Weekly Blog 1

I am really enjoying reading the poems that are using vivid descriptions of objects and their movements to convey an idea. I think on a personal level these types of pieces are more interesting to me and make me want to keep ready. In addition, I have found that in reading the details it has helped me to deconstruct the poem and make it easier to understand or interpret what I am reading. In deconstructing each description phrase by phrase, I am finding that each line can have multiple meanings and therefore tell many different stories. I find it fascinating the many different ideas we can get from one line. I think that is the great thing about poetry, the fact that it has the potential to tell so many different stories depending on who is reading or writing it.
For this week, the assignment to create two poems about a single moment in time I think was a great way to start our personal writing. I like how in our writing we are able to explore the many different moments in our lives and express them like we never thought possible. To be able to express a moment in such vivid detail that the person reading our work feels like they are there in that moment with us. This type of writing/ work is what is interesting to me personally and I am glad we will be able to explore these techniques in out writing.