A Bird by Emily Dickinson

A bird came down the walk,
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.
And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.
by Emily Dickinson

      This poem reminds me of the first robin of spring, often spotted on my yard searching fervently for earthworms after the morning rain. He is often so caught up in his feeding that he fails to notice me just a few feet away watching him (wow that makes me sound like a creeper).  The poem itself gives off a feeling of serenity, with the morning dew sitting quietly on the grass, birds singing, and the first few junebugs beginning to fly about. The poem also conveys a slight feeling of harmony between the animals stated in it, the bird eats his fill of worms, but does not touch the beetle (another food object),and instead lets him pass  and be on his way instead of killing it out of sport or cold blood like many humans do. People could learn from this sort of poem :D

Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November

Remember, remember, the fifth of November
The gunpowder treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot

Guy Fawkes, twas his intent
To blow up the king and parliament.
Three schore barrels were laid below
To prove old England’s overthrow.

By God’s mercy he was catched
With a dark latern and a lighted match.
Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring,
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the King.

    I decided to do this poem because I just recently watched V for Vendetta, and this poem is quoted a multitude of times throughought the movie. The poem itself is about a man named Guy Fawkes who attempted to blow up the House of Lords via a tunnel underneath the building so that the King of England might be killed and instead replaced with a Catholic substitute.  The incident was planned to be on November 5, 1605, but he was soon discovered among the barrels of gunpowder set down in the tunnel and was quickly convicted of treason.  In the movie V for Vendetta, the main conspirator, V, does a thing similar to Fawkes in that he successfully blows up the parliament building in order to start a rebellion against the over controlling government. I especially like this poem, as well as the movie, because as stated in the movie, "a people should not fear their government, the government should fear their people," and I feel that both bring about this idea well.