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I don't really have much new to say about our poetry class this week. I had a productive workshop on Tuesday and I always think that our group works really well together in that we give constructive feedback without being blunty rude. I always wonder if it will be really slow when we start off our workshops because its eight thirty in the morning and your never quite sure how talkative people are feeling on a certain day. Luckily, we always seem to get moving at a pretty good pace, people volunteer to be the first person to workshopped without a hitch and when any one poem is done we all seem to get right into our likes and dislikes of the poem. Their is always a good balance of people pointing out positive things and negative things that might be worked on in any one person's poem. From remarks on structure, word choice, word repeats, diction and overall plot, our group does a great job at touching on all aspects of the poem. I think my favorite thing about workshop classes is that there is no way to be embarassed or, moreover, no reason to be embarassed because everyone is having to do the same thing. We might be a little self-conscious and nervous to share the types of themes and plots that we really feel passionate about, but I think becasue everyone else is righ there alongside you, we have all found comfort in writing what really matters to us. I like that everyone is truthful in this class in more way than one and I think it really adds to the integrity of the class as a whole.