A Cold Coming

This poem combines the images of war with the ideas of birth and death by using imagery. When the author speaks on sperm in his poem, he is speaking on both death and birth along with the war. When I think of war, I think of a bunch of people surrounded by air, fighting and dying so fast. One minute they're here and the next minute they're not. Birth an death are like the same way. When one person dies, another person is born. Then the author also states, "the sperm in one ejaculation equals the whole Iraqi nation". I'm not sure exactly what I want to say about that, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with war, birth, and death. I think the author uses this line to combine sperm banks and procreation to war. I think the author does this because he is trying ro explain to the readers how simple, yet life changing and tragic war can be. There are millions of sperm that gets released during ejaculation, but millions of them don't make it to their destination. War is just like that. Millions of soldiers go out their to fight, but millions of them don't make it to the end. I think it is important that the soldier is talking to a poet rather than a journalist because a poet could put the experience into perspective and create a sentimental type of feeling rather than a journalist who will put the experience into statistical perspective.

More: She Unnames Them

I have no idea what we are suppose to be doing right now, so I'm going to take a shot in the dark at this. Names are names. It is what it is. I believe every name has a meaning behind it, however, it doesn't describe who you are. Just because your name might mean kind and motherly for example, doesn't mean you have to grow up to be that person. My name, on the other hand, does describe how I am. That's a coincidence though.

Response: She Unnames Them

I really liked this person's work. I thought it was very interesting and it kept my attention. I really liked the quote the author used in the beginning of his work. When I was reading the story, I did notice that quote and I found it rather eye-catching. However, I did not find his response to be nothing like mine. I like it though. I like the idea that he stated, "See, I really don't like generalizations, stereotypes and prejudices". I think this was a great way to start off a paper if he wanted to go further with it. At first, I wasn't sure why he put that in his response, but after thinking about it, I realize that it makes perfectly good sense.

Lions vs. Lionness

Lions are very large male animals. They have a 'tanish'/orange fur. They also have lots of fur on their bodies and a mass amount of fur around their neck. They are fierce and dominant animals. I think it's also a symbol for a zodiac sign, (leo or libra).

A Lionness is a large female animal. A lionness also has tan/orange color fur on its body. The only difference is, a lionness is smaller than a lion and is also very dominant. I like lions/or lionness.

A Cold Coming

I have to say that this poem was a very strange poem. I'm not sure what the reading was even about. I did notice as I was trying to read the story that there was a few words I didn't understand, charred and Plasticine. I want to say that Plasticine is just a fancy word for plastic, but I'm not sure. I also wondered why the author put the words record, gotcha, sun, rewind, and play in all caps? But the part that confused me the most was why did the author compare the whole Iraqi nation to sperm? I guess what the author was trying to say was that a bunch of sperm get released, but in the end, a bunch of them don't make it to the egg...? I guess!?

Journey of the Magi

At first when I read this short story, I thought it was kind of hard to pick up on what the main idea was. It started off kind of basic, meaning the author was describing a cold winter. However, the more I kept reading the more I started to realize that the story started focusing on religion. It seemed to me like towards the end of the story, the author stated to explain judgement day. I'm not sure how I feel about this story. Its neither here nor there with it. I just want to know how the author went from talking about a winter day to death?

She Unnames Them

I found this reading to be very interesting. I often used to think what did animals really think of their names and how did they know how to respond whenever that name was mentioned? I imagine if animals could talk, it would sound a lot like what the author wrote. I thought it was a funny story. However, I found it kind of difficult to understand at times because there were so many big words that I didn't know the meaning to such as: alacrity, anonymity, ubiquitous, and ephemeral. So I looked them up in the Encyclopedia Britannica Online. I also became really curious as to what my name means. Monica is possibly greek for "solitary" or Latin for "to advise". It also can mean alone. I love the meaning of my name. It really describes a lot about me. I do like to be in alone for the most part and I am going to school to be a psychiatrist. Isn't that coincidence? I love it!!!