Two Points of a Sky

    The one thing that I loved to see is the night sky. I can write on Tumblr of the moon and stars a million times and always with something new. As growing up I have always been a nature child. Well my entire family as a whole really likes getting away from the towns and cities. My favorite times and places to see the sky are Mexico at my dad’s ranch and far into Galveston or any beach. At each of these places you see the sky in a different point of view from each spot. One thing in common is that it’s clear and the sky is seen as real.  

    The last time I went to my dad’s ranch in Mexico was this past summer of 2012. The reason I went to Mexico was to celebrate my parent’s 25^th anniversary wedding. We stayed in a city called Guadalajara for a while. Once the wedding was over we went to the ranch in a very small place named Ojo de Agua de Picacho. This small place was on a mountain seven miles away from the other small town with actual stores. My other sisters complained about it much because they got bored a lot. Another reason would be because it was a ranch with lots of smells. Every night my grandpa, brother, and I would hike up to the cabin at the top of the mountain.  The stars were so big and bright. The sky was clear with no clouds in sight. It was cold but calm and nice to spend time with my grandpa, because I never really get to see him. We would lay back and try making drawings from the stars we saw.

    Even though I saw many stars that night, I never saw a shooting star. One Memorial weekend my sisters, brothers, cousins, and some friends came together and camped for the weekend. We all drove out to far Galveston pass many beach areas and passed Jamaica beach too. While out there we didn’t have no electronics just our vehicles and one cell phone, that was the deal. It was a good time for everyone. It was a true get away from any stress or problems. One night while sitting next to the water, I was looking up and I saw a full moon with stars surrounding it. Then something flashed by fast. It was bright and it wasn’t a spaceship. It was a shooting star. I quickly made a wish. That was my first and only time so far seeing a shooting star.

   Both of these places have been places that I have visited more than once. Mexico and the far alone water beach in Galveston have views of the sky that is far better than Houston or any city. Personally the sky is one thing I would always want to have a good view of, no matter how far I would have to be from a store. Seeing the stars and the biggest star of all, the moon, make me feel relaxed and give me a chance to think.

Reflecting Poems & Authors with a Mirror

             The two poems I chose both dealing with memories, disappearance, and a reflective instrument. The first choice, “Please Come Late”, by Hugo Williams concerns the narrator not wanting someone to arrive with the other on time. The second choice is “In the Rear-View Mirror”, by Robert Shaw is about thinking about someone who has gone. The poems describe about memories that come up as they are both moving around. The reflective object in both stories is a mirror which is used to see things and yourself. The mirror I believe is a major part even though in “Please Come Late” it is not as mentioned as much as the other poem. These two poems aren’t ones you can look at once and tie in together as similar. Once the poems are read not once, not twice, but more it is understood how they are similar in their own way.

           The poem by Hugo Williams, “Please Come Late”, goes on about this person not wanting the other to be there or even be in their lives. At first it was come late and it will be fine, then later on it says don’t come at all. The feelings change. In the poem “In the Rear-View Mirror” by Robert Shaw the poem starts off talking about the memories before realization comes into play. Throughout this poem and the first poem, the point of view of the mood and sight changes for the author.  The ending of the two poems end with satisfactory. In the first poem it says,

“I know it is all over between us,

but I go on sitting here,

reading a newspaper, not understanding a word.

if you came in now, I wouldn’t recongnise you.

Don’t come anywhere near me

until I have gone slightly madly in love with you” (24-30).

Then in the second poem it says,

“… no matter how far down the road you’ve gone

to bring them back in view as large as life,

putting yourself in the picture, too, which makes

thinking about them as you saw lasting” (20-23).

The two poems start off different and end differently even by comparing the two poems together. The first poem by Hugo Williams mood goes from I don’t want you there, to I don’t like you, to I don’t want you at all, then to I do want you there but to give the author some time to fall in love. Hugo Williams starts off with the poem with a vibe that there is no chance, and then it changes to her concluding that there is a chance. Even though the chance may not be easy, it still is a chance. The second poem by Robert Shaw began the mood off sad by explaining how goodbyes may be with someone close to you. Then the poem changes and just talks about any other person that may come on by, loosing care for what would go on. At the end the poem changes again to only focusing on those important. It says that no matter how far one of them may get they will never lose the feeling they have for each other.  

                The two authors of the poems have much in common too, considering their poems are revolving around some of the same ideas. Hugo Williams appears to be young because of how much his feelings change and the same goes for Robert Shaw. From reading the poems I can also conclude that they have both lost someone before because they know the feeling.

                These two poems can connect in little ways, in a general form, or even by the author’s experiences that we can conclude.