4/16/09

I also really enjoyed Assignment number 9, for myself and for others. Candice wrote a beautiful poem about the WW2 in Nazi Germany and wrote from the perspective of someone she just saw on the news that is getting put on trial for counts of murder because he was discovered to be a prison guard in a concentration camp. It was a really cool idea. I also liked the freedom of being able to put myself in someone else's shoes while writing a poem-I got to pretend to be a little boy...I didn't have to use such intense language, but I still got the story across from a different perspective.

I also really liked the two poems we read during Tuesdays class about nature. The antedote of the Jar was really cool to read..everyone had such different interpretations of what they thought it was, and why the jar was there, and that's my favorite part of poetry; the interpretations. I feel like I am getting better at it, but the thing is, you don't really have to be good at it because as long as your back up your thought with reasons, anything can make sense, and I think that is always the goal of a good poem. 

When I was home this past weekend I was able to see a poetry contest at my friends High School where AP English students shared their work. One kid wrote a beautiful poem about his girlfriend, another wrote a humorous but still very funny about the game of hockey. One girl wrote about the show, "Gossip Girl," and how she'd addicted to it. Overall I was impressed at the young talent, and I thought I'd share! 

See you in class-Bridget