I am actually starting to catch onto this whole poetry thing...

I am not going to lie, when we started reading this poetry unit, I was convinced I was going to hate every minute of it. Up until this point, the only type of poetry I have experienced in literature is annoying poems I have never understood. However, the poem that really made me realize how much I am liking this stuff is APO 96225. This poem had a relatable sense about it. After reading the poem, I really felt what the mother was going therough with her son gone at war. After studying Vietnam last year, what the man was experiencing at war is something he could never describe to anyone at all. The other element of the poem brought out, was the fact that the war not only messes with a man physically, but mentally as well. The soldier was almost brainwashed and will never be the same. It is amazing what war can do to our young American boys.