Week 1 Blog

Hmm... Where to begin...

We've only been to class a week and a half and already I feel like I’ve learned quite a bit. I’ve never taken a poetry class before, but boy let me tell you, it’s a lot harder than I ever thought it would be. Not that I don’t find poetry to be very beautiful and creative, but I guess I never really sat down and thought about how CREATIVE poets really are through their poetry. In the few class discussions we’ve had so far I’ve been truly enlightened by the purposeful forms and concepts poets use to convey a certain kind of message. It’s much more complex than I ever gave it credit for. I also found completing the poems for assignment 1 to be somewhat difficult because I found myself feeling self-conscious about what I was writing because I’m so “new” to poems. I’ve realized through out class discussions though, there really isn’t a “right” or “wrong” way to write a poem per say, but I definitely found myself questioning the words I read on my screen as I prepared both poems. I think writing poems have turned out to be a much more personal and intimate experience than any other form of writing I’ve completed, which I find to be very interesting. Maybe it’s just me, but I would be curious to know if others felt this way. Hopefully as the semester continues I’ll grow more confident in my writing though.