Poetry Exploration

I read the following ten poems:

1. Lullaby, by: W.H Auden
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15542

2. Somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond, by: E. E. Cummings
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15401

3. It Was Raining In Delft, by: Peter Gizzi
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19020

4. To His Coy Mistress, by: Andrew Marvell
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16076

5. Credo, by: Matthew Rohrer
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/18998

6. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130), by: William Shakespeare
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15557

7. When You are Old, by: W.B. Yeats
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15526

8. True Love, by: Robert Penn Warren
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15313

9. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, by: Robert Herrick
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15923

10. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, by: Christopher Marlowe
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16408

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

The poem I read was titled "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" the authors name is Robert Herrick. I liked this poem because it relates to me. There is a line the poem that says "Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry;" I go to church and all the time in the Sunday morning services and even at bible study on Wednesday nights the pastors tells the young people to wait until marriage to give up your special gift. Because that "thing" isn't going anywhere. Because you can go and just give it up to just anyone and they think anything of it but you would. Also being a virgin is sacred its not meant for just anybody to have your body that is gift that should be given to your husband or wife on your very "special" wedding night.

When You Are Old

I read the poem called "When you are old" by: W. B. Yeats. I liked this poem because it relates to my grandmother. She might not be "old and gray" but she has wisdom. My grandmother is a minister at my church and she has used her love of God to attract others to the church. There is a line the poem that says "How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true" honestly there are countless numbers of people who love her she just has a way to connect with people of all ages. There is also a line in the poem that says" And bending down beside the glowing bars" my grandmother and believe in the rapture which is the coming of jesus christ and to me the glowing bars are the heavenly gates that all people will eventually get to before they are judged by the Lord that will determiune if they will be in heaven or hell.

Credo

I read the poem entitled "Credo" written by: Matthew Rohrer. I like this poem because it relates to my current relationship. I have just recently rekindled an old relationship that I had my sophmore year in high school. The reason we broke up was because he was going to college and he didn't want me to be attached to him. But the times that we had were great. There is a line in the poem that reads "I believe the woman sleeping beside me doesn't care about what's going on outside".This part of the poem relates to us because we never cared what people thought about us or the decisions that we made. We just wanted to be together and we wanted to wake up every morning and see each others smiling face in the morning sun. There is also another line in the poem that reads "and her body is warm with trust which is a great beginning." When we would hug our bodys were very warm against have other. But we haven't talked for about a year and just Saturday I saw him at his old job and he told how much he missed what we had and how he regreted letting me go and we have start a new beginning.