BLOSSOMS by Walter Dean Myers

I never dreamt 

that tender blossoms 

would be brown 

Or precious angels 

could come down 

to live in the garden 

of my giving heart 

But here you are 

brown angel 

    This poem falls under Modernism theory. It is a free verse poem and that is one of the characteristics of the literary pieces that falls under modernism theory. Walter Dean Myers is a virtual literary chameleon. He has written picture books, poetry, short stories, novels, formula fiction, historical fiction, and biographies. He has an inept ability to write in the voice of a young adult about issues as sobering as teen homicide and as silly as the secret formula to un-pop popcorn. Myers also uses unique language which adds to the humor and “down home” feeling of the books.

 # MODERNISM THEORY