Influential Poetry

For the final presentation, I researched the poet Jack Spicer. I noticed that many of his poems contained enjambments, repetition, and one or two accidental rhymes. I also noticed that he enjoyed including nature and animals in his poetry, and that he used a lot of fluctuated sentence lengths (Long, medium, short, medium, long). His influence allowed me to check into my Muse and write a poem completely different that my usual poetry.

Rising and Setting

The wind whistles into the sand, and grains flutter through the sky

Lost into eternity never to land in the same place twice.

The waves rise and set

Just like the sun.

Just like the sand.

Fish and birds rise and set

When they come up or down to eat. Each other.

The food chain revolves around movement; who moves the fastest

Or who disguises and slowly fetches their prey. Movement gets lost into

Eternity. It goes away.