Blog #2 Poetry
Wings
By Zaira (me)
Old folks with cracking bones
How the angels lulled you safely home
Your lovely wings that roam.
I had only ever written poetry in English 409. I had to write a handful of poems and workshop them. I did not like it at all. The class was filled with creative writing major students, and I was the only one as an educational major students. I had never really written a poem like the ones I produced there before. Frankly I thought I’d never have to write a poem again. When I read, we had to write one for English 495ESM I began dreading it. It wasn’t until I saw the guidelines and the task, that I thought it might be fun. I was also able to write as much (as little) as I wanted to because it was my poem. I took inspiration from loved ones passing away and wrote it as a way to talk to them. Allowing students to write about their own personal experiences can make students be more inclined to participate as I did. Giving them the freedom to write creatively can be fun for students to do. When we write about a poem, it is usually longer, and we have to think deeper about the different characteristics of poetry. In class our papers are usually 5-6 pages long and it can feel a bit more tedious. We dissect the choices the author has chosen to make for the sake of their poem. When writing your own poem, you have to think about those choices on your own. It can lead to another level of understanding.
Hi Zaira!
ReplyDeleteI also really dislike writing poems, but I do think the introduction method to writing a poem we received was so incredibly helpful. Without the freewriting or wrecking the first person assignment, I probably would have struggled a lot more in writing either poem. And that is so beautiful that you were able to take this as a way to talk to a lost loved one. I never really thought of it in that way, but I understand because poetry can be so intimate and get very emotional. And I also agree with you that writing poetry can lead to another level of understanding. By us understanding and dissecting other poetic works, we were able to understand the methods that go into and shape a poem. This might even be something that also works in the reverse, writing a poem first, then writing an essay about a poem.