Logan Young Podcast

The speaker, Logan Young, discusses their disinterest in poems but reveals that they enjoy ones with catchy writing and relatable topics. They share a poem called "When the Virus Comes" by Angelo Jeter, which reflects on people's behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic, including hoarding supplies and acting out of the ordinary. The speaker appreciates the relatability and imagery in the poem, which helps them connect with it. They conclude by summarizing their main points: they like poetry that is relatable, uses interesting language and line breaks, and incorporates vivid imagery. My name is Logan Young and welcome to the workplace. If you ever catch me reading a poem, you would know that I don't have a big interest in poems because it's not really in my cards. However, poems are my favorite type of reading because the ones I do read and enjoy are the ones that have catchy writing, unique line breaks, or topics that I find interesting and relatable. Those will include things like sports, food, traveling, school, video games, etc. Here is the poem I picked out. It's called When the Virus Comes by Angelo Jeter. When the virus comes, talking heads on television screens will tell you to abandon ship, to drown yourself in a sea of isolation, submerge homes in Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer, engulf body in face mask and plastic glove until it becomes second nature. They will tell you to turn your kitchen into a panic room, basement into a fallout shelter, instruct you to grab everything you can while you still can. They will say the shelves at the stores are empty and not realize they are also talking about you. They will preach from the gospel of quarantine, shout parables of thou shalt wash thine hands, for God so loves the world, he socially distanced himself from the very people he wanted to save. It will make you wonder how a hero or a government can rescue someone they can't even touch. When the virus comes, you will kiss your lover like it's the last time, cause maybe it is. You will dance on timelines like decades are stuck on the balls of your feet, sing like a quartet is trapped in your throat, laugh like this is the last time you know what joy feels like, cause maybe it is. And today that will be more than enough. I chose this poem because I like how it depicts people when the quote virus came. It reminds me of when we were stuck in quarantine during COVID and some of the things that people were doing like hoarding up on supplies and acting out of normal were clearly demonstrated here in the poem. During COVID, it wasn't a pleasant time. Everyone was stuck in quarantine and no one could go outside. With the word choice that author Angelo Jeter used, I feel it relates not only to me but to everyone at the time cause he uses language like quote talking heads on television screens which depicts people during the COVID times. The actual idea of the poem is brilliant cause the poem was wrote at a time where it is very relatable to everybody and I like how it's relating to similar topics when this virus came in the poem and when COVID came in real life. I noticed there were many portions of the poem that incorporated lots of imagery. For example, when the poem ceded quote, they say the shelves at the stores are empty. I felt that I could really envision word for word what was going on and it helped me understand the poem and connect with it more. I think the poem would be more confusing without the imagery cause you wouldn't be able to picture what was going on in your head and if you're a visual learner like me, it would be hard to decipher the poem. To cap off today's show, here's what we learned. I like poetry if it's relatable, there's a lot of cool word choice and line breaks in the poem, and the imagery was mentioned a lot. Thank you for your time and choosing to listen to my podcast. I'm glad I got to share my passion for this poem with you guys. Until next time, peace.