Searching For an Identity by emma ghosheh

Searching For an Identity

emmaghosheh0 — 2024-08-28 14:28:34 UTC

I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,

I was of three minds

A man and a woman

a Southerner soon as a Northerner

Building, breaking, rebuilding

The journey might take you a few hours, a day, a year, a few years, a hundred, a thousand, or even more.

I do not know which to prefer

Open the door, then close it behind you.

I resist anything better than my own diversity.

Welcome your spirit back from its wandering. It may return in pieces, in tatters.

O thin men of Haddam,

you must do this: help the next person find their way through the dark.

(For the Two optional poems I chose "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet" and "Chicago")

Amber Chrones' Comment

achrones — 2024-08-28 17:01:13 UTC

Your title for this piece harkens to the theme of your spliced/found poem: identity. Furthermore, this splicing seems ingenious, as it takes us on an almost chronological search through time.

The first stanza questions who the author is, while the second seems to question life experiences that shape us into who we are. The third stanza questions the identity and the fourth stanza brings it all together, in a cycle of searching for identity. As in the fourth stanza, we see the author reclaims or finds their identity and then urges others to assist those who seem lost as well. All in all, excellent and insightful splicing! This is a very beautiful poem!

Madison Maturine-Reid's Comment

madisonmaturine — 2024-08-29 19:11:30 UTC

Hi Emma, our poems had some of the same things! For mine I wanted it to be more of that the person did/had found his identity. But in your poem splice the person is actually searching for their identity.

I like how you started it off with setting up the person and the idea of them searching for their identity, although I like the end because it makes me think that they did find their identity and are now on a journey to help others go through what that person just did.

Brooke Senecharles

brookesenecharles — 2024-08-29 20:54:23 UTC

Hello Emma, What I enjoyed about your poem is the personal journey one goes on to find them self. It really does sound like a persons journey through life.With that being said I believed you did an amazing job at splicing these poems together in order to create something new.

Tristan Sturdevant's comment

tristansturdevant21 — 2025-01-21 23:46:18 UTC

Hey Emma, you did an awesome job splicing these poems together and I like the correlation with the title, and flow throughout the poem! Your poem beautifully captures the search for identity, with its tension, transformation, and ultimate acceptance.