Through page 47~92, "Sad Math"(85) drew my attention. This poem is a beautiful combination of humors, sympathy, love and friendship, even in the worst place on the world. The poet was in a prison when he wrote this, and he said writing poems got him through violence around him. Honestly, I am surprised by his transformation from ex-con to renowned poet. People change from time to time. We are not always bad but not always good, there's always something new inside of us. We just have to explore and shine it.
Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Actually, Khine, look at his bio (170). He is serving a life-w/out-parole sentence in a max-security prison in CA which probably means that he committed murder. Does knowing this change the way you read the poem? Or not?
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