poetry assignment

I read all of these poems and I must say I am at a loss. I did not understand any of them. Here is what I understood them to say.

Preacher Don’t Send Me I thought was about someone who is dying and is telling the preacher she is not ready to go. But, after rereading the line so what I need from you on Sunday has me rethinking maybe it is about a person going to church and telling the preacher I do not want your promises of a good life in heaven. I do not want a promise of milk and gold. I have lived a hard life and none of those matters. What matters to me, what I think is heaven is a family that loves no matter what, people who care even if they do not know you, and a peace that comes from within.

                Wide Open, These Gates is about a young person growing up, remembering what a wonderful life he/she has had. He/she spent the summers with his/her grandparents, and thought fondly of them. Now he/she is almost fully grown and it will not be long before he/she will embark on the world, never to spend another summer with his/her grandparents.

                Country Lover just says it all in six little lines. To me, this is about a woman who dated a man that was all about a good time. The line “Funk blues makes me think they are in a bar and “keen toes shoes, high water pant, saddy night dance, and red soda water” makes me think they are enjoying dancing. The line “and anybody’s daughter” makes me think this man only wants to have a good time.

                Diamonds, what a beautiful love story, this man is poor and wants to give his wife the world but has no money to do so. They live on top of a mountain and life is hard. He thinks of her as a princess and teases her by calling her “Queen of the Meadow.” She in return shows her love for him and the life they have together by licking the diamonds off the leaf.

                My Mother Shoots the Breeze is another love story about a school teacher who falls in love with another teacher. The story goes about telling how their romance gets it start. I did like the fact that she shot the kite. He sent the kite up about every two weeks. Maybe that was his way of flirting with her. She, in shooting the kite, told him enough is enough and it sparked a romance that ended in marriage.