Explosions of Blossoms

        Thursday night I experienced how rich literature can be made even more wonderful when the author reads his own work of art. When Mr. Frederick Turner read his poem about the blossoms on the trees, I was thoroughly impressed. First off, there is irony in this poem--the blossoming of trees is described as explosions. Dr. Turner emphasized the words and identified with the embodiment of the poem. Consequently, the audience was captivated. It was a spectacular performance of poetry.

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          I would like to thank Dr. Sexson and Dr. Turner for giving us the opportunity to go to Thursday nights performance, and to listen to Dr. Turner during our class period on Friday. I appreciated how Dr. Turner gave us so much information in class (rather than presenting an summarized overview of his theory). It allowed for me as a student to remain very engaged, and to desire to know more and more. It was also very neat to witness the friendship between Dr. Sexson and Dr. Turner. I hope they arrived at some more conclusions regarding the epic, the myth, and the apocalypse!