At only a decade old
They gave me a green booklet and a white document
To use for traveling
A puffer jacket, a beanie and a scarf
To wear if it turns cold
No need to bring a baggage
Just bring the sultry heat of our summer
The image of our palm trees, our green meadows
And our roots and colors
Half a decade later
Well-adjusted and wearing a puffer jacket,
A beanie and a scarf
They gave me lots of folded white papers,
And then an entrance to University
Overjoyed,
But still feeling the sultry heat of my summer
The image of my palm trees, my green meadows
My roots and colors
A decade later
I came home with a puffer jacket,
A beanie and a scarf on my one hand
A piece of paper on the other,
Called a CV
I sat down, contented with everything
And felt the sultry heat of my summer
The image of my palm trees, my green meadows
My roots and colors
Hello Jodealyn,
ReplyDeleteI like this response to the poem 'A Book and a Pen'. Well done!
I can really appreciate and almost feel the contrasts in temperature/ climate/ place created here with the use of the puffer jacket / beanie / scarf and palm trees / meadows imagery.
In stanzas 2 + 3 it's almost like the paper is neutral, or in the middle of those 2 'places' that you evoke.
Does the education etc. gained on your travels away from your "roots and colors" allow you to appreciate your home more?
Do you feel more connected to that warm and inviting place?
Do you feel connected to other places too now that you have broadened your horizons?
Do you feel a sense of loss - like that portrayed in Rasmussen's poem near the end?
At the beginning your character is seen going away from her country. But as compare to the author your character have in her mind to help her people when she go back because at the end of each stanza "The image of our palm trees, our green meadows
ReplyDeleteAnd our roots and colors"
which gives me the information that she always have her country in her mind and the reason as to why she strive for the education is because of their country.
At the end of the stanza I am happy that she went back to her own country without losing what she brought with her when she moved away.
Hi. Jodealyn, I enjoyed reading your poem. It gives readers that tropical view and the feeling of living in a tropical place. Your poem gives me an idea that she is not lost, but she is trying to build a future through her hardwork. A future that will indicate her identity, a passionate, prepared and hardworking woman.
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