Week 8 Poems

"We Real Cool"

This poem made me think of kids who dropped out of school and are just hanging out and getting into trouble. It talks about "we sing sin" so I picture these kids playing in a head banging rock band staying out late and sleeping all day. Living life like this is might lead them to an early grave. It talks about them thinning gin so that tells me that they are poor and can't afford to buy a lot of alcohol so to stretch it they add water to it. I really didn't understand why "We" is placed at the end of the line. If there is anyone who can explain it please do.

"We Old Dudes"

After reading this poem I had a picture in my head of these rich old men playing golf.  These men have retired and are spending the rest of their life on the golf course talking about politics.  When the poem states "We vote red" I assume that this means they are republicans.  I still don't understand the word "We" at the end of the line.

"Root Cellar"

I think that this is a negative view of a root cellar. Reading this I could imagine the smell of musk and manure.  I could also feel the cold, wet air that lingers in a cellar.  I could see the dark shadows that cover the whole area of the cellar. And even though this is a place no one would want to live nothing can die.

"You Fit Into Me"

As I was reading this poem the simile made me think of a couple that was very compatible with each other. A relationship that everyone dreams of having. Visually I seen how a fish hook with an eye on the end of it is smooth and it both flows together into one piece, without one the other wouldn't work.  Then after I read the following lines, the literal meanings, I cringed because I could feel the pain of a hook going into a human eye, my eye.

"A Man Said to the Universe"

I read this poem over and over.  I know I'm missing something from it and would like some help if anyone can.  I took it as a man who feels that no one sees him or understands him.  I think that he has felt this way for a long time and now feels that people owe him something, but people are trying to get him to understand nobody is obligated to make him feel better about himself except him.