Brazil

Music and color fill my eyes and ears
Rio in summer and hot peppers that bring tears.

Suntanned children in the street
With a soccer ball at their feet

Scents in the air of flowers and jungle
Amazonian boarders around me
Brazil the country astounds me.

- Unknown

What i really enjoy about this poem is the directness and simpleness. These rhyming couplets cover many aspects of the country Brazil. The most vivid picture I get is from Stanza 2 " Suntannned children in the street, with a soccer ball at their feet."  This line relays a very classic image of a Brazilian street with children playing soccer on the cement. Despite how short this stanza is the picture in my head is very vivid because this unknown poet made reference to already well known images. One thing that intrigues me about this poem is how the last stanza does not follow the AA BB rhyme scheme, but rather has a first line that does not rhyme. This puzzels me, but also draws more attention to: "Scents in the air of flowers and jungle." Prehaps the poet found this point very important.