1. Reflection

The new York School Poets are very different from anything else I have read in poetry. There never seems to be a certain structure that the poets stick, but it always flows to the rhythm of the poem. Some of the poems are longs as others are short. Some have many indents and spaces making the poem take a slow pace in reading, and others have none at all with long sentences. The poems seem to be very modern because they talk about issues and topics that people face everyday such as buying someone the perfect gift. Many of the poems that I read would trail away from the beginning topic but still include repetition. They seemed to start out simple and as it went on, it became more complicated and sophisticated. Each poem presented many images, providing a visual effect while reading the poem. The New York School Poets keep their poetry engaging by giving funny effects to objects, “The cloud is then so subtly dragged away by the silver flying machine.” I enjoyed reading these poems because they were alive with language and imagery and often had interesting views on topics.