Assignment 4

I thought it was really difficult coming up with another idea. Before it was easier when we were given a theme, such as tension, in order to come up with other ideas, using tension as an inspiration. I didn't have an inspiration this time; probably because I was really tired, I didn't have much on my mind. But I think this should make it interesting-- the fact that I had nothing to work with and just came up with a vague idea and tried to make it personal. I hope it doesn't show that I was tired when I wrote this poem. I think that after working with tension for a while now, writing a poem that doesn't use it, out of choice, was different for me-- the last 2 poems I wrote involved tension as an underlying appeal.

The magazine project in class on Tuesday really inspired me, now that I look back on this last poem I wrote. My poem is composed of sporadic lines and elements, which I think the magazine cut-out inspired me to do. It's not like something I'm used to doing -- there's no strategy involved, which could make this both more profound and more interesting; I'm not quite sure.