03 Nov Read Bacas XVII From the book? Meditations on the South Valley PDF in attached. To receive the full five points for forum assignments you must post and respond before the posted deadli
Read Baca’s XVII From the book Meditations on the South Valley PDF in attached.
- To receive the full five points for forum assignments you must post and respond before the posted deadlines below, no exceptions!
- Your post should be about 250 words in length, no more than that.
For your second forum post start a thread and post your thoughts on the poem assigned for the poetry explication assignment. What do you think the poet's message is in the poem? Do you have any associations you thought about after you read the poem?
You do not have to cite anything for this assignment.
XVII
I love the wind when it blows through my barrio. It hisses its snake love down calles de polvo, and cracks egg-shell skins of abandoned homes. Stray dogs find shelter along the river, where great cottonwoods rattle like old covered wagons, stuck in stagnant waterholes. Days when the wind blows full of sand and grit, men and women make decisions that change their whole lives. Windy days in the barrio give birth to divorce papers and squalling separation. The wind tells us what others refuse to tell us, informing men and women of a secret, that they move away to hide from.
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by Jimmy Santiago Baca
