Round one=Therese Brodreick

From the Three poem I read from Brodreick, "Moon of the Marble rye", "Moon of the concord brothers" and "Moon of the spice route" and the interview i read about her i learned about het style and form of writing. In all of her poems I feel that she does not give the reader an obvious insight into what she is talking about. I realize that most poets and poems are not obvious, they all tent to have some sort of symbolism and they tend not to tell you what they are describing, they just describe it. But some poems are more easily understood than others and i feel like the poems that she writes are most mysterious and connect to situations unique to her life rather that a general description of what happens in the lives of most of us. For example, in the poem "Moon of the Concord Brothers" she writes "...Two brothers harmonized keyboard-with-guitar sound..." The mention of the specific instruments and brothers leads me to think that she actually had real life connections with these people. Me beliefs were confirmed in the dedication when i read "For ben and josh my musical nephews." take that.
                  Also I picked up on the way that Brodreick uses lists in her poems. In "Moon of the Marble Rye" she writes "...Mile, rye, dilll seed, flour, oil ,yeast..." this is a list in one of her poems and it adds a certain rhythm and beat to the poem. Another example of this is in her poem "Moon of the spice Route" When she writes "...cinnamon bark. cardamon choir, wan clarinets..." when I read these lists I realize that other than rhythm they also create a visual in ones mind.

Question #1. Why do you write?
Question #2. What do you think is important for young writers to understand about writing?