Meeting #2 Minutes

Dead Poet's Society, Meeting #2 Minutes

Present: Caroline, Cindy, Noah, Todd

Motion: Change the name of the club to: The DPS
-since the motion was to be nominated by Jerry Bolton it will post-poned until next the next time Jerry is at the meeting.

Caroline
1. Analysis of On Monsier's Departure
-interesting discussion on whether it was written by a male or a female.

2. Caroline's Poem
no title given - "... it is so easy to forget."

Some thoughts to consider about this piece:
- do not let this be one in a series of mistakes.
-instant gratification brings some consequences.
>Caroline played a pun with the word "deja vu" (very sneaky)

General thoughts flowing from this discussion:
-What is the purpose of poetry?
-Should it be purely the author's interpretation, or the reader's? Or should there be balance?
-What about ambiguity/understanding?
((btw, the bathroom is a creepy place for pictures of your friends!))

Cindy
1. Gerard Hopkins: The Caged Skylark (to be discussed next week)

2. Friend's Poem: Christ - The Sunrise of My Soul
-Discussion about Structure in Poetry ensued
-Noah commented that he tends to be cynical toward poetry

Noah
1. T.S. Eliot
-Influenced by Fascism and Christianity

The Hollow Man
-Allusion to Julius Caesar, Heart of Darkness, and Gunpowder plot.
-A hollow man is basically a man with no character.
-"not with a bang but a whimper"
- party bang, or destruction bang?

((the unknown exists between the reality and the thought))

2. Silent in Your Car (Noah Salo)
-As long as you've been in a car and in love this poetry should be fairly straightforward.
-the key to this poem = Noah

Todd
1. Beloved Derek Webb

2. 10 O'clock



sorry about being late folks, i'll get on it quicker next time. Jerry i want to here what you got. Assignment for this coming thursday:

1 poem from an artist/poet
1 personal poem

(just like last time except a different piece to discuss)

-the bard