Sitting in a chair at the library typing at a desk on the first floor

The poem that stood out the most to me in this pack was James Wright's "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota."  Not only did the title right away give away the place, but the descriptive imagery within the piece was incredibly vivid.  The title sets the scene, and then the poem describes a vivid scene.  The line that especially caught my eye was "The cowbells follow one another into the distances of the afternoon," because you can literally just imagine the long afternoon, maybe in late summer.  Without mentioning the time of year, the reader can imagine that it's a late summer day because of the use of words like "sunlight" "golden" and "blaze."
However, the last line of the poem is "I have wasted my life." I think this is because the author has reflected on the beauty around him and it has made him question his life; sometimes a beautiful scene can make you feel that way.