The first sentence in the poem is “You can’t order a poem like you order a taco”. To me this means that you can’t just order a poem, it has to come to you. You have to open your eyes and see the beauty in everyday things like “the odd sock in your drawer”. Naomi Shihab Nye, the poet was trying to tell the reader to let the poetry in to you life.
I like the title because giving two skunks for a Valentine like Ernest Mann is not your usual Valentines gift. Just because everybody thinks skunks are ugly does not mean they really are. By giving them as a Valentines gift he showed the world how beautiful skunks can be and the poetry in their beauty.
I think poetry can’t be forced. It is something creative and imaginative that finds us when we don’t except it. My favorite part is the ending because the poet is telling us that maybe if we look at something like a pencil, we can discover the hidden beauty inside of it. Overall I learned that we need to be open minded and get to know the people we don’t know very well. We may find out something new about them.
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