#2-Poetry

Who Has Seen the Wind?
by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you.
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.

I found a song of this poem -> http://blog.naver.com/orzlgodls/45196359

I chose this poem for the blog simply because it was short, but as I read this short poem, it soon became one of my favorite poems. The poem was written in easy English. Unlike other poems I understood this poem literally, though I am not sure if there is deeper meaning in the poem.

This poem contains things that I can agree with. We cannot see or touch wind. (I knew it, but I never realized it.) In the short lines, I found many images and they created more and more images. I did not know that it is possible to have countless images in one short poem.

#1-Poetry

Siren Song
by: Margaret Atwood

This is the one song everyone
would like to learn: the song
that is irresistible:

the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons
even though they see beached skulls

the song nobody knows
because anyone who had heard it
is dead, and the others can't remember.

Shall I tell you the secret
and if I do, will you get me
out of this bird suit?
I don't enjoy it here
squatting on this island
looking picturesque and mythical
with these two feathery maniacs,
I don't enjoy singing
this trio, fatal and valuable.

I will tell the secret to you,
to you, only to you.
Come closer.
This song is a cry for help: Help me!
Only you, only you can,
you are unique

At last. Alas
it is a boring song
but it works every time

The sirens were sea deities who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli. (Some say they were on Cape Pelorum or Anthemusa.) All these locations were describe to be surrounded by cliffs and rocks. Seamen who sailed near were decoyed with the Sirens' enchanting music to shipwreck on the rocky coast, and the Sirens devoured them.

They seem horrible creature according to the Odyssey, but the first few lines chang my mind. They might be lonely and fatigued siting all day long in the island. However the last stanza shows a big twist. The poem itself was what the sirens sang to enchant sailors. I have no doubt in saying it is a song that sirens really used is they existed. I felt that I want to listen to them. I almost thought that I am really a special person to them who can be trusted to tell their secrets.