Poems Reading By Original Poet

Poems Reading By Original Poet

            Hearing poems from the original poet is a very profound experience. The poet read the poems with the right tone of voice, the right gestures and the right mood. Additionally, questions can be asked concerning the happening and events of the time and place when the poems were written. Unlike reading poems without knowing much about the events that led to the writing of a poem, one begins to interpret poems in a subjective manner.   

            Paul Pines styles of writing are unique, particularly his approach of writing poems. He makes his listeners look forward with eagerness and enthusiasm in wanting to hear more. I was particularly touched by how he incorporates his travels, his life experiences, and the people that are very dear to him in his poems.          

            Listening to Pines, I was fascinated by how he wrote poems to remember the places he had been, for instance Paris in France. This would not only immortalize the unique experiences he had while he was there, it will also help him in sharing this experiences with larger audience that might not have the opportunity of going to the place. Just as Pines wrote poems about his travels, other people keep journals of the places they had been. This will help to keep memories alive to generations that will come after. Without losing the past, we proceed to the future.

            Pines uses some descriptions that almost everyone can identify with. For instance, at the beginning of his poem reading, he described bread in a variety of ways. He said bread reminds him of home whenever he was on a journey. He shares or eats bread with his friends and family, and so on. As he was reading his poem about bread, it reminded me of the Christian ritual of breaking bread together during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. It symbolizes unity just as Pines observed in his poems.

            Pines preserve the memories of the people that are irreplaceable in his live in the lines of his poems. For example, the poems he wrote for and about his daughter will forever be new no matter how old his daughter becomes. Whenever he reads about his daughter’s childhood in the lines of the poem, he is reminding himself about his favorite daughter. Just as a picture captures an event in time, so do poems. Whenever I look at my childhood pictures, I am reminded of the events that took place when the particular picture was taken. This way, memories are preserved and histories are made.  

            Overall, it was a nice experience to be able to hear a poet reading his poems to a large audience.