People use poetry as an outlet of emotions. It is used to express feelings, beliefs or in some cases it’s the only way people find out who they really are. When it is said that poems humanize people I believe that it acknowledges human characteristics. It holds as many emotions as a human can along with different ideals and many directions it can go in. In Nye’s poems she has a lot of different aspects she focuses on. In here poem “How long does peace take” I felt like her question is something that had to come to everyone’s mind at least once. And depending on what kind of peace you are searching for the solution to world peace will never come out.
In her poem “Those whom we do not know” she focused on the diversity we lack. How we are so quick to judge or quick to be evil to strangers. Still to this day we are stilling facing issues of people not liking people just because how they look. And like Nye it wouldn’t bother me at all. Who says we have to be against each other? Why can’t we all get along Why is there so much war? Where did it come from? All questions we as human want answered but no one seems to have the answer to.
“To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. But to feel affection that comes from those whom we do not know…is something still greater and more beautiful…”-Pablo Neruda. This was placed at the top of the page in this book it had me thinking. Most people even me will wonder how you possible can love a stranger more than the people you care about. But then after thinking more into I thought maybe that’s what we are missing in this world maybe that’s why all the problems occur. If you think about it in the sense of helping someone in need out and helping family out. You will feel something deeper inside for the person in need because they would merrily show how much they appreciate it and it is indeed a great feeling.
