post 3

I wasn't here last week, so this post is a little late but it is in response to last weeks assignment/readings. I also had a lot of difficulty writing the assignment with tension/propulsion. I decided to use the lyrical option instead of the narrative because i initially attempted the narrative and not only was lost for ideas but also really struggled with how to successfully work backwards. Initially as I started working backwards it made sense, but then i found I became stuck where I was and the poem wasn't moving at all. I was repeating the same ideas that I had opened the poem with and so moved on to the lyric option, which proved to be a little easier. I was really impressed reading the poems posted for workshop and how successful everyone else was with the narrative choice. I wasn't really satisfied with the end result of my poem for assignment two. I tried to use varied rhymes, enjambment and other techniques to propel the poem forward, but I never really felt I achieved the tension and propulsion that we had been reading and talking about during class. However, it was my best attempt, and definitely more successful than my narrative attempt.