Week 3 Blog

I know that this is a few days late, however, I figure it is better late than never. I initially had a lot of trouble deciding what to right about for assignment number two, so I decided to experiment with the Oulipo form of poetry that we briefly discussed in class. I took the poem “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” by Emily Dickinson. Although I did not follow the form N+7 perfectly I did try to stay as close to the rules as possible. In the end the poem changed from being about a snake in the grass to a dead person in a grave. Surprisingly, the transition between the two was relatively easy and the adjectives in the poem made sense with the new nouns. For my other poem I chose to revise my poem from assignment number one, Jet Stream Art. Although I believe that this poem still needs a lot of work and is far from complete I think that is a good beginning, especially since it was the first poem I have ever written. I am looking forward to hear what all of you think of these two poems and to learn where I need improvement.