The poem
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry.
The librarian does not believe what she sees. Her eyes are sad and she walks with her hands in her dress.
The poems are gone. The light is dim. The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.
Their eyeballs roll, their blond legs burn like brush. The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.
She does not understand. When I get on my knees and lick her hand, she screams.
I am a new man. I snarl at her and bark. I romp with joy in the bookish dark.
I believe the reference to the dogs is refering to the animal that is unleashed as he devours the poetry. Consuming the poetry has brought him to this snimal-like, spontaneous state of mind that he refers to as being "a new man".
how do you come up with your ideas your poem eating poetry was very good but i want to know how you got your ideas for it¿
everyone seems to think the guy is causing a ruckus in the liobrary but my thoughts are tht he has a dislike for literature and istearing it up and the dogs represent the librarians sadness and fury...as her sadness increase so does the dogs reaction...and the ending i think makes him think of all thebooks he can tear up.....my mother thought of the book bannings in the 30's...it seems very plausible
This is a great poem symbolising the mans dislike for poetry, when this hatred is released he become a mindless poem eating machine
I agree with the last comment. Eating the poems is suggests internalizing the thoughts and beauty contained in poems--perhaps even obtaining nurishment from them. The librarian is a rule enforcer, she's be happier if he read the books and was not affected by them.
You all are talking about how he hates poetry. When I read this Images ran through my head of a man obsessed with poetry, with a strong passion for what he loves. Showing how he cant get enough of it. I see more of a passion more then a hate but i can see where you are coming from...