Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Like Him (Aaron Smith)

Like Him by Aaron Smith.

I am always a little in awe of narrative poems like this. Because even though I see it there on the page and hear it when as I read it aloud, I still marvel that this everyday speech about common emotions and relations can somehow be a poem.

I like how this poem talks about fathers/sons and maleness. There is such a current of anger tinged with sadness through it.

Favorite line: "like him, like men: / the meanest guy wins, don't ever apologize."

3 comments:

  1. um what do u think like him is about? pls reply as soon as possible. thanks.

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  2. um what do u think like him is about? pls reply as soon as possible. thanks.

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