“Song of Napalm” written by Bruce Weigl
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v7n2/poetry/weigl_b/index.htm
This poem really made me think about what he was trying to get across to his readers. What was he talking about and where was he coming from? He writes, “After the storm, after the rain stopped pounding” (Weigl line 1) Just by reading this, the reader would think that there was a major storm going on. But jumping to the end of this paragraph it says, “Crisscrossed the sky like barbed wire/ But you said they were only branches.” (line 13 & 14) As we can see, someone is lying. There has been mistrust from the women. “I was sane enough to pause and breathe” (line 17). Now what is making her insane and unable to breathe? Weigl picks words that are easy to understand, but the reader has to look deep into the poem to understand what he is talking about. Reading this with the mind frame of life on the farm, in the midst of a storm, watching horses and what the fields had to offer would make sense too. But reading deeper into it, I find a different meaning.
Works Cited
Bruce Weigl, “Song of Napalm,” Poetry of Witness
For another poem of Napalm, check this one out. It's pretty neat!
"Song Of Napalm" by Gary Jacobson © 2001http://pzzzz.tripod.com/napalm.html
“Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting” written by Kevin C. Powers
While reading this poem, it came to mind, how thankful we should ALL be for those that have gone to fight for our freedom. There have been those soldiers that have come home and had many struggles with post-traumatic stress or whatever it may be. In the first paragraph Powers writes, “I tell her I love her like not killing her” (Powers line 1). Now what does he mean by that? So here he is saying that he loves her while he is in war fighting his enemy. In the second stanza is says, the letter will “stink” when opened of “bolt oil and burned powder/and the things that is says” (line 4-8) He is obviously talking about the enemy territory that he is fighting in. P Don’t let fighting wound the heart.
Works Cited
Kevin C. Powers, “Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting”
February 2009- Issue of Poetry
Another love/war poem to check out if you would like.
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