I wish I had something original or insightful to say about City Eclogue, but I honestly just don't get it. In class, hearing from the class is helpful, and I always begin to think that I will start to think in a similar analytical or innovative way that some of my classmates do.
One of the poems that grabbed me was "Simple As One Two" (105-6) because the title suggested that it would be simple. It's not. Of course. I thought that because sections "1" and "i" don't necessarily fit well together, maybe "1" & "2" and "i" & "ii" would fit. Okay, I should say that when I say "fit," I mean "make sense," which means that I can understand exactly what is being said exactly the way it is written. I should know by now not to expect that from poetry.
I thought "ii" was awesome.
"the glass flash and the metal
sharp edge as you is
a paper cut but deeper"
Doesn't that just make you feel something? Pain mostly. Paper cuts are the worst thing that can happen to a person, second only to Memorial Day parade blisters in your cute new shoes.
"ii" used a different positioning technique, too. Rather than basically tabbing each line in one further, like parts "1" and "i" and "Painting From Science for Hui Ka-Kwong" (and all sorts of other poems), "ii" makes that angle come on the right. I prefer this. It looks beautiful. This section is different from the others, so it isn't surprising that is arranged differently too.
The only poem with a period in the title is "Point." That's fitting, right? Put a point at the end of the word point.
I think you do 'get it' but that happens in different ways in poetry... well done, nice way to focus in on what interests you. Well said and great response poem.
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