Out of the Gwendolyn Brooks poems that we had to read for today, I would have to say that "Merle 'Uncle Seagram'" hit me the most. Obviously the subject matter of the girl being molested by her uncle was disturbing. Also, I think that the speaker added a lot to the shock value and disturbance of the poem. The speaker is a young girl and she describes the situation from the standpoint of the little girl. She doesn't really know exactly what is going on, yet seems to know this is something that shouldn't be happening when she says, "I do not like my uncle anymore." The lines of the poem that really discussed me the most is when her uncle tells her, "We're Best Friends, and Family, and we know how to keep Secrets." Reading this really made my skin crawl. I could just imagine him whispering in her ear and licking her ear while no one was looking. I also think its insane to think no one has really noticed this is going on while there are a large number of people in the house. It just really made me sad. I thought that the poem was well executed and really got the situation across. I also liked that her poems contained a lot of subject matter. I found the poems really interesting, although I was confused by some.