Sarah Flanigan - Poetry Simply Put

Jul 27 2007

sarah flanigan

Childhood

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3 Responses to “Childhood”

1. chugheson 27 Jul 2007 at 7:09 pm 1

   Tell me about it.

   So, accurate, perfect.

   hi christine,
   i thought you might relate to this one - it reminded me of your deeply personal stuff. you seem so able to open that chest of childhood and pull out the most amazing things.
   sarah

2. krkbakeron 28 Jul 2007 at 6:20 am 2

   OOO I love the “retroactively” with the “spill”.

   This day is starting off so good.

   Thanks for the poem Sarah.

   Hope you’re well.

   kim

   hi kim,
   you are really fascinating me with the attention you’re giving to the sounds of the words and the pairing of words. can you tell me why you love those two words in the poem? i’d really like to get the view you’re getting. sarah

3. krkbakeron 28 Jul 2007 at 10:31 am 3

   Sarah,
   It is really just as simple as I felt ‘retroactively’ was a great way of referring to the things in the past, the childhood memories.
   Also with the amount syllables in it, it sort of gives the word a forward momentum and rolls it into the next line
   ‘memories spill out’. Like you’ve set in motion something that happens so quickly you can’t avoid the spill. You could have just said that the childhood chest opens up memories of the past you know, but instead you took an emotion that is common among many, and gave it a fresh new twist. I suppose with all the hype of poets and words lately, they catch my attention more. And because you used the words like ‘retroactively and spill’, it hints that perhaps the narrator here wasn’t exactly content with what came flowing out. Does that make sense?

   kim

   kim,
   yes, it makes complete sense. i feel that as you are learning all these new things about poetry, your enlightenment is spilling over to my garden. it’s really wonderful and i thank you.
   sarah

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