10 poems

1. Celebración- Pablo Neruda
2. November Winds- Anonymous
3. Alzheimer's: The Wife- C.K. Williams
4. Wan Chu's Wife in Bed- Richard Jones
5. The Death of Santa Clause- Charles Webb
6. So Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?- Ron Koertge
7. I am I am- Jim Morrison
8. La Migra- Pat Mora
9. The Rose- Donna Brock
10. Poetry- Marianne Moore

The Rose for Donna Brock is just a Haiku poem, but reminded me of a couple other rose poems we talked about in class. We always connected a rose with love and romance, but often came across a few poems that went against the traditional meaning of a rose. This poem does that as well. "The red blossom bends...and drips its dew to the ground...like a tear it falls." Tears to me often symbolize sadness, not so much love and romance.

Wan Chu's Wife in Bed is about a husband who often leaves his wife at home to sell trinkets in different China towns. While him and his wife lay in bed, he tells her how she is the only woman he will ever love and how his heart will always stay with her. The wife wishes to be able to lay awake all night in bed, but the end of the story has an ironic twist. The wife says that tomorrow night her husband will be miles away and she will be awake all night in bed with another man. To me, this poem does not have much meaning or poetic styles, but is more of a fun, easy to understand, free verse about love and infidelity.