I have been anxiously awaiting posting about this poem for quite some time. The first time I read it, it gave me a vision of just what the title says, a commercial for a summer night.
I especially the part when it talked about the bony blondes and lean-jawed guys. Though I'm not interested sexually in them, I envisioned a whole clan of Zach Morris's (from saved by the bell those who don't know). The reason I thought of this was that I remember watching a particular episode where he had to fix up a car however always seemed to keep his hair in a perfect fashion. In addition, after the part when they mention these guys, it is said that the pretty ones are wearing the merchandise is wearing this year which I took as the pretty girls wearing the clothes that were in style which made me think of Lisa Turtle another character from the show. Though, I'm sure this is not what the author had meant by this poem I just thought it was an interesting similarity between a poem and a modern day television show that arguably changed a generation.
Moving on, I loved the description of the setting in the beginning of the poem because it really hooked me in and had my thoughts flowing early. The murmuring blue lights and TV's on the porch with the chairs remind me of a small town area where everybody has their own space and nobody has their space interfered with. The poem has so many subtleties that even if the title did not include the word summer, one would be able to tell that this was a summer poem. When I think of people sitting outside on a porch with sound off on the television off drinking beers to me is just summer in a nutshell.
With so many names being mentioned I felt that it was easy to create a face and a personality. Each of them have lines that you would be able to attribute to somebody else that you know.
I really enjoyed this poem and would recommend it to everybody especially those that are interested in getting their mind off of school and looking forward towards summer a little bit more.
Perry Wertheimer
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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