O'Hara v Brooks

In comparing Frank O'Hara's The Day Lady Died to Gwendolyn Brooks The Boy Died In My Alley I found that I enjoyed O'Hara's poem much more. I found the rhythm and verses to me easier to follow and the story to be strong, yet simple. Brook's poem was slightly tangled and too erratic for my taste. O'Hara conveys a sense of desperation in the time period of his poem that really hit home for me. I felt the emotion of the poem without having to digest over multiple readings.