Response to classmate's journal, Week 4

Jonette,

I really enjoyed reading this free entry. There are many sturdy images here that create exactness in the reader’s head. For example, “I watch water swirl around the clothes in the washer,” and “Your favorite walking sticks still stand in the corner by the front door, leaning against the wall to listen for your footsteps”. I particularly like the last line here because it is interesting that it is the walking stick itself and not the speaker in the poem that is mourning a loss. It might be interesting to further this draft about this walking stick and/or other items that would miss a person instead of people—personal items that mourn, a hair brush, a divot in the living room recliner, the handle of the fridge, etc. Just a suggestion, I think it could be really a great exercise to play around with anyway.