Final Blog

I can't believe that I am about to be finishing sophomore year, I still feel so new to this school, at least from an academic standpoint. Yes, I have become comfortable with my surroundings but when I think about being an English major it still somewhat shocks me. I'm really happy with choice because I have found that I really like to write, especially creatively, and I know that my writing has become much better due to taking this poetry class. I thought at first that I would just be taking this to help fill out a major credit and it really would not be as helpful as it has become. Taking poetry helped me become so much more decisive with my words and also really aided me in noticing how to make every word count in a piece. Creativity is what poetry is all about, so I cannot beleive that I would not have helped me with my non-fiction writing, and possibley fiction writing in the future.
Techniques of poetry was a lot of fun for me, and although it may have been hard to tell at 8:30 in the morning, I was always happy class never dragged on. We always had different activities to explore varying types of poetry and it kept the class upbeat and interesting. When Christian Bok came in, he was like no poet I had ever thought about before. I do not know too many poets besides some historic greats but he defintely made an impact on me and how I think about writing in general. Vivid images have become easier for me, at least I think so, and I know that will be useful down the road. I definitely will look to do poetry in the future and who knows where it might take me.