Goodbye, New York by Deborah Garrison

In "Goodbye, New York," written by Deborah Garrison, we get the image of something breaking apart a girl and the Big Apple. We get a sense that this girl is leaving all of her memories that she had previously in New York. We cannot tell if a relationship has been broken, but we do know that something has happened causing the girl to leave New York.

In the title, "Goodbye, New York (song from the wrong side of the Hudson)" shows us that the girl that telling us her story is looking at New York saying goodbye. "Song from the wrong side of the Hudson" is explaining that this girl is simply on the other of the Hudson river taking her final look at New York. This girl throughout the poem talks about all the memories that she had while living in New York. An example would be, "You were the balcony bar in Grand Central Station/ the blunt commuters and their destinations."

When reading this poem, we can see the specific images from New York. After visiting New York many times, this images feel so concrete. I think New York is the best place to be and for that reason everytime I leave, I feel like I am missing something, just like how this girl feels. Even though she lived there, and probably had a very hard time saying goodbye, the memories live on. In the last stanza, it states, "now you're the dream we lived before." This is stating that these were just memories that we just dreamed of and they really never happened.