Isaac Week 1 - "1969" by Alex Dimitrov

 


The poem "1969" by Alex Dimitrov looks at the moon landing and uses it to symbolize how everyone is looking at the future as if they are living in it in the present, and how everyone looks towards living in peace even though they constantly live in war. Dimitrov describes how we came to the moon "in peace for all mankind then returned to continue the war". 

The title "1969" signifies the date of the moon landing, but does more in that it is a past date that looks forward to a bright future. It is a year where it was shown that certain things that may have seemed impossible may become possible in the upcoming years in the future. It is a title that both looks back at the past, but also looks forward to a bright future. 

I agree with the message of the poem of looking forward to the future, but I also think that focusing on the present is very important which I think is something that the author emphasizes. We are living in a world that is not reality, and that can be a very bad thing. There are times when not living in reality is fine, but like he says in the end of the poem, it could be very harmful to live in a makeup world where you see peace everywhere, but in reality live in a world full of war.

Alex Dimitrov was born into a world after the moon landing was already accomplished, so what he is criticizing from the past is still significant today. Today people are all the time trying to live out of reality, and looking at our society as if it has to be the perfect society which is impossible to be. What do you think about whether or not it is right to think you are living in an ideal world?

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/147624/1969

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