Going along with what Hadley said, I also would not have understood a lick of Mullen’s poem without Jess’s entry, and even then once I saw the connections I still didn’t get the point of it. I thought it was a little too clever because the poem’s meaning is not easily visible. It’s too complicated to decipher and that takes away from it, I think.
However I really enjoyed the other poems. I thought the Boy George poem was sweet and quirky. I didn’t really know who Boy George was or what he looked like, and after Googling him and realizing oh-THAT’S-who-he-is, I thought the poem was even more brilliant. In my opinion, the diction is the soul of this poem. Phrases like, “photos of exquisitely dressed redheads” and “lie around my house eating pineapple” seem completely random, yet I love it. And the bit about how the writer misinterprets Boy George’s lyrics made me so happy; I misinterpret lyrics all the time.
I also liked the other poems. The Snow Man had a very tranquil and sad tone, I thought. It was beautiful and fitting for this time of year, but kind of depressing at the same time. But hey, that’s winter I guess. My favorite was probably Auden’s poem just because it’s so beautiful and evocative. For me, it’s one of those poems that I feel I understand but hard for me to put into words.
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