Although this post is slightly late, I realized it would be a good idea to do it anyways. I thought the first week of work shopping went smoothly. I have never work shopped in this style, the only other workshop classes I have taken are Creative Non-Fiction and Enviromental Writing, and both were with the same teacher. We would always read a handful of papers for class and talk about them with everybody in the class, including our teacher. Both ways are definitley effective because I felt like everyone is not afraid to say what they mean and also do it in a respectful manner. I like that in a class when people are able to be real and make some constructive criticism and nobody gets offended. This week not only did I get some good feedback from classmates, I also had a fun time with the workshops. Sometimes it is tough to be wide awake at 830 in the morning, but with active things like work shopping, it is easier to be engulfed by the class.
I think what I learned from work shopping this week was to make my poems a little deeper. I enjoyed the poetry I wrote this past week but I did feel like it was a little shallow at times because although I was trying to be descriptive and a little mysterious with my lines, there was not always a real story behind the poem. I don't think this is a big problem to have a hidden message in your poem, but I did think that that could be something I could play around with.