What I write: representing life through worksEvery person has had a significant moment in their life in which they can affirm is the reason for a change in the way of life they are experiencing : a moment that greatly influenced the person in many different aspects of life. If it weren't for “this” there would be no “that” kind of meaningful life experience. Many of the events we experience in our lives often seem of little importance, but may become very relevant later. We can rarely predict how a situation will affect and shape our lives until it occurs and takes its place in history. We are then able to trace that situation back and gain a clear understanding of it and its importance. All this is more popular among writers than anyone else, they tend to use past experiences in their lives to give their works more authenticity in describing their image. There are very few aspects that contrast their work with their real life. Can a writer's life and experiences predict and/or validate his or her works? The child/parent relationship represented by Kincaid, Lorde, and Roethke in “Girl,” “From the House of Yemanjá,” and “My Papa's Waltz” is closely tied to the relationship they experienced with their parents. These poems show a lot of relevance between the writers and the relationship they shared with their parents, each in their own special way. I feel that the writing of consciousness is a person's subconscious thoughts. Since writing is a way of expressing yourself and how you feel, there come times as you write and express those things where you don't actually want to talk and say. Writing about the situation becomes an outlet, a way for the person to let off steam, but without half of paper... they must be close to the need to keep the dance steps with each other the whole time. Most likely the father was happy and overjoyed to be home with his son and decided to let loose/dance with the child. Liquor could have been an accomplice to the decision to waltz. Roethke never inferred or stated that the child was scared or showed fear, this is an important factor. Furthermore, the child never tries to escape the father's grasp. Roethke's father could have been this type of father and brought out this memory in his memory. This may have been one of his father's ways of showing affection. The poem is full of energy and emotion. There is a cautious, strange, ambivalent closeness to his drunken dad that Roethke feels in the poem but may never say literally. This is mainly just a reflection that he explains in a very descriptive way and with fluctuating words.