Blog week 5

This most recent assigment that we had to do was interesting for me in a variety of ways. I thought the concept of a sporting event type scene with a different situation actually foing on would be a fun thing to write about. When I thought about what I would do for a situation that feels almost like a "game" is when you are trying to talk to a girl and you really can;t tell if she is sticking around talking to you just becasue she is being nice or if she is actually interested in what you have to say. I think that most guys, and girls, can agree that socializing with someone who you may have premature feelings about is tough. You're not sure if you really like each other but you are definitley interested in trying. When I thought about this situation all I could imagine is the ups and downs a person has to face in this case. First you have to get the courage to start the conversation and then you have to have the ability to keep the conversation genuinely interesting. A conversation can turn bad with one lengthy interruption or even a short break of silence that gives a big enough window for the person you are pursuing to exit. I think conversations like these provide for a perfect stage for poetry. The highs and lows of feeling like you are making positive progress or shooting yourself in the foot are things that everyone can relate to, no matter how suave you may think you are. I sure people wrote about all sorts of different things but I think that relationships between people can always be used for a poem like this because they are so eratic sometimes and can be so unpredictable. I liked this poem, and the challenge of making it tough for your reader to figure who is going to win in this certain situation.