"Cold Coming"

The poem combined the images of war with the ideas of brith and death by being descriptive with how the battles and how war are. The author says words like 'bomb-blasted" and 'charred Iraqi", these words are very descriptive and put images in your head. It goes with birth and death because during war thereis death and bad things happen but in other places there are new babies being born. The author uses the sperm bank and it makes the war look bad like those men will not be coming back so they need to put there sperm in a bank. I think that it is important that the Iraqi is talking to a poet rather then a journalist because a poet can put words into more of a meaning when a journalist is just looking for a story.

A Cold Coming

This story talks about the soliders freezing there sperm so that they can leave a legacy ehind if they die. It tells you how the Iraqi solider feels and how he wants forgivness. It talks about the bad things he has done under Saddam. This story was alright it showed you some different views of how the soliders react.

Journey of the Magi

This storywas good, I like how they described the journey I could really picture where and what they were doing. The author says in the story, "The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter." This gives you the idea of how cold and how they are struggling no this trip. I thought the story would have a happier ending but he seemed to be depressed and not happy.

She Unnames Them

This story was very confusing, I did not understand it. I like how they talked about the animals names but I did not understand why really. I just thought this story was to confusing. Was the lady naming these animals.

In the interview you find out why she writes how she does. She goes back to a lot of her childhood and does not think that names mean as much as people think they do. The interview helps you understand things better.

I get what he is saying but I did not have the same feeling. That view is interesting but wasn't what I thought.

My definition for a lion would be they are big, strong, smart animals. They are the king of animals and are good hunters, lions are very aggressive and people should not try to be around them.

Lioness
Is a female lion. They are very good hunters and are smart.