Poetry is Better

I like the poetry section of our book better than the short story section because the short stories were out of hand. I didn't know that I was reading until the end of the story and some pages I had to read over again. Poetry you do have to read the poems twice no matter what, to understand them but they do not go over a page long, well most of them don't. Poetry is so much more simple and to the point. I think poetry is a great way to express one's self and it makes you think. Like some of Julia Alvarez's poems, like "Dusting" made you think of the comparsion of someone's identity to cleaning or house work.
I am not excitied to be going into the drama section of our text book. Everytime I read a play, like in high school, I am lost by the second page. I do not know why but it is hard to follow for me. I liked when in middle school we could read them out loud and act out the different parts, then it was easier to do because once the voice changed you know the character changed. Hopefully Fences and Death of a Salesman won't be too diffcult.
ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!