“You are my drunkenness” written by Nazim Hikmet is one of the best poems that I have read and it is so simple. The poet talks about a man’s feelings and passion for a woman. He talks about how all the problems that a man has all the pain and injuries, headache will forget when he is in front of a woman. All his problems and pain no longer will be felt when a woman is around him.

"Aubade" by Philip Larkin

"Aubade" is a poem written by Philip Larkin which indicates our everyday life related to death. The poem starts with the sentence "I work all day, and get half-drunk at night." and thinking where and when he will die. He is showing a fear of dying and is aware that death is inevitable. Death is the only phenomenon that doesn't care if you are good person or bad, rich or poor, thin or fat, one day sooner or later we will die. This poem pushed me to think how people despite the fact that they know one day they will die, they continue everyday routine of living, wake up in the morning, do our ordinary things and sometimes forget the fact that all of us will go in the same direction, towards death.

The Stranger (Part IV and V)

Part IV of this book talks more about judging part of Meursaultin the court and the final verdict that has to be pronounced in the end of the session. It is interesting that the whole speech of the prosecutor was concentrated rather in the personal life and and personality of Meursault than in his crime, which in my opinion is much more important.Prosecutor mentioned several "facts" which seemed to me really irrelevant to his crime that tells the personality and nature of Meursault as a criminal and unconscious man. Prosecutor mentioned his heartlessness, in funeral of his mother where he wasn't able to state the age of her, and didn't weep. I guess his aim was to say that if he doesn't show any emotion toward his mother, he should, as well, be emotionless toward others, and  be a threat to a society. Prosecutor continued to speak the story of the crime and how Meursault shot for more times afters firs one, on the Arab's body to make sure that he is dead. H said that Meursault was fully aware of what he was doing because he was an educated and intelligent man. All what he was trying to emphasize is that it was not a sudden impulse of reaction but a fully aware decision for the crime, which in reality was not real. In this position Meursault wasn't able to explain to the court that how his crime was committed with no intention and was because the sun and the sudden impulse from the fear. Meursault wished he could explain to them in a friendly way that moment, with sincerity, but his position as a "criminal" prevented him from such explanation. Meursault admitted that the prosecutor was much more convincing and had more talent than his lawyer, and he realized that his fate has to be decided by others and doesn't have the ability to do much about the final decision. Thus, he was thinking just to go as soon as possible to the jail's cell to sleep and do nothing else. In the end of the session he has been asked to say the last words, and he said that he really had no intention ti kill the Arab. Regardless his point, while he saw for the firs time Marie in the court the verdict was read and he has to be decapitated in front of crowd of people.Therefore, he was moved to new cell, which was with the view to the sky. There, most of the time he laid to his back and watched the moving clouds of the sky. He tried to find a peace with his mind, relax and just think. He was thinking mainly about 2 things: the dawn and the appeal.Meursault refused to several times to see the chaplain but in the end he saw him but in the beginning refused to talk to him. He doesn't want to spend time talking with the chaplain about why he don't believe in God, but chaplain understood him and even cry for him. Chaplain said to Meursault that he is going to pray for him. Therefore, he felt a feeling of relief for a moment and asked him to leave.Meursault continued to think about the phenomenon of death and trying to convince himself that this course of dying will never stop, and it doesn't matter if you are going to die now or after forty years, what matters is that you are going to die either way.

"The Last Toast" By Nicanor Parra

"The Last Toast" by Nicanor Parra is a poem that really reflects the truth of our lives. Most of people are pursuing the happiness and maybe a better life, that's why they are concentrated in the future, therefore, losing the time in the present. Author said in the beginning that we have three choices: "Yesterday, today and tomorrow." It is obvious that the past is gone forever so all what is in our hand to change is the present and the future. I liked the sentence "I raise my glass To the day that never arrives." where maybe tomorrow will never come. In my opinion, the message of this poem is cherish good memories of the past and forget the bad ones because they are dead and live the life today because the future may not ever come.

The Stranger - by Albert Camus (part I, II and III )

“The Stranger” written by Albert Camus is one of the most interesting and strange books that I have ever read. The book is all about the main character and his personality Meursault, an Algerian. His personality is really strange because he is not sociable, doesn’t want to talk much and the things that was surrounded with doesn’t have a special meaning to him. He is lazy when it comes to speak with others and all what we does is going to work, sleeping and smoking.  The story begins with Meursault being told about his mother’s death. In the beginning he had that impression that people at funeral came to judge him. This is maybe because he was not living with his mother and didn’t take care of her for years. Maybe he was feeling a little bit guilty.  He goes to attend the funeral and shows no emotions and rather than show emotions he is concentrated about other people around him. He felt that disconnection among himself and mother’s friends.  When undertaker’s man asked him during the funeral: “What was her age?”  He said: “Well, she was getting on.” He didn’t know how old has her mother. This explains to the reader that he was never able to feel any personal emotions for any of his actions or things he has in his life. He really does not show any emotions about all these events. And when he goes back to his apartment he noticed that nothing important has changed.  One day he met an ex-colleague and did not tell her about the death of his mother.  Later on he gets back to his normal life and start working as usual. He was committed to his job, but living a lonely life and a feeling of alienation.  Meursault helped his neighbor Reymond to write a letter to his ex-girlfriend which was beaten by Reymond very hard.  They planned a scenario together to bring her back. In this case Meursault did not show any emotions about Reymond ex-girlfriend.

Therefore, that letter was well written and worked out, therefore, he beats his ex-girlfriend. Therefore, Raymond was send to the court but Meursault helped him with some arguments and Raymond was released.  After that he has been followed by some Arabs and his girlfriend’s brother. One day while Raymond  was walking on the beach we met these Arabs and start fighting, where he ends up injuring him with knife. Later, Raymond start walking on the beach but Meursault accompanied him because doesn’t like to let him alone where they had got the gun kept by Meursault . While they were walking they met again with Arabs. Arabs again they pull over the knife and start attacking Raymond and Meursault. At this moment the author describes how the impact of the sun’s light, heat and previous memories of his mother where he had interesting emotions, Meursault pulled his gun and shot once and killed one of the Arabs. What is more interesting he shot four more times after little break at the dead body of the Arab. This means that he had time to think so this was conscious reaction.  The following chapters explain the Meursault arrest and his life in jail. He passes time sleeping 16 hours or more per day and daydreaming, about the things that he no longer can do, from sexual relations till the places and he can’t visit anymore. He started to think for every detail he had in his apartment, for every single detail. He did this most probably to pass the time, because he had a large portion of invaluable free time. The court was trying to lighten the truth of why he murdered the Arab but they never understood the Meursault explanations, because he doesn’t feel any special emotions about anything he has made in life. Thus, the court rated that crime as a capital crime and punished him with death penalty and will be decapitated publicly.

  

Trans-Siberian Prose and Little Jeanne from France” written by Blaise Cendrars

Trans-Siberian Prose and Little Jeanne from France” written by Blaise Cendrars is one of the most interesting poems that I have ever read. The whole poem is about the journey with the train from Moscow to Montmartre and he describes moments of what the character was seeing and feeling. Canderas describes the war, the love, the death and everything what he saw during the journey. During the time I was reading the poem I was wondering if this is an imaginary journey or this happened to the author for real. He used a lot of metaphors and while reading I noticed a lot repetition of words which I think he was trying to put emphasis to some key words. This journey was made during 1905. Thus, I found it contradictory moment when I saw that Titanic was mentioned there. This made me believe that this is more imaginary journey rather real one.