Fluorescence

     The poems in the book Fluorescence by Jennifer Dick were hard for me to comprehend like most other poems. The poems in this book are separated into sections and it seems like some of the poems in the section go together and I begin to think that there is a link between them all, then other poems I have no idea how they would connect. An example of this would be the poem In the Garden on page 43. I can see how the poem connects to the next couple of poems, but when I get to the poem Sighted on page 47 I begin to be question if they all go together. I feel like there has to be some sort of connection because they are in the same section. I just don't know what it is.
     One thing that I do like about this book of poems is how the structure can set the mood. The book does a good job at using spacing to set a flow when you are reading and almost put you in a mind set. My favorite example of this is section two that starts on page 15. The first half of the poem is spaced out and seems to have no structure. I believe this is because the author wants you to feel frantic. The second part however is in more of a paragraph form. This is to show a more calm sense. The person is not freaking out, but instead kinda just taking things as they come. Some of the poems also have titles where others to not. I don't know why she choose to do this, but it has to have some sort of meaning.
    My favorite poem/poems from this book would have to be the ones in section one starting on page nine. I want to go into the medical field so these ones caught my eye because they talk about the anatomy of a body while telling a story. It kinda shows her journey through what I got was medical school. Once we talked about this poem in class it made even more sense to me and I began to enjoy it even more. I think Jennifer Dick is a beautiful writer and I found myself actually starting to enjoy reading some of her poems.