"One Train May Hide Another" by Kenneth Koch

"One Train May Hide Another" by Kenneth Koch is actually read aloud by Kenneth Koch himself on http://poets.org/viewmedia.phb/prmMID/15592. This poem like many other poems this week, was extremely confusing and hard to understand at first. After listening to it many times and reading it for myself, I think I have finally realized what Kenneth Koch is trying to get across to his readers. Kenneth Koch actually reads the poem very slowly, with many pauses, giving you time to react and sink in what he is trying to say. This way of reading the poem actually helped me understand the poem quicker then I thought it would. Ironically, I believe that the way he reads the poem slowly, shows what the poem is supposed to mean as well. I think he is trying to say that we should live life slowly, and get everything you can out of it. The way he reads the poem actually allows you to get everything out of it that he is trying to tell you through his poem. You need to take life slow, and let everything sink in, which is not normally how people take life on. Most people don't take their time when dealing with problems, people or different situations. Throughout his poem, Kenneth Koch repeats the verse "One may hide another" numerous times. This is showing us the readers that we should take on everything slowly because you never know what is coming next. Many different situations overshadow each other. In the end I really enjoyed this poem and it even got me thinking about how I handle different situations in my own life. I think Kenneth Koch has a great writing style that actually gets through to people. This is a very important piece of wisdom that Kenneth Koch teaches us through his work.