I definitely agree with Lili about switching up workshop groups. I think it would be very beneficial to get different feedback from different people in our class. Everybody has had different experiences in life which would effect how someone might interpret your pieces. I’ve gotten some really great feedback from my group so far, but I would be curious to see what others may think about my pieces as well. I know for me personally writing poetry hasn’t been easy so far either and I think it would be beneficial to maybe do some kind of workshop for coming up with ideas for our workshop/assignment pieces because inspiration isn’t always the easiest for me. I also feel like the things I do choose to write about are sensitive and important to me and criticism on those topics aren’t always easy to hear so I have a hard time getting a grade back for our poems because how can someone put a number grade on something that’s a personal reflection or expression of something personal? I know this has turned into a blog entry of a bunch of jumbled up ideas, but this is what poetry does to me J Anyway… Workshop will hopefully be interesting tomorrow. See you all in the morning.