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It was interesting to see how the first poetry workshop went. Although there seemed to be some confusion in the beginning about who was supposed to talk and what issues to address first, it seemed to flow nicely once we got the hang of it. I found that it was much easier to express my ideas about the poem verbally to the person, rather than on the paper I had when I was reading it them for homework. I think a lot of the students found the feedback to be helpful towards their poetry, as it?s hard to be objective when looking at your own work. Hearing where people got tripped up allows the writer to really step back and look at their work from a new perspective, which is crucial to improving ones work. I thought it was very interesting as the author to be able to sit back and listen to what others thought about my poem, even if their ideas were not exactly what I intended the reader to take away from it. The fact that there is some confusion about the message makes me feel like I was successful in the sense that the poem was not too straight forward but actually made the group members think. I am glad I got the first workshop out of the way because it was truly a learning process for me and I think I can be even more helpful in my critiques for next class.