On Reading a Poem to a Senior Class At South High

On Reading a Poem to a Senior Class At South High by D.C. Berry was a really cool poem. I had to read it a few times though, before I fully understood it. It helps because I am a senior in high school so I know exactly how crazy senior classes can be. When there is a room full of kids that don't want to be there and are loud and obnoxious, it is extremely difficult to teach anything to. I liked how Berry made it into a humerus thing, comparing it to an aquarium.

After I read this poem, I did some research on D.C. Berry and found that he grew up with a humerus father, which is probably where he got his humor from. Also, he started writing poems out of boredom in church and went on to become a really famous author, which is pretty nifty. Also, I feel like he went to South High School in Mississippi, but after I made that connection I couldn't go check. We recently switched internet services and the new one is terribly slow and it's rather irritating. It took ten minutes just for this page to load to let me blog right now. I hate computers. My point is, that Berry grew up around humor, was a great student, and this poem makes perfect sense considering he probably went to South High.

When I read this poem, I felt like Berry was a big loser. Who names their cat Queen Elizabeth? Only a loser. When I pictured Berry, I just pictured a timid, nerdy guy who went to read to a high school class and no one really paid attention to him as it usually is and then he returned home to be a lonely recluse once again. It could be that I read way too far into this poem and that's the main reason I liked it, but in any case I really enjoyed this poem. Good work Berry.