Tom Zart - General Quarters

Tom Zart has over 1300 poems and is said to be the most published poet on the web. It seems as if he is a religious man and would like to see everyone believe in god. The topic of General Quarters is the battle stations of Tom Zarts naval experience during Pearl Harbor. I personally did not have any issues reading this poem because I was once in the United States Navy. Zart said "We soon found out it wasn't a drill but instead it was war for real. As you watch the death of friends and shipmates, Its more anger then fear you feel", It gave me an image that reminded me of some of my experiences in the Navy. I had thought the same way as him when I had my first real battle stations. Over all-knowing what I know-it was a pretty good poem to read, and I think that I will start to read more of the poems that Tom Zart has created.



GENERAL QUARTERS 


General quarters, general quarters 
All hands man your battle station! 
Sunday morning, December the 7th 
As war confronted our nation. 

We soon found out it wasn't a drill 
But instead it was war for real. 
As you watch the death of friends and shipmates 
It's more anger than fear you feel. 

Japanese warplanes came flying in low 
As I took aim with my gun sight. 
From the deck of a ship anchored at Pearl 
Damaged, though crew still eager to fight. 

I saw the face of a pilot, who crashed
Surrounded by black smoke and fire. 
Some of my bullets must have found their mark. 
For his death was but my desire! 

Two thousand, three hundred and twenty-three killed 
In a battle less than two hours. 
With the heart of our Pacific fleet gone 
Japan had flexed their naval powers. 

The bombing and strafing of ships and troops 
Caused our congress to declare full war. 
Where many a man laid down his life 
Fighting for flag, country and more. 

by Tom Zart

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tom-zart-war-poems/

My Shadow

The shadow that I found was a character from the TV series Gotham, the man that goes by the name of Oswald Cobblepot or as most know him as penguin. Now most citizens that live in Gotham are clinically insane or just pure crazy, but Oswald sticks out the most in Gotham. what I hate the most that he can just get away with anything just by crying in front of the people that are going to wipe him off the earth. I can see in some of the villainous things that he does can be connected to my shadow but not completely. This shadow is kind of like a person that I know but only certain aspects of the way that Oswald acts. I believe that it says that sometimes I just want to get away with some things that happen to me, but I know that I wont be able to, at least not like that.

Igor Stravinsky

The melody and rhythm had actually caught my attention because to me it is kind of unusual, even though I listen to classical music every now and then. I thought the beat on 3:30 had a nice flow to it and i could see it in music that I listen to everyday. Now honestly the only part that I did not like was when it was a little bit of a softer tempo, yes it is soothing to me but I would rather it not be in the same song. I can feel the energy of the music, also can see how the Parisians in 1913 felt when they first heard the music. I can see everyone, as we say now "moshing", in the Orchestra hall and just all the absurdity that happened that night. It seemed as if it was a scene of a huge battle between the different sympathy instrument. In all I really loved the style of music and how it made me feel.

Kokoschka

The Subject of this painting is to capture the beauty in the city that Kokoschka is painting, to capture it at that moment in time. There is so much going on in this painting and every brush stroke catches my attention and makes me question how he saw what he was painting. It makes me feel as if I were actually there during a very busy day, so much going on in the water and everything around it. I like that Kokoschka used blotches to make the further buildings and scenery, It gives it more color that is all smashed together but still forms something that can be translated in the mind. It leaves the rest to be created in my mind in the style that was used. To me its a perfectly painted blob of different colors to form what was seen at the time in the head of the artist.

View Of Constantinople 

http://bestarts.org/artist/oskar-kokoschka/paintings/view-of-constantinople/