The thought of a person?s first encounter with love is usually a sweet memory. Through Vada?s poem about Thomas Jay?s death you can clearly see that her first touch of love is both sweet and sad. After she has been to her best friend?s funeral Vada is forced to deal with her true feelings about him. While standing in front of a class of adult poetry students she recites this poem:

Weeping willow with your tears running down

As the poem comes to a close the audience can see that Vada is now becoming more enlightened on death. The loss of Thomas Jay is settling in and though she is not happy about it she at least has a bit more of an understanding about death. Vada states, ?Weeping willow stop your tears there is something to calm your fears? to explain to the audience that she has come to a realization about her loss. To close her poem she explains, ?You think death has ripped you forever apart but I know he?ll always be in your heart.? Vada and Thomas Jay will never get to spend another day at the weeping willow together like they did the summer of 1972, but Vada has grown from this experience. She is now aware of the fact that she has something that death could not take from her, which is her love and memories.

You thought his laughter would never fade

The questions asked to the weeping willow in Vada?s poem are represe

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Approximate Word count = 614
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)