Monthly Archives: October 2014

Isabel’s poem, “El Drama de la Domestica,” is a persona poem echoing the voice of a Mexican woman who serves as a maid to a rude family in America. The title tells all, translating to the drama of the domestic, … Continue reading →

Casey’s “Drunkin Confessions to My Cat,” is a fun piece which the speaker personifies her cat who she’s talking to as if the cat understands her. The speaker is obviously drunk and just rambling on random thoughts like we do … Continue reading →

The poem is from the perspective of a bride who is thinking of her, assumed, deceased father while she is getting married; an obviously momentous day. I really love the simplicity of this poem. It beautifully describes a painful experience … Continue reading →

August writes her poem in a very conversational, almost matter-of-fact voice, as if she is mid-conversation, recounting a story or memory. Because this poem is from the perspective of her mother, this tone is extremely effective. Although August wrote that … Continue reading →

This poem is about the personification of drinks on the shelf. The man who is looking about his shelf of booze runs his fingers across the bottles “tickling them” until he finds the drink for him. In the end the … Continue reading →

Tanner’s poem is from the persona of an electronic device. I am unsure which electronic device, but it sounds like possibly a camera or even a phone with a camera on it. I was a little confused by the red … Continue reading →

Chris’ poem was a personification poem that I really enjoyed reading. This poem, as I took it, is about a person who looks as if they have their life together from the outside in. They seem reliable, everything they ever … Continue reading →

This poem is about what the title suggests- a child praying to God in the form of a dramatic monologue. The child is asking God to convince his or her parents to get him a dog he wants. The child … Continue reading →

Before Nick’s poem, he has this handy dandy epigraph that really sums up this pretty fantastic poem: “Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part.” .The quote itself, I found out, is … Continue reading →

Johnsie’s poem is a persona piece that might also be considered a dramatic monologue. The persona she embodies as the speaker is a courageous toaster from an American animated film The Brave Little Toaster (1987).The voice she gives the toaster … Continue reading →