1. After The War By Rachel Galvin Zack Wilkins Presents: Pd #3
A World War II poem

2. After the war By Rachel Galvin For Joseph Flum
When he got to the farmhouse, he rifled through the cabinets, drawers, and cupboards, and his buddies did too. The place was abandoned, or so he thought, and his buddies did too. He tried to talk to people in town, and his buddies did too, but he was the only one whose Yiddish made it across into German. They took his meaning. He, in the farmhouse, took a camera and a gun, but his buddies, who knows. About the gun, it’s also hard to say, but after the war he took up photography, why not, and shot beautiful women for years. Got pretty good at it, and how. Won prizes and engraved plates, put them in a drawer, forgot the war, forgot his buddies, forgot the women, forgot the drawer.

3. Meet The Poet
Taken by Nicholas Barberio
Rachel Galvin is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.
She is the author of the poetry collections Lost Property Unit.
Also finalist for the National Poetry Series specializes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century poetry and poetics in English, Spanish, and French.
Her primary research interests include comparative poetics, U.S. ,literature and war.

4. Structure For Joseph Flum
When he got to the farmhouse, he rifled through the cabinets, drawers, and cupboards, and his buddies did too. The place was abandoned, or so he thought, and his buddies did too. He tried to talk to people in town, and his buddies did too, but he was the only one whose Yiddish made it across into German. They took his meaning. He, in the farmhouse, took a camera and a gun, but his buddies, who knows. About the gun, it’s also hard to say, but after the war he took up photography, why not, and shot beautiful women for years. Got pretty good at it, and how. Won prizes and engraved plates, put them in a drawer, forgot the war, forgot his buddies, forgot the women, forgot the drawer.
No rhyme scheme 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Free verse
14 lines
4 Stanza
4 Stanzas
-He stole from them
-became a professional photographer
-Made a name for himself after the war

5. The speaker uses imagery a lot in this poem
The speaker uses imagery a lot in this poem. Imagery is an poet's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work.
imagery
By Rachel Galvin
For Joseph Flum
When he got to the farmhouse, he rifled through the cabinets, drawers, and cupboards, and his buddies did too. The place was abandoned, or so he thought, and his buddies did too.
I can visualize men searching throw a house for something in particular.
He tried to talk to people in town, and his buddies did too, but he was the only one whose Yiddish made it across into German. They took his meaning. He, in the farmhouse, took a camera and a gun,
I Can visualize and man talking to Germans in another language
but his buddies, who knows. About the gun, it’s also hard to say, but after the war he took up photography, why not, and shot beautiful women for years. Got pretty good at it, and how.
After the war he made a name for himself trying to forget what happened in his past
Won prizes and engraved plates, put them in a drawer, forgot the war, forgot his buddies, forgot the women, forgot the drawer.

6. Poetic/literary terms
For Joseph Flum
When he got to the farmhouse, he rifled through the cabinets, drawers, and cupboards, and his buddies did too. The place was abandoned, or so he thought, and his buddies did too. He tried to talk to people in town, and his buddies did too, but he was the only one whose Yiddish made it across into German. They took his meaning. He, in the farmhouse, took a camera and a gun, but his buddies, who knows. About the gun, it’s also hard to say but after the war he took up photography, why not, and shot beautiful women for years. Got pretty good at it, and how. Won prizes and engraved plates, put them in a drawer, forgot the war, forgot his buddies, forgot the women, forgot the drawer.
Says he’s shooting women but not actually shooting them but taken pictures of them professionally

7. speaker
In my poem I think that the speaker may be a fellow soldier that has seen this solider grow through the years and become who he became.

8. Literal meaning
In my poem the speaker talks about a solider who's been through World War II and how he has tried to forget what he’s done and what's has happen.

9. Figurative Meaning
In my poem it says he became a photographer and shot women. But he didn’t really shoot them but took pictures of them.
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

10. The poets purpose of the poem is to honor the passing of Joseph Flum
Author’s Purpose
The poets purpose of the poem is to honor the passing of Joseph Flum

11. Theme
The theme of the story is a Man who's been through rough times during the war, and how he adapts on being back home.