Assignments 9 & 10

I have to agree, assignment #9 was not only very enjoyable to read, but also very enjoyable to write. Even though most of the poems I have written for class are from the perspective of someone else, I had never really focused before on developing that narrator and revealing something about that person to the reader. It was fun to think about how my narrator would speak, and it made me use a slightly different set of word selection than what I would normally use - not to mention an entirely different thought process about events than what I would normally use. The inspiration people used for their poems was really neat to hear about as well; from historical events from the 1920's to recent breaking news, it was all in there!
As for assignment #10, I found it a lot harder to come up with something I felt was really good. It's hard enough knowing that the whole class is going to workshop it, but then also being given no parameters as to what it has to be about makes it even harder. I know I spent a good chunk of time sitting around looking for inspiration before I could even think of an idea to write about. I'm hoping what I came up with comes across as I had hoped, I guess we'll find out in class!