A poem to reflect the weather...

Snow
David Berman

Walking through a field with my little brother Seth

I pointed to a place where kids had made angels in the snow.
For some reason, I told him that a troop of angels
had been shot and dissolved when they hit the ground.

He asked who had shot them and I said a farmer.

Then we were on the roof of the lake.
The ice looked like a photograph of water.

Why he asked. Why did he shoot them.

I didn't know where I was going with this.

They were on his property, I said.

-I chose this poem because I thought it was cute and fun especially because it is snowing. The WORDSMITH uses a FREE VERSE form and there are no rules or rhyming that the poem conforms to. It kind of seems like the poem is more of a conversation than a poem. I really like the whole idea of the poem how little kids just always ask questions and questions and you can make anything up and they will probably believe it. I love telling crazy and random things to my little cousins and they always think that it is true. That is why the STANZA "I pointed to a place where kids had made angels in the snow. For some reason, I told him that a troop of angels had been shot and dissolved when they hit the ground" are my favorite becuase the are so creative. Also, "For some reason a tropp of angels" is a LINE becuase it isn't sentence, it is just from one end to the other. Another one of my favorite parts is the line that says "the roof of a lake"; it is really weird to think about, but it is true. I really like the IMAGERY that this POET continuosly shows. Also, a good example of SIMILIE is the line that reads "the ice looked like a photograph of water". Then, the poem continues with the child asking more questions, which is even funnier because that is exactly how little kids are; all they ever do is ask questions. I think that this whole poem was really interesting and fun to read.