Lyrics--Poem

"Banana Pancakes"

Can't you see that it's just raining?
Ain't no need to go outside...

But, baby, you hardly even notice
When I try to show you this
Song is meant to keep you
From doing what you're supposed to.
Waking up too early
Maybe we can sleep in
Make you banana pancakes
Pretend like it's the weekend now

And we could pretend it all the time
Can't you see that it's just raining?
There ain't no need to go outside

But just maybe, like a ukulele
Momma made a baby
Really don't mind the practice
'cause you're my little lady
Lady, lady, love me
'cause I love to lay here lazy
We could close the curtains
Pretend like there's no world outside

And we could pretend it all the time
Can't you see that it's just raining?
There ain't no need to go outside

Ain't no need, ain't no need, mmm, mmm,
Can't you see, can't you see?
Rain all day, and I don't mind

But the telephone is singing
Ringing
It's too early
Don't pick it up
We don't need to
We got everything
We need right here
And everything we need is enough
Just so easy
When the whole world fits inside of your arms
Do we really need to pay attention to the alarm?
Wake up slow, mmm mm, wake up slow

But, baby, you hardly even notice
When I try to show you this
Song is meant to keep ya
From doing what you're supposed to
Waking up too early
Maybe we can sleep in
Make you banana pancakes
Pretend like it's the weekend now

And we could pretend it all the time
Can't you see that it's just raining?
There ain't no need to go outside
Ain't no need, ain't no need
Rain all day, and I really, really, really don't mind
Can't you see, can't you see?
You gotta wake up slow

Lyrics-Poems

I think it is interesting that music lyrics are poems. These lyrics have the theme of a journey in common. It seem's to be someones erie? voyage through life. Something that definitely popped out to me was first reading the poems and then listening to them. For example, the Leonard Cohen song--I read it first without hearing the song, and it definitely read as a poem. But, then when I heard it, the singer sang with a monotone voice and it wasn't as enjoyable as when I read it myself. It definitely is different hearing the singer actually sing the song and then reading the lyrics without hearing the song.

First Poem

The sky brought the storm with no boundaries,
The earth was on her side, a helping hand.

Far, she would run along the stony brook--
Waiting, she would kill for a drop of love--
Run she would, far along the stony brook.

Shocked; her heart was still there and still beating,
First time love slipped away, can't get it back.

Losing him, hope was shattered instantly;
Felt like walking on shattered, broken glass--
A steel rail rusting inside her.

Poem Responses

Response to Mariannne Williamson:

I kind of fell in love with poem. Not only was it a smooth read but the message behind it really resonated with me. It captures a meaning that has to do with any age, through any time. Sometimes people are afraid to strive or show what they are good at, but that should be just the opposite (to an extent.)

When you are given talents and things that set you aside from others, you should be proud and rejoice that you were given amazing traits. "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." When others are watching us thrive, they want to do the same. We all help each other reach our goals and out dreams. We catapult on what others have done in the past, and in the future people will learn from what we do. "We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us." We were born and made for a reason and we mustn't not hide that within us. I just overall really enjoyed this poem.

Response to Love After Love:

This poem made me imagine my life when I am older. I can picture myself sitting at a desk in a large library, pulling down scrapbooks, memory albums, and pictures looking back on my life of myself and my family.

I'm not quite sure what exactly this poem is about but it reminds me of giving back to others time after time. You want to give love after you receive love.

"Sit." That is a powerful command. Sitting lets you take a break and think about things. Reflect on things. Look to the future. Like I said, I can see myself sitting down in a chair reflecting how my life was, looking at both the bad and good memories.

Shakespeare

This poem is quite comical. In this poem, Shakespeare is comparing his mistress to different things like the sun, coral, roses, etc. and saying that she is not as close to as beautiful as those things. He is essentially comparing her to beautiful things in the world and saying that she is close to neither; he is not working in her favor. For example, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." The sun is a bright, big, beautiful thing in the sky, but his mistress' eyes are nothing close to that. This sonnet is comical because he doesn't compliment her in any way, but brings her down in every way. 

Poetry Analysis

This Be The Verse

BY PHILIP LARKIN

This poem, from my point of view, is about  how your parents mess up and they pass it on to you even though they don't mean to. They indirectly fill you up with their faults from their past and sometimes keep giving you more. I think the main line of the poem is "Man hands on misery to man," because it just sums up that people hand off when they are feeling bad to other people whether they take it out on them or they just give them their problems so they don't have to deal with them. I really like the end of the poem, " Get out as early as you can, and don't have kids yourself." It is a short piece of advice but it is also comical. I think the author was able to get his point across but also make sure the reader is bored. 

We Real Cool

BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS

This poem is very short but it has a definite meaning to it. It's a poem about the "cool" kids who have a troubled life and eventually suffer leading them to their death if they continue what they keep doing. Most kids don't like school, but these kids really don't like it so they drop out and and lurk around town late at night. They'll do anything if it is fun to them like sing, drink, and play, pretty much anything that helps them capture the feeling of ecstasy. These seven people travel together and do things together which is indicated by the use of "we." The poem really captures what kids think they can do when they are rebels. 

Poetry to me is...

Poetry to me is interesting. I think its fascinating how someone can tell a story through such few lines and such few words. I really enjoy poetry because one, it is short and it's easier for me to read rather than a book (because of my add), and two, it is fun to dissect what the author's purpose of the poem is. I don't read poetry often but my favorite book from back when I was little is "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. The poems were easy to read as a kid but they were also very fun. One cute one that I can remember is called "Hug O' War." It reads: I will not play at tug o' war

I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses
And everyone grins
And everyone cuddles
And everyone wins.