Responce to "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke

The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not un-frown itself.

The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt


Looking at it once, its about a boy playing around with his dad. or "dancing" as he says. In one aspect, you could say that the father is just playing with his kid and they are being crazy, "We romped until the pans/Slid from the kitchen shelf" what it is directly saying there, is that the child is playing or rough housing whit his dad. But why would the mother be mad? "My mother's countenance could not un-frown itself"... that made me think, why would she be just standing there?? If they were rough housing as the poems direct paraphrasing suggests, then she might be mad about them destroying or making the kitchen a mess. But as i think about it, the back part of my mind is saying 'child abuse'. 

My point of view is that it depends on how you look at it. In what settings you put it in. on one point of view, (as i stated above) he is just probably dancing with his father and being careless. 
But... (there's always a but) in the last stanza it says, "you beat time on my head"... Hitting?? Yeah i think so... In the context of child abuse it is quite simple, hitting this child using the excuse of hiding it behind music. 

Another thing that made me think of child abuse was the wording that this poem used such as "but i hung on like death" i mean, why use the word Death?? it is strong word to use. I mean, for adults its fine. But lets not forget that in this case the narrator sounds like a child and that seems to be a word that can be used very heavily.  

Poetry??

Poetry is passion,

in your hands

trying to express themselves.

Words struggle to get out,

pushing and probing...

Like a crazed madman, pulling at your insides...

Poetry isn't cute...

we write it with passion,

because it is what is inside your soul

pushing to get out,

struggling to be free....

What am I good for???

What can I do?

That's all i can do...

What else should I do?

I cannot do anything but this,

because this is all I can do...

You can't ask for more because,

that's all I can give.

My life isn't pointless though.

I mean, 

I mus t be good for something....

RIGHT????

I must be good at something else besides this....

Found Poem on "I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.

  Let Freedom Ring

In whose symbolic shadow we stand?

This momentous decree

a great beacon

of light, hope

to end the long night

Face the tragic fact,

this is, manacles of segregation

A lonely island in the midst of

appalling condition

Rights of life, magnificent words.

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness!

Come to this hallowed spot,

honoring this sacred obligation,

to rise from the dark valley,

to the sunlit path

Open the doors of opportunity,

lift our nation from the quicksand

to the solid rock of brotherhood.

The sweltering summer,

invigorating autumn is not ahead,

but a beginning.

A rude awakening,

neither rest, nor tranquility.

Until the bright day,

justice emerges.

Hands

Put your mark on the world

Let your voice be heard

Sing out loud and leave your mark on the world.

Be who you are and never be afriad

It may only be a hand print,

a dot,

or a drawing,

but is that really the point??

Its you, in another dimension. 

Representing you in all ways possible

The Illusionist

I know I am supposed to write about BOOKS i have read on my blog, but i felt the importance to write it on the blog because while watching this movie, many thoughts came to my head. Thoughts that I could not ignore.

While Eisenheim (Edward) was traveling the world, neither him nor Sofie (Duchess Von Teshen) forgot about each other.

While he and Sofie were only children they met and became friends. They had a special bond that really, I can't explain. It is as if they were made for each other even though they are completely different. As you can see, she is a Duchess and of a high classed family which is very respected throughout Vienna. While Edward was what in that time you can call a pesent. They were made to be with each other, but throughout the years, they always found a way to get back to each other, even if it means catastrophe in the end.

But as all stories go, they were to never be together because Sofie's parents wouldn't allow it. It reached the point that they never saw each other for a very long time, almost 15 years.

But as fate always plays a part in a movie no matter how subtle, or how expressed, they meet again. Life as it seems for them is really tangled because Eisenheim is trying to try to grasp on to his life and in a sort of way, find out who he is, and he finds refuge in his work.
Sofie, such a different person, she expresses herself and isn't afraid. But she is also like Eisenheim because she doesn't feel like she has found herself. She feels pressured into sometimes doing unwanted things.
She is cornered by doing what her duty tells her to do and what her "Duchess" side feels that is right. I don't think she connected with the real Sofie until Edward appeared back into her life. Same goes for him.

But you see in this movie they find each other again, changing some of there prospective in life and that makes then in a way whole new people. The funny part is that when they see each other again, Edward recognizes her almost instantly, although it takes her a while to figure out who he is. I think maybe her life is always yearning to see him again, but she is focusing on recognizing him the way he was. She can't see him changed and in a new way.

That is what he doesn't like because he fell in love with he Sofie that would take risks, with the Sofie that would cross all hurdles and conflicts just to be with the one she loved. Yes, I know she demonstrated it in some cases of the movie, but not as openly as she used to when they were kids. She has grown up, I understand that, but she has also become less of who she is because she is being controlled by the Crowned Prince (he forced fiancee). I think that Edwards problem is the fact that he is still in love with the Sofie that he met when he was a teen. The main question is that, will he even accept that she changed???

Poem To Social Awareness

I remember when you promised me you and mommy would love each other forever. 

I remember I was actually dumb enough to believe you.

What happened to the promise you made me? Did you keep it?

I don't care who's fault this was, I really don't. I just want to know why you lied to me? 

Do you know what it is like to live with you and mommy fighting all the time. 

I love you both.

I really do.

But have you ever stopped to think about how I was doing with all this? 

Life is hard for me but probably even more for you, so please,

JUST LEAVE ALREADY!!!!