Poetry Unbound Danez Smith — i’m going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense
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Dec 17, 2021 AI Snips
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Returning To A Familiar Climate
- Podrico Tuma described moving from Australia back to Ireland and expecting to miss the sun.
- He realized he preferred Ireland's grey, misty climate and found it nurturing.
Environment Shapes Inner Life
- Chris Heagle praises Danez Smith's poem for flipping pathetic fallacy to show environment shaping emotion.
- The poem argues seasons and climate can enable inner change rather than just reflect it.
Winter Validates Sadness
- The poem contrasts Minnesota as a place where sadness 'makes sense' with California as perpetual summer.
- That contrast questions the ideal of constant sunshine as universally desirable.