poetry

When we first started the poetry unit, I felt that I would hate reading and creating poetry. When I heard we had to read poetry I was very disappointed. Every other year we did poetry units, I hated it. I hated every part of it. I dreaded reading poetry and answering the questions. I mostly felt this way because I am a factual person. I always have to have one right answer. I do not like when there are more than one answer choices that are correct. Poetry always has more than one interpretation.This year, however, hearing poetry and writing my own poetry has changed my opinion on poetry. Although I still hate answering questions on the poems I love to listen to poetry and write my own poetry. But, even when you read the poems that I write they are very straightforward and there are usually no other ways to interpret it.

I believe my opinions changed partly because I knew that you could listen to poetry, but I never bothered to since I did not like poems. The one day that we were “forced” to listen to poetry, I decided to give the video a shot. I ended up really liking the poems that we listened to and when I got home that night I decided to listen to them again. I did this, because there are always things you miss the first time. So, the second time I listened to the videos the metaphors the poets used really influenced me. The poem that Sarah Kay wrote, “If I Should Have a Daughter”, let me know to never give up no matter how hard life gets. It taught me to set my goals high and never take no for an answer. It taught me that people are going to come into your life and all they want to do is see you fail. This idea of life is rather intimidating, but I know that as long as I don’t let their words get to me, nothing will be able...

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...metimes, but only if I think the poem has meaning. I do not like to read poems if people write them just so they can be there. I like to read poems that poets put time, effort, thought, and feelings into it. Whenever I write poetry I plan the poem for about an hour and then after I write the poem I go back and put more details into it. I think that it is much easier to tell people my thoughts and feelings than trying to interpret what they think. This is a little ironic, because in real life people always find it harder to tell others what they think. I believe that writing down your deepest emotions and having someone read it is much easier than telling them in person.

In the end I think that my feelings towards poetry are much different now. I still feel the same way about some parts of poetry, but not all. I now have greater appreciation for poetry and poets.