Blogject #10

The poet really uses words in her poems that capture the reader’s attention and.  She speaks so softly in her interview, but uses very strong words in her poems.  In these poems she talks about some things that people try to avoid to talking about such as death.  I can relate to these poems because I had to deal with a lot of death in my family from a very young age.  While these poems deal a lot with the death of a person close to you, they can also realate to anyone.  They can relate to people losing their best friend because they have to move, or losing friends because of going to college.  The art of storytelling is very relevant in our society today.  A good storyteller can cause people to pay attention to pretty much anything.  I do not like listening to poetry too much, but when Marie Howe was reading her poems I found myself very interested and she was really able to grab my attention.