Poem Response The poem, ¡§Some Objects of Wood and Stone¡¨, by Margaret Atwood is in three sections. The first section is called ¡§Totems¡¨. Immediately I thought of totem poles ¡¨ wooden people¡¨ and read this section with this in mind. As I read this section, I found out that the totem poles were in a park, they had been brought from somewhere else and put here for tourists to see ¡§other wooden people posed for each …showed first 75 words of 343 total…

…showed last 75 words of 343 total…people remember ¡¨the image of that inner shape¡¨ and the feeling of being together¡¨ hands holding¡¨. All three parts are about changing things, the totem poles will fall and decay; the pebble get moved; the stone animal becomes a different shape as many people hold and rub it. This poem, reminds me that nothing lasts forever, things always change. Change is part of life and even though some changes are sad others can be okay.