Whether for the worst or the better**
 * I learned not to expect much from others, but to give everyone your all** [[image:goldpoetry2012/Screen_Shot_2012-03-22_at_12.40.24_PM.png width="440" height="410" align="right"]] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">**To make all feel comfortable and to never deny anyone food**
 * I was raised by Pastellilos, arroz con gandules, and mangu**
 * And knowing that if you let someone borrow something to not expect it back**
 * I was raised by determination, hard work, and self discipline**
 * Taught that everything isn't handed to you and with every chance you have to take it**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">//**__Lifetime Momentum-__**//

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> **Walking on the platform off septa seemed empty**
 * There weren't any people around**
 * Every feeling in my body shifted aside**
 * Did I really want to do this?**
 * I stepped to the ledge and felt to wind slap me in the face**
 * It was warning me that I shouldn't do it**
 * I began to hesitate and step away from the edge**
 * But there was something in my head that overpowered my decision**
 * Not thinking was the best thing to do**
 * For a second I put my head in the clouds**
 * Rose my head up high and watch my body go down.**
 * I fell in a pit of despair....**

__ **Artist Statement-** __

**My style of writing is unique. It doesn't really consist of any kind of composition, structure or writing. While writing poetry the subject depends on the way that I am feeling. Poetry is not unfamiliar to me, considering that it has been a way to express myself. Sharing my poetic ideas with others it is difficult because it has a very personal aspect throughout my upbringing. Although, a pattern that I have noticed is that many poems are usually sad or about love. Since this has become distinctive, I have attempted to restrain from writing in reference to these subjects. My fondness of these particular but common topics have enabled me to become initiate in my further creativity.**

* //**These poems below are written by William Carlos Williams:**//


**//__ Winter Trees- __//**

** All the complicated details ** ** of the attiring and ** ** the disattiring are completed! ** ** A liquid moon ** ** moves gently among ** ** the long branches. ** ** Thus having prepared their buds ** ** against a sure winter ** ** the wise trees ** ** stand sleeping in the cold **


 * William Carlos Williams shows the beauty of nature as he speaks of "all the complicating details" on trees in his poem "Winter Trees". He depicts the trees as being dressed and undressed by the snow. As the snow sticks to the trees they become showered with its presence, to then become slightly embellished by the white crystalline. These gracious trees prepare themselves for the spring as they sleep alone. "Thus having prepared their buds". The cold is temporarily their home and a winter wouldn't be the same without these trees. All the details on the trees make the winter more interesting, as "A liquid moon/ moves gently among/ the long branches." William makes pauses within the structure of his composition forcing the reader to slow down and absorb each and every component of his writing. The form consists of small details that describe the winter atmosphere without exactly telling you every detail, letting the readers' mind go wild. That is the why there are only 10 lines, which is also referred to as a "slough". The line length varies, but for the most part there are three or four words long with exception of the last line, which are five. This is to indicate the main topic of winter in the last line "Stand sleeping in the cold", which refers to an extraordinary characteristic of nature. **


 * //__ To A Poor Woman- __// **


 * Munching a plum on **
 * The street a paper bag **
 * of them in her hand **


 * They taste good to her **
 * They taste good **
 * To her. They taste **
 * good to her **


 * You can see it by **
 * the way she gives herself **
 * to the one half **
 * sucked out in her hand **


 * Comforted **
 * a solace of ripe plums **
 * seeming to fill the air **
 * They tasted good to her **


 * William Carlos Williams uses the tone of happiness and a melancholy throughout his poem "To A Poor Old Woman". The poem affects the reader by putting them into a poor old lady's shoes, "munching a plum on/the street a paper bag". With portraying an image of how the lady is eating, the poet describes the character as very delighted. Not everyone likes plums, but everyone has liked something that has given them a mouth water experience, for a sensation of food. As she savors the taste of the plum she is eating, William says, "a solace of ripe plums /seeming to fill the air/They taste good to her". This old lady was content what the little that she had, although it brought a gloomy feeling to the reader to know she didn't have much. The poet uses repetition with the line, "They taste good to her" to emphasize that what she enjoyed the person who is reading this may not. Throughout the poem, there are 5 stanzas and the last stanza is only one sentence, while the others are two to four sentences. The poem also has a structure of 15 line and there seems to be separation every three lines or so. This is indicating the significance the author put towards the plums tasting good this less fortunate woman. With that in mind, there aren't any patterns except for the fact that this in an enjambments, since this is solely about this woman and her relationship with her invigorating plums. **


 * //__Spring Storm-__// **


 * The sky has given over **
 * its bitterness. **
 * Out of the dark change **
 * all day long **
 * rain falls and falls **
 * as if it would never end **
 * Still the snow keeps **
 * its hold on the ground. **
 * But water, water **
 * from a thousand runnels! **
 * It collects swiftly, **
 * dappled with black **
 * cuts a way for itself **
 * through greens ice in the gutters. **
 * Drop after drop it falls **
 * from the withered grass-stems **
 * of the overhanging embankment **


 * Spring storms are bleak and gloomy, which is visually depicted throughout "Spring Storms”, given this set tone. Days begin with rain that start, but don't ever seem to end without it. It is described as bitterness by William Carlos Williams in his poem. Water is everywhere all day long, on the ground, falling, and in the sky. The water doesn't surrender, but does help the plants survive. "Rain falls and falls/ as if it would never end". **** These statements speak generally to the public, since the structure doesn't seem to be addressing anyone in specific. There are also periods and an exclamation point used to start new thoughts that correlate to the main topic. Although, within the poem there is emphasis on the repeated words fall(s), drop and water to describe the precipitation. **** Sooner than later, these drops of water in the poem collect swiftly, eventually enough to form a puddle. **** The rain falls into the gutters as well as onto dry leaves that benefit from its presence. It’s as if s **** pring storms are nothing but depressing, doleful days when the sky is crying. **

__**Citations Used-**__

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