Purpose: to write in-depth about one word or a phrase and how it develops a theme in one or two of the poems listed below.  Your mini-essay will go into depth by using at least two detailed examples that illustrate how the word/phrase uses different levels of language – concrete and abstract – to convey a particular meaning.

Poems

Love In Place

I really don’t remember falling in love all that much
I remember wanting to bake corn bread and boil a ham and I certainly remember making lemon pie and when I used to smoke I stopped in the middle of my day to contemplate

I know I must have fallen in love once because I quit biting
My cuticles and my hair is gray and that must indicate
Something and I all of a sudden had a deeper appreciation
For Billie Holiday and Billy Strayhorn so if it wasn’t for love I don’t know what it was

I see the old photographs and I am smiling and I’m sure quite happy but what I mostly see is me
Through your eyes
And I am still you and slim and very much committed to the
Love we still have

 Question: How does a particular image contribute to the message of “Love in Place?”