Do we know,
What we are?
Are we puppets in a show
Do we know,
That which ties us here?
What are we for
Do we know,
Our meaning in life?
What are we to do
Do we know,
What Life is?
What does the Creator want
Do we know,
If there actually is something to live for?
How are we to know
Do we know,
What real Life is?
How would we
Do we know,
If there is Life and Death?
Only the dead can know
Do we know,
What to do?
Who are we to decide
That's a cool poem, Sam. I like how you incorporated a different style than most poems in this class are like, and it makes the poem sound really cool.
ReplyDeleteThat was great to take a look outside our own aspect of thinking we are all-knowing people. The way you asked the questions about how we think of life was easy to connect too.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very interesting poem. I like the form that you took for it that made it very interesting. I really like the way the reader could find what you got out of the painting while reading it.
ReplyDeleteI like the repetition used here to help emphasize the philosophy displayed in this piece. The only thing I would change is to make sure everything has the exact rhythm that you would like and then this poem would be one of your best ever. Great job and congratulations and finally getting a new post out there.
ReplyDeleteAt the end I meant, on instead of and. Sorry...
ReplyDeleteThe way you took these life sentences and put them into a poem was genius.
ReplyDeleteI liked the way you were contemplating life in a philosophical way that was way beyond most people's, including my, level. Good job, Sam.
ReplyDeleteI liked the repition you used in the poem and thought it really went well with the content in the poem. good job
ReplyDeleteI also liked the repetition and I thought it helped get the message across well. I also like the form the poem took. I just wish I could see the painting! Good job, Sam!
ReplyDeleteThis is a real departure for you. I can't remember you writing a poem like this before. I like the way the stanzas are so clipped, so curt. There aren't any concrete images here to hold onto as a reader, and that gives the poem a real ethereal sense to it, sort of like the painting itself; the painting is of a man contemplating mortality, so I would say it was quite a successful response to it, or piece of writing inspired by that work.
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