Final Essay

For the final essay, I plan on writing a poem. I would typically either lean towards writing the research paper or a short story, but I think I’d like to try writing a poem. The poet I intend on imitating is Yusef Komunyaka and his style in the poem Blackberries. The reason why I chose this poet is because out of all the poems we have read in class, this poem stuck out the most. I really like how he brought up subliminal themes of economic status and boundaries within an explanation of picking blackberries. I also like how the poem made me think of childhood memories similar to apple picking and other activities of the sort. The most critical aspect of Komunyaka’s poetry that I would like to incorporate into my own poem will be his descriptive details. The way he describes the scenery and context makes the reader imagine themselves picking blackberries, and I think it would be interesting to see if I could also have my audience experience that. I think for the topic of my own essay I will discuss an experience from back at home in Boston. In the description of my topic I will make it a point to emphasize imagery. The context of the topic will consist of a winter night, so it will be interesting to describe details such as weather, scenery, and setting. Hopefully I will be able to cause my audience to visualize my poem as Yusef Komunyaka did for me in his poem Blackberries.