My childhood hero wasn't from the pages of a comic book
or the Saturday morning cartoons
although I did keep some comics around
(but mostly because I really wanted those sea monkeys advertised in the back)
and I did watch some cartoons
(because my brother and I were bored and School House Rock was cool)
My first childhood hero was Holden Caulfield
The Catcher In the Rye
As I read, I realized
I wasn't alone
For the first time, fiction
Validated me
The Catcher In the Rye caught me
right as I was at the edge
and I held on tight.
submitted for Thursday Think Tank #56 Reading at Poets United
15 comments:
nice...mine was fantasy novels...Tanis half-elf...bastard son...
Very nice. Holden is the ultimate teenage hero. Unfortunately, I try to get students to read Catcher these days and only a few seem to think so any more.
Cool poem! I'm embarrased to admit this, but... I never read it. :(
Whatever inspired you to write.....
I'M ALL FOR IT!
What a GIFT you have. :0)
keep flying! great response
I was like this with On the Road. I think my first crush was Dean Moriarity. Then as I grew older I wanted to BE Dean. Holden was a good buddy in those days too. Looking back they all feel like old friends I once knew. This is such a great piece.
I think my first childhood hero was Tom Swift. He could invent anything. And Schoolhouse Rock is still one of my favorites. I have all of those on DVD.
Lolamouse,
A very fine appreciation of your favourite piece of reading. Nicely shared thoughts.
Eileen
I so love this. A book character that really spoke to me when I was thirteen was Francie in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. And the little girl in To Kill a Mockingbird. Really resonated with this poem. Books rock.
Love The Catcher in the Rye, almost as much as I LOVED the idea of sea monkeys.
In my screwed up childhood, my main escape was reading. The more I read, the less I had to deal with my own life. I read "The Catcher in the Rye" at an age when I couldn't really understand it. I was still amazed and read it again years later.
Great post Lola...
Even though it was a great book in it's own right, every time I think about "catcher" I think about Mel Gibson in "Conspiracy Theory" and his fascination with the book.
My comic book was the Myth adventures series, medieval fantasy is always fun.
I enjoyed this and I so wanted sea monkeys! My neighbors actually got them; I was so happy I could at least see them! I think I need to read this one again~
@ darev: The mention of Catcher in Conspiracy Theory had something to do with the fact that the guy who shot John Lennon (whatever was his name) was carrying a copy. See, it was a conspiracy against Lennon, or something like that...
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