I like this. At first I thought, would the mother really leave ground zero silently? No weeping and wailing? Then I thought, this isn’t the Lion King, Ebony. There is something powerful about her silently walking away from the murderous scene. Nice work!
My audience is my blog readers. I don’t know the demographics, but I do know that one of my colleagues shares some of my posts with her students. I think that my audience is primarily adults who want to feel inspired. Maybe I’m drawing this conclusion because when I write, that is my intention — to inspire people.
This year I taught American Lit, and I loved teaching Poe’s The Raven. I love the musicality of it — the rhythm, the tone, (if it were a music composition it would definitely be written in a minor key) the rhyme scheme, the dynamics. Loved it. What’s even better is that the kids loved it too. 🙂
