Thursday, April 30, 2009

Poetry Slam

Last Thursday I went to the poetry slam at Brewer book store and was surprised to see how many people from our class were waiting to read their poems. I really was excited to see how many people came and enjoyed watching both classmates and others volunteer to read their poetry in front of so many people they did not know. I also liked how many different styles of poetry I had the chance to see. The girl who won the contest was absolutely amazing at reading her chosen poetry. You could tell that she had so much feeling for what she was reading. It was a good example of the power that poetry has to effect people as the words she read were truly moving to her as well as the audience. Although she did not write the poems she read I was glad that the judges decided to award her first prize as she demonstrated what good poetry can do for people.
Aside from this I also really liked hearing poems that had been workshopped in class by my groupmates Kevin and Craig. Before both of them read I knew which poems they were going to present as in class we had discussed which poems of ours were our favorites. I though both of my group mates and Jess did an excellent job reading and I give them a lot of credit for being willing to go up and read their work in front of people. I was also impressed by many of the other contestants and enjoyed one poem by a younger girl which compared music and nature. If there was another poetry slam I would definitely go.

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