Today’s class was really interesting. I found I really enjoyed writing the collaborative poems done in the periphrastic hemistitch form. I thought reading them out loud in class was really fun too. I loved how different all of our pieces were, but still just as good in their own way. It was also really interesting writing with someone because you definitely had to negotiate certain things both writers felt were true or not and when you disagreed, working through those differences made even more powerful revelations we could infuse in the poem through words.
I also really found doing the collaborative writing exercise to help me think about how I want to write my Ars Poetica for the final portfolio and I found that I was full of ideas when we were given free-write time to write concrete/abstract Ars Poeticas at the end of class – I even think I’ll end up using some of what I wrote today in my final piece! Pretty exciting stuff…
Anyway… I too, can’t believe the semester is almost over. I definitely know my work from start to finish has drastically changed over the time we’ve spent in class work-shopping and doing assignments. I learned a lot about poetry I never really knew before and definitely have a much greater appreciation for poets now than I did before coming into this course. I never realized the thought and creative genius needed to write really good poetry and this class has definitely given me a great introduction into the techniques used and the ways in which you can create better poetry!
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