Lawrence

Lawrence's poetry seems very nostalgic and personal.  His poem "Piano" is a very sweet poem in my opinion.  It is obvious it as memoir or memory of either his mother or someone elses.  I guess it could be seen as a metaphor for things that could havve been going on in history and the point in time, but to me I took it is a memory of his mother.  It seems like the woman playing the piano is the gateway for his thoughts and memories of his mother.  I also particularly enjoyed "The English Are So Nice!".  It definitely put a smile on my face.  Although potentially offensive, I found the part about the Americans, French, and German were sarcastic and humorous.  It seems as though his sarcastic and fecetious nature comes out the most in this poem to show his true feelings about "the big picture" type problems going around during that time period.