| in my opinion they are boring
but the good thing is that they are so obvious and in your face, its impossible to not miss the meaning of the poem... the only problem that this brings up is if you dont go beyone the obvious, your answer is going to look like everyones in the state...
like in glass jar, you might just think its about a kid trying to capture some light in a jar and scare away the boogie monsters. but look at the symbolism, particularly religious symbolism, maybe harwood was trying to say something about lost/regained faith.
remember that harwood grew up with music and almost became a nun, so most of her poems have heaps of religious or musical symbolism |