Poetry Response

[migu3l]

Today my first homework assignment for Honors Writing was to write a one-page reponse on a poem of my choice from a packet. I chose an interesting little piece called "Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrel. It reads

Comments

[arclaud]

I'm impressed by the interpretation because I can't understand a poem for the life of me. What you said makes sense, and I wish they would have given you longer than a page. It seemed like you had all these cool ideas to share but had to settle with general concepts to be brief. I am always astonished at the quality of your writing and I hope I can see some original stories of yours posted here soon. I will not rest until I make you write something. You're too good at it and like it too much to not give it a shot.