Looking at Poetry

I really enjoyed the readings from this week. The poems were an interesting departure from more classical literature that had previously been covered. Both the poems share some commonalaties but each have their own tone and voice.
Both of these poems deal with the issues of misconceptions about native Americans and the issues that  arise from that ignorance every day. The first poem by Diane Burns is the softer of the two. It takes a dryer more sarcastic tone to Chrystos poem, which is filled with rage and desolation. Both writers deal with the struggle of overcoming deep stereotypes within and through their work. They both utilizes a dark humor that at times seems a bit macabre.
We are supposed to write about how we personally relate to these works. I do not think that I can honestly do that. I do not have any experience with what these two people have gone through. I have never been brutally and systematically discriminated against. I can not empathize with them. That does not however mean that I don't care. That raw nerve that these poems get to is amazing. I might not be able to understand their situation but I can understand exhaustion, I can understand rage, I can understand isolation and fear. These poems reach more than just people who can understand, they reach to the heart of what makes us human.

I am suffering for no reason

Killing myself slowly for lack of something better to do

Crippled by an idlillic situations

I'm scared of the world
Scared of sucess
Scared of trying

I idolize the souless

Hoping mine goes on vacation so I can get somthing done

Falling for apathy

Because its easy

Damn

$69.38, I hate you

What can I say

I am exhausted.
But I can not sleep.

I hate the first night in a new place.
After being at home.

Everything that was safe and secure is now scary.

I dont know where things are.
Where I stand.
What is happening.

I feel gross and icky.

I know that this place can become comfortable
But will it ever be home?

? road, the first thing I thought about was colon

Fact: my eyes hurt

Over and out

? currentl location: Salinas Valley

Fact: Taylor Swift makes my dad fall asleep

Fact: I hate jon stienbeck...

Fact: I just drove past the exit for jolon

Plan

One week at Hotel Columbia in Telluride = $1055
+
2 Airplane Tickets = $1758
+
Yukon XL for the week= $1105.96
=
What the hell I need right now= $3918.96

some spending money would also be nice

come with me....actually take me

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