Philip Larkin-High Windows

The reason this poem caught my eye is quite simple.  It dropped the f-bomb in the first sentence.  What I gathered from this poem after reading it a couple of times is that it is a bitter old man who is getting to the end of his life.  He is watching younger people and "admiring" their adtions.  He was wondering if people "admired" him forty five years ago the way he is now.  That was what I first thought anyways.  I think now that he isnt so bitter, but just notices things that oldeer people generally do, but dont speak aloud.  He thinks of high windows which probably not alot of people pay attention to and he sees an endless blue.  Kind of just makes me think he has a lot of stuff on his mind, but he just stares into the endless with out speaking.

Dylan Thomas-Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

I think that this poem is about death.  When he says,"Do not go gentle into that good night," I think he is basically saying fight death.  He says that old age should "burn and rave at the close of day" and I think that by end of day he means life.  "Rage, rage" means fight.  An early lesson that we learn in life is that someday we are going to die.  Wshen we are young we pay no attention to this lesson because we think we are invincible.  As we grow older it is no longer in the back of our minds it is real.  I think he is trying to say that when we know death is coming close instead of giving up or being okay with it we should be smart and "not go gently."

Incident-By Countee Cullen

I really like this poem.  Not for the nefativity of what happened, but for how everyone on this earth can probably relate to this poem.  There have been many experiences in my life where the only thing that I can remember is the negative experience that happened.  It is sad that stuff that cuts us to the bone is the easiest to remember.  The person in the poem lost 6 to 7 months of their life because of someone elses ignorance.  The hardest thing to do in life is to realize that we control how we choose to feel.  We should never give another human that control over us.  It only satisfies their ignorance.