#16

Even though I did not speak out in class I did find some interesting things that Billy Collins made reference to in his poem "Journal"(page 20).

Corot: was a French landscape painter and print maker in etching.
Catullus: was a Roman poet of the 1st century BC. The works that survived are still widely read today and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art.

Camus: was a French author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957.

Anodyne: is a medicine that relieves or soothes pain by lessening the activity in the brain.

Kingfisher: Because I didn't know what it was... Is a bird.

Leonardo's Codex: I looked at a picture of the this. It had many doodles and drawings in the margins.

I really could not believe that I had read through this poem the first time and didn't even realize that I had read over so many unfamiliar things. The poem seemed familiar and comfortable enough without knowing the exact meanings and that really amazes me. Collins is pretty awesome if you ask me.