TB+poem+connections

 I chose the three poems, //Division of Your Heart //  by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji, //Beautiful Night Moon //  by David Kane, and //Lightwind Serenade // by Lily Pierce because they all have in some way to do with loss. //Division of Your Heart// and //Beautiful Night Moon// has to do with totally losing someone or something and never getting it back. While //Lightwind Serenade// is about losing someone important and close to you but always having it near your heart. Lightwind Serenade is more optimistic then the others and in someways a little more upbeat then the others.

The first poem, //Division of Your Heart,// the theme becomes evident in the last few lines of the poem. " //The// //division of your heart // //emptied a place for me when my eyes met your dead body."// The second poem, //Beautiful Night Moon//, is a little harder to pin point where the theme is evident because it show up in most of the poem. The main idea of the poem is that some peoples lives are totally lost and that person just hides all their pain and sorrow behind a fake smile. The third and final poem, Lightwind Serenade, is about losing someone important and close to you but always having it near your heart. The theme is most evident in the 7th and 8 th stanzas where the poet wrote, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Best friends for eternity, A bond formed with horses, Has yet to be broken, A girl and her mare Standing side by side, An// <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> //unwavering// <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> //force, A friendship formed by trust and love,// <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> //Never to be threatened//  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">//, As together you stand in the fields of heaven...//

Lightwind Serenade by Lily Pierce was the one that effected me the most for many reasons. The biggest reason was that I was one the first person to read the poem besides the poet and I knew a lot more about what had happen the what is in the poem. I had first gotten the poem over about 10 or so txt and still today I can't believe how well written the poem is. I think that it's very moving and emotional story since I know the poet well and experienced what she went through leading up and during the time that she wrote it.