Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Final thoughts
I am not sure how anyone else feels about the class but this was my favorite class, although it wasn't a hard decision. When I first entered this class I knew nothing about about poetry besides what I learned in gradeschool. I knew nothing about poetry language, and first day of class when we did our reflections I couldn't even name one poet. I took the class because I like to write in my free time which sadly isn't very often. I now know how to expand on my poems and not just create simple little end stop rhyming poems. Also having to read collections was a lot cooler than I thought it would be. I was expecting it to be just a boring assignment but once I actually sat down to read the collections I couldn't put them down. I had never been on or used a blog before so even this was a new experince.
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It took me some time to find poetry but I realized that it comes to different people in different ways and it is a genuine experience. I fell in love with the art of people that were unafraid to express situations that are real not sugarcoated. It can change a life. Which is why I took this class, to learn more about the beauty of words and the worlds that create them. I regret not participating more but I must say I have learned alot from this class although in a very strange way. I thought poetry was dead but it doesn't have to be. Thanks for keeping it alive. This has been one of my favorite classes.
ReplyDeletei have to say i am in the same boat when it came to the class. i had no idea of what i was getting into really. like you the only poetry i had the pleasure of writing would be the assignments i would have sparingly if i had a poetry chapter in any english class and the only time i can recall now would be in 7th grade. Yet after taking this i found that the way it was taught it allowed me to adapt fairly easily using muse writing and other influences to channel your creative spark.
ReplyDeleteI have found poetry really freeing. I write a bit and this poetry class has really opened up creativity to me. Between this class and my creative non-fiction class I feel so much more confident in myself and they both helped me to validate myself and what I like. It has been a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI have found this class to really help me get in touch with my creativity and imagination. i have been helped a lot through the course of the semester to become a better writer. I am really glad that I ended up taking this class as an elective
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