I really enjoyed our Lit Chat Circle this week. We had three poems to go over....
~The One Girl at the Boys Party
~Daddy
~Daystar
I found it interesting that each of us in the group were women and all the poems were written by women. They also represented in my mind life stages of women. Or the trial and tribulations we can go through.
I really liked Daystar because as a mother of two young boys I want my own "palace" and would take one anywhere!!
In the poem “Daddy”, by Path, there are many accusations against Nazi influence and her revolting persona against her father’s path, a political worship of Hitler. The poem is gruesome at times. It is helpful to know that her father died at 8 and her mother was a Jew.. So she could have been torn about her race....
In The One Girl at the Boys Party I get the feeling that the narrator is protecting this little girl. However we aren't sure who it is....most would assume its her mother but I'm not sure. She is growing up and discovering herself but using mathematics to give her confidence.
I really enjoyed "Daystar" as well. I don't have two boys but I have one...and as well as you, I don't care where my palace is...just as long as I have someplace for peace and to recollect my thoughts. I didn't notice before the connection about all of the poems being about women and by women. It makes sense with the grouping.
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