My Favorite Poem from the 4

My favorite poem is “You Are Reading This Too Fast”, by Ken Norris. I like to think of this as more of a guide then a poem, as it is telling me how to read a poem. As I read through, it tells me the pace I should be at, and how I should pay attention to every word. One thing that is really neat about it is how at the beginning, it tells me to slow down. Almost every time I read it, I seem to be reading fast, then I slow down like the poem tells me to. I think that every time I read another poem, I should take in consideration the tips that this poem gave me.

Johnnie’s Poem Questions

In “Johnnie’s Poem”, I believe the message is that poems can written about almost anything, and the deeper you search through your emotions, the more thought and meaning will come out of the poem. I partly agree with this. Most poems are probably written out of this theory, but I think you can make a poem about anything and still put tons of meaning, thought, and depth if you try hard enough. Now, what exactly is poetry? I don’t think there really is a logical definition for poetry, because all poetry is different and holds many meanings that are probably almost impossible to break into a definition. However, one way you could put it would be a series of words, paragraphs, phrases that all connect together to prove a meaning.

Cue For Treason

Cue for Treason was a very well written novel in my opinion. The book was exiting, and had many themes that evenly flowed with each other through the book. The best part was that the main characters were around my age, so it was easy to relate to their feelings, and actions through the book. I was a little disappointed that the main plot wasn’t introduced until halfway through the book. It felt I was waiting quite a while until the actually storyline came along. However when it was introduced, it was very exciting and held lots of action. Overall, the book was great, and had much depth to it. Definitely not the best I’ve ever read, however it was worth reading. My personal rating: 75/100.

January 10th 2010