phoebe’s complexities

okay… here’s my actual blog post

The One About Phoebe

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Through the bustling Central Perk the friends come and go,

sipping coffee and chatting.

Stories are told and memories are made

in the greatest days of their lives.

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A selfless wonder who connects deeply with all,

awe inspiring confidence and suggestive looks,

an animal lover with cheat days,

a free spirited guitarist whose uniqueness shines.

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She is childish and caring yet a little bit odd.

Understands how they feel, not afraid to be honest.

Her eccentricity and quick wit 

take two sides of a story. It’s always a gamble.

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Her quiet murmurings are cryptic as they unfold the truth. 

They hold each other as they laugh, 

an unsettling comment drops

that stops them in their tracks. 

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Wonders when she is quiet, jumps when she fights,

dreams that she will find happiness, trembles to know

the tragic truth of her history. Stumbling upon one detail at a time.

Nothing is clear. 

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A suicidal mother, a disappeared father, a detached twin sister,

leads to a life in the streets where her fire and spunk are born.

An unknown brother and a surprise birth mom,

leads to acceptance and growth.

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She is full of surprises of the darkest nature.

And unlike a lover must know all, all, all,

The friends focus on her in the present. 

She lights up their lives.

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Always exclaiming, 

my eyes! and oh no…

Always there to remind us all that

it’s never Smelly Cat’s fault and she’ll be there for you.

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Speaker: an observer of the character, Phoebe, from Friends

Audience: anyone who has watched Friends

Situation: the character, Phoebe, is described as well as her important role in the show

Shift: after the line “stops them in their tracks” the mood shifts completely to portray her complexities as a character

Tone: admiring and meditative

Mood: thoughtful and touched 

Thesis: In Ceili Blomquist’s poem, “The One About Phoebe”, she portrays Phoebe first as she appears, innocent and ebullient, but as the poem progresses she turns out to be so much more with a dark past and a fire within her.

*adapted from P.K. Page’s “The Landlady”