Tuesday, October 9, 2007

response to Karen Schubert's "the clothes whisperer."

I thought this was a wonderful poem. The are a few allusions to popular movies in the first two lines, then the poem moves into a description and subsequent conversation with the actual pieces of clothing. This poem made me think about the idea of engaging silence because the poet is imagining what the clothes would say based on who owned them and what each piece looks like. The expression is drawn from a visual basis and converted into conversation. I thought it was very creative and appealing. I know that my clothes probably would have a lot to say to this clothes whisperer, and it is easy to relate and engage in what the poem does. Why does Karen Shubert sound so familiar? Is she a rather popular poet that i would have heard of, or am i just confusing her with someone else?

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