Welcome to the 125th Virtual Poetry Circle!
Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful.
Keep in mind what Molly Peacock’s books suggested. Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don’t like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her book, check it out here.
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From Soul Clothes by Regina D. Jemison (page 32):
So Beautiful Just to Die A flower was born, and so was I into a world already turning into a universe already on course life predestined to be beautiful and flourish amongst others different beginnings same beauty diversity/community chrysanthemums petunias lilies ivies yuccas gladiolas begonias sun flowers and birds of paradise are creative, and nurture until seasons change and petal shed and, then we are born again.
What do you think?
I like the idea of the petals being shed as being born again. I think the placement of the lines and words is a bit distracting and not sure what it adds to the poem’s meaning.
I’m not sure why the flower names are set off like that unless it is to resemble their place in the flower bed, like the first commenter noted.
This is a nice poem.
I think she is refering to people in general here
‘to be beautiful
and flourish amongst others
different beginnings
same beauty’
I like that there is a sense of inclusion of everyone in the poem.
Really like the idea of born into a world already turning, and also the spacing of the words in the poem like they are in a flower bed.
The words “diversity/community” don’t seem to fit, the word “diversity” is especially jarring here because it is such a buzzword these days, or maybe it is from using the “/”, the slash symbol slashes the words apart rather than joins them here.
I think the use of the “/” here is indicative of the absence of “community” if it is imposed by diversifying the community artificially.