Greetings. I come in peace.

[theapplepicker.livejournal.com]

Man in Space
        ~Billy Collins

All you have to do is listen to the way a man
sometimes talks to his wife at a table of people 
and notice how intent he is on making his point
even though her lower lip is beginning to quiver,

and you will know why the women in science 
fiction movies who inhabit a planet of their own
are not pictured making a salad or reading a magazine
when the men from earth arrive in their rocket,

why they are always standing in a semicircle
with their arms folded, their bare legs set apart,
their breasts protected by hard metal disks.

Comments

[katminnaar.livejournal.com]

Love it. :)

[theapplepicker.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[mery-bast.livejournal.com]

Great poem!

[theapplepicker.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think so too!

[penguinboy.livejournal.com]

What's to love about it? It's a simple (overly obvious) observation followed by a juxtaposition to a familiar yet stereotypically unimaginative scene creating a slight comic effect. And then it ends. It's a mediocre poem at best.

But welcome to greatpoets anyway :)

[theapplepicker.livejournal.com]

The info about this community says that this community is for sharing favorite poems, so I obviously see what's to love about this poem. I also disagree with your assessment, obviously. I read more in this poem that what you apparently have. But I didn't join this community to discuss poetry. I have plenty of other outlets for that. I joined this community to share poetry.

But thanks for the welcome anyway. :)

[absolution.livejournal.com]

god i love this poem.

thank you.