Melvin Dixon gives a little insight of Ida's thoughts (a woman speaking of her niece’s son Junie who recently passed away from AIDs). She has been quilting since a very young age. She plans on making a quilt in memory of Junie. He was a great singer and loved by the church. Ida stitches pieces of Junie's things in his name to remember him by. They plan on sending the quilt to Washington D.C. where a lot of different quilts made by others can be pieced together in memory of those who have also lost babies, mothers, and fathers from AIDs.
What are your thoughts on this poem? What about Ida? What was your first image of her when you started reading? Did it change by the end of the poem?
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I liked the poem a lot. It was really easy to read and understand and I loved the message it sent about remembering loved ones. It's never easy losing people who have touched our lives and I love the idea of creating something that has parts of the persons love and personality reflected in it. I was a little confussed at what the quilt and the quilting process was about in the begining of the poem, but when I found out it was for someone who had died it really touched me. I thought it was great.
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