Ballard of Birmingham

The other day in class I was assigned to read the Ballard of Birmingham. This poem really settled with me because I go to church and I feel safe and protected when I am there. In the poem it shows church differently, it shows church as unsafe and dangerous place compared to the streets where a march is going on. That would defiantly seem more dangerous then church. But that is not what happened on that fateful day when that bombing happened. The bombing has changed how many people think things are safe.

Safety is a big thing for most people. If one feels threatened then they go to a place they think is safe and wait it out until the world rights it self. That is exactly what the mother of the girl thought she was doing, she thought she was sending her  daughter off to a safe place where she could be until that march was over but the church was the target in the ending because people thought it to be safe.

This poem is an amazing poem and can be read over and over again until you finally get sick of it ( which highly unlikely). Reading this poem you can will see into the past and you can see problems that occur now in the future. So read it and enjoy, I sure had a fun time reading it for my English class and I'm sure you will too. When you finish tell me what you think of it my comments. I would like to here others opinions on it.