Mary's Review of Joanne's Poem

At first I thought this poem was about someone walking through the courtyard of a mental/psychiatric hospital. An institutional setting is clear and described clearly: There is silence, and erie venue, and a lot of mystery and hidden agenda that one would see within the campus of any institution; hospital, school/university, of barracks. The action of this poem is clearly indicated to be occurring during the night. "Darkness," and '"silence," are examples of how I came to this conclusion. The sounds and quiet mood of the poem speak to this writer of stillness and and an undisturbed moment in time. This writer wonders what is happening behind those curtains. Because the curtains are thin, is there much left to the imagination? Indeed there is something occurring behind curtains--how significant is this to the general mood of the poem? This reader wants to focus on what is occurring in the courtyard, and the mood of the character(s) there, and yet attention is shifted to the curtains. There are two thoughts, and this reader digresses from the first, a texture with a definite mood, to the curtains. Suddenly this becomes a poem that focuses on the action behind the curtains, and the thinness of the curtains would hint to this reader an action that leaves one hanging as far as what next--a thought that is not yet complete. This reader enjoys the reminiscent times of walking through the campus of an old school, the commons there, and the stillness and safety that can be had there. Why would the writer wish to add an action that leaves much to the imagination and is not really focused of a particular relationship between the outside and the inside of the building. Maybe addition of a description of the building would be helpful.