We have discussed “Chicago” over a class and then some. I’d like to hear your impressions of “I Live In Los Angeles” and “Daybreak In Alabama”; how did they make you feel? Were they optimistic or pessimistic? Is there a message in the poems? Do the authors preach or get political?
The three poems you read share some similarities (they’re about places) and some differences (different authors, different voices, focus on different aspects of the…