Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Small Murders
This poem is by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. What first attracted me to it was the title. It left me curious about what the poem would be about. The entire poem focuses on the sense of smell and how it can affect the relationship between two people. It centers around a girl on a date with a new boy, but still in the grips of her former relationship. It really brings out the physical part of a change in a relationship. The author truly brings out the minds senses throughout the poem with her terrific descriptions of every smell she wants the reader to imagine. Each time I read it my mind kept trying to process all the different angles of imagery that Nezhukumatathil is able to portray. She also includes some famous relationships from the bowels of history, like Napolena and Josephine and Cleopatra and Antony. This really managed to pull me into the world that Nezhukumatathil was creating. "Your mark on me washed away with each kiss," perfectly expressed how anyone feels after leaving a heavy relationship. At the end, the girl finally shows her guilt of leaving her former lover. This part somewhat confused me, since she had been so enamoured with original boy. You would think she would feel as though she was "murdering" her former lovers hold on her. Everyone should read this since many people can relate to this situation, and because of the beautiful imagination used by Nezhukumatathil throughout the poem!
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