An Old Book

[SaddestStates]

I like the shorter poems that can be up for interpretation easier. Allowing the audience to open their minds and meld it in their world. But I feel like with this short poem, you had a direction and a purpose from the start, that didn't have the time to put in the context for us to read how it was meant to be read. I felt like there was not a way to get my foot in door, to truly experience the poem for what it really is. And from the conclusion I've read in your other comments, A woman is settling on you, since you are not the best of men. That isn't very clear (if I'm even right) since I feel most of the focus in this poem is focused on the book. Like the book is the biggest character in this poem.


*Edited Grammatical mistakes.