Writing a poem about poetry

Last night I was determined to do something productive that didn't involve working on my lab report so I decided to make an attempt at my ars poetica poem assignment. I found it difficult to begin as the subject of the poem is in a way your own personal view of poetry and what effect it has on you/what meaning it has for you. I found that I really couldn't begin writing until I really though about those things and even after I developed some thoughts on these topics it still left me struggling to find an interesting and poetic way to present them. Although difficult I think that this is an excellent project for a final assignment of this class. By now we have practice writing poems and have even developed own poetic style. Also we have been exposed to many poems and many different styles of poetry. This is an excellent way to tie up what we have gained from taking this class. I didn't make it too far on my ars poetica last night but will be back at it at some point this weekend and am looking forward to challenge of distinguishing my views on poetry. On another note I am also planning on attending the Poetry slam at the bookstore today and am looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I have never been to an event like this and am not entirely sure how it is run however I am excited to hear some of my fellow students at SLU share some of their poems.