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Another poem that really caught my eye was “Go Look in the Mirror”. It is basically about Jessie going out and she doest get approval of her outfit from her dad. The only way to read this poem is to look in the mirror, or just anything reflective. It talks about how her hair is long on one side and short on the other, with blue streaks. she is wearing a rock t-shirt with a wide neck making it able to see both of her bra-straps. A skirt she made herself, under the skirt are red leggings and fishnets over them. To top it off she has a ripped leather jacket, on the left arm side there is red paint splatters on them. The reason I like this poem is that it is unique and takes some time to understand, its like a riddle to know how to read it.

               2 of my favorite poems on this book are “The Wall” and “the wall (revisited)” They are almost the same thing but the revisited one is a continuation of the first one. The first one is about jessie not trusting everyone so she separates the people she hangs out with and people she avoids with an imaginary wall. There is only five and a half people on her side. Her parents, her cat, her best friend Lisa, her cousin Natalie, and her brother Robert only half of the time. The other half is on the other side.

In “the wall (revisited)” she started taking down her wall and letting some people from the other side in. Now in her Side there is seven people and the volleyball team. Those people are her cat, her parents, Elton Simpson (her crush), the girls on the volleyball team, Robert (when he’s not around), her cousin Natalie, Lisa, and Andrea a cheerleader who actually turned out to be nice.

 

 

 

 

 

Even though this book is a poetry book there was a few words that made me think, or look up what they meant. Some of the words are not so uncommon but they are strong and up to grade level, I feel like the words start getting bigger, and more academic at the last few pages/poems.

Words like revisited, unmercifully, disappointing, brilliant, ironic, sarcastic, denials, overbearing, deranged, devoted, unconditional, glorious, celestial, rare, unexplained, rapturous, divine, sublime, mystical, triumphant, metaphysical, charitable, suburb, consideration, compassionate, tenderness, astonishing, sympathetic and favorable are all used in this book. Those are words that can make a really dull sounding book, or article sound more academic and professional.

As we know the main character, or the person “writing the poems” name is Jessie. She is a teenage girl with strong opinions that she isn’t afraid of sharing, which sometimes might lead to some trouble with her parents, teachers, or of course her younger brother Robert.

This blog is going to be about the poem “talking to my stupid younger brother (is like swimming upstream in a river of nowhere)” which, you guessed it is about Jessie talking to her younger brother Robert. Robert is like any annoying little brother/sister I would know because I am the youngest of 6 other siblings and two of them live with me. He likes to annoy everyone, he is stubborn and he thrives to steal spotlight off of everyone except himself .

This poem starts off with Robert burping really loud and like anybody would do Jessie yells at him to say “excuse me” because that’s what somebody’s supposed to do when they burp. Robert would do what any annoying younger sibling would do and starts being stubborn and telling Jessie off for all the things she is supposed to do and doesn’t do. After that discussion Robert sneezes and says “excuse me” to be polite. Jessie tries to explain to Robert that when you sneeze you don’t say excuse me that people are supposed to say “bless you”. He laughed at the point that somebody has to bless him because he sneezed.

At the end of this poem they get in a “shut up”, “no you shut up” argument which all siblings should well know they might still be stuck in the “shut up” circle to this day.

There is slot of places to read, whether it is on their bed if in a really loud place or in a vehicle. But I don’t really have a preference, but if I needed to choose it would be in a quiet room while it’s raining, the rain tapping on the window. Its really realizing and just I calm environment to be in and it just makes me want to sit down on my bed and read a great book.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton