Recess

Cathy Song's poem, The White Porch, was one in which I related to the most.  It was an easy read, much like A Blessing, allowing the beauty of the poem to overwhelm the reader.  I appreciated this poem because of the simplicity of it and how sitting on a porch and enjoying the sunlight can be made into art.  The lines,

Still dripping water,

it'll be dry by supper,

by the time the dust

settles off your shoes,

though it's only five

past noon (7-12)

reminds me of summers at home.  When my brother and I were younger, summer was our favorite time of the year.  No matter how hot the temperature was outside, we would find something entertaining to do, such as running through the sprinkler a multitude of times.  For hours we would run around enjoying the cool water and eventually tire out and retreat indoors.  Although it wasn't dust settling off our shoes, we would soak up the day and go about it again the following day. 

It's reading poetry like this poem that encourages me to be persistent in this major.  Yes, the difficult text is important and sometimes well worth the read, but poems like this... well it's like I'm back in elementary school, like I have just spent the past two hours interpreting a difficult poem and then this poem comes along, a fifteen minute recess break on the playground that makes my whole school day worth it.