The Great American Poem

Wow!! I have never read a poem like this it was simple, pure and straight forward. “The Great American Poem”, from The Virginia Quarterly Review had an impact in my literally word. It starts by saying that these is not a novel is a poem which has to start with a character and a place. But we get so engage with the narrator; we are more interested in this person not in the next line of the poem, but the narrator. The way this person describes a subject matter amazingly and magically transforms letters into words that drive us crazy. Not forgetting the selection of words he or she uses to loose us in this imaginary world. The poem explains how is just about the author and the reader and the time we take in reading this poem. I agree, a lot of the times we read a poem because of the author, either because we know him, or we read about him in the past and we like the way he/she writes or because it was a reference by a love one. We follow this narrator through each of stories that are in each poem because it makes us happy. It is not only about the book but about the author. I have some favorite poets and I do follow them because I like the way they talk to me in each of their poems. And I bet that you do to.Remember is just you and the narrator.Wagoner, David, and David Lehman. The Best American Poetry 2009. Scribner, 2009. Print.