Poetry Response - Still Memory

In the first stanza, Karr compares a dream to floating on a river but how it always returns to its notch. The poem is a reflection on his childhood and events that occurred when he woke up in the morning. It speaks of his father returning from work, his mother in the kitchen, the environment outside his house, and his sister walking on the cold tile floor of the bathroom. Karr also says her "parents are not yet born each into a small urn of ash" meaning they have not yet passed away. When she writes "My ten-year-old hand reaches for a pen to record it all as would become long habit." it makes me think of her as a ten year old writing memories down and how she continues to do that for many years following.