What Grace Read - "25 Poets Under 25 : Time You Let Me In

What Grace Read - "25 Poets Under 25: Time You Let Me In"

This post is an ode to the month  March, otherwise known as (For my lit teacher) Poetry. I wasn't quite a fan of poetry, alright..... I loathed it. That was at least till I read all the poems ( Every last one of them) in this book. As my literature class is being forced to find a book on poetry ( We literally couldn't eat lunch till we found a book), I managed to stumble across this little gem. And truly, i'm glad that I found this before anyone else. So, as lunch was beginning soon I decided that it's now or never, and walked to the librarian to get it checked out. During lunch I decided to at least skim through it ( A little thing of mine, I have to at least read a page of a book so I want feel bad) and landed on this poem called "Overlapping". It was perfect. It literally gave me these little butterflies of happiness in my stomach and the next class I practically ran to my lit teacher excited on my poetry book. We sat and read the poem together ( I know, I sound like a teachers pet, but IT WAS THAT GOOD). So after reading the first poem, I sat down and told myself " All the other poems are going to be this good, read the book". At first it seemed I was forcing myself to read the poems, but about halfway I was enjoying reading them. I was enjoying poetry. After finishing the book (and falling in love), I decided to make my own poem for our poetry slam at school. And ironically enough.... It was about how I hated poetry ( But I don't. shhhhhh.....) and didn't place ( Everyone who placed had a sad depressing poem). Anyways, back to the book. Read it, or just read a few poems. Each poem is truly different, each poet has their own character. The poems brought across teen angst and life in general, letting you relate to them. Or as the book says it " They are inspiring, talented, stunning, remarkable, wise, they are also fearless, depressed, hilarious, impatient, in love, out of love, and pissed off" . Even if you don't like poetry. READ IT. 

The poem that got me to read each and every poem: 

Overlapping - Nicole Guenther

Our atmospheres shift

starlight differently. We filter

different color skies. You mix 

my colors. Once primary, I tangle

into purple, orange, green.

Share: give me a tablespoon

of blue and i'll give you a hand

full of yellow, like sunshine

spilled on carpet -- purified

by layers, our invisible trophospheres,

mesospheres, stratospheres.

Give me some pink 

and i'll laugh and smudge

it on your cheeks. Your ears 

will blush. Tap my shoulder,

aim a camera and catch me

mid-smile, oblivious, before I can hold

up my reflexive hand and say, no!

Catch the flash when the shutter

exposes the dark interior

to our radiant lights, the heat 

of our colliding thermospheres.

Let me peer out at the world

through your lens (maybe i'll shudder,

or gasp, or tilt my head in question.)

Let me see how your blue

is my turquoise and my orange

is your gold. Suddenly binary

stars, we have startling 

gravity. Let's compare

scintillation--let's share

starlight. 

(THE FEELS ) 

When I read this poem I think of this.  ( I did not take this photo)