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This is a longshot, but can somebody help me out with this poem?

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anti_bunk
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alright so i have a paper due tomorrow and for part of it i have to answer the following questions about this poem. i dont need anybody to do that for me, i just need help figuring out what the fuck this poem is about.

Your reflection should identify and discuss
(1) your intellectual and emotional reactions to the poem as a result of its particular form
and content;
(2) what the poem is suggesting in terms of meaning or theme or argument(s), etc.;
(3) and observations about the poem that a causal reader might miss.1


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Thrown-up glyph
of moon, your smile
is savagely
exact.

What I take to be
the stuffing from
a toy
animal isn't.
May 14 2009 6:04PM
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Tinga
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who wrote it?
May 14 2009 6:11PM
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corona
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i would say overall it says that people in developed nations (like those who live in suburbs)  take life for granted.
May 14 2009 6:17PM
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corona
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SUBURB

Thrown-up glyph
of moon, your smile
is savagely
exact.

What I take to be
the stuffing from
a toy
animal isn't.


to be more precise, i would say "Thrown-up glyph of moon" means our glamour (being possessions like an suv and big house etc)
"your smile is savagely exact." have a few thoughts on this but i'll get back to you

"What I take to be the stuffing from a toy animal isn't."  meaning what we have and everything we rely on/take for granted isn't what it is but is merely materialistic and can disappear a we can be left with nothing and be hopeless.. and shell sorta to say.


my impression, could be wrong
May 14 2009 6:22PM
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sconniestyle
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SUBURB

Thrown-up glyph
of moon, your smile
is savagely
exact.

What I take to be
the stuffing from
a toy
animal isn't.

here's what i came up with after the first read. it's a bit knee jerk, but if you clean it up and sell it well you may be able to use it.

the poet is having a one sided "conversation" with the sky.

the moon is visable, but it is a sliver, looking like a wry smile.

the stuffing is the clouds.

the poet is looking at the sky, seeing the shapes of the clouds, or more precisely using the ambiguous shapes of the clouds to give visual representation to thoughts and perceptions in his mind about his world on some level.

the savage, thin smile of the moon expresses both his delight at seeing the clouds manifesting internal emotions/conflict/thoughts/whatever, and also the fact that it is a secret between him and the sky

May 14 2009 6:25PM
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corona
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how do you explain the title?  i think you might be right, mine seems too grade 8 and planned out
May 14 2009 6:29PM
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sconniestyle
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^

idk about the title, maybe it is for the imagery of a solitary man surrounded by surbaban sprawl looking to the sky for answers and finding them, along with a moment in time where he feels solitary in the world sharing a secret with the sky, in the midst of chaos.

May 14 2009 6:36PM
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corona
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that's deep man. yea, go with that lol
May 14 2009 6:56PM
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