Blog #2 Writing About Poetry

I am not a big poetry writer, but I do enjoy to read them. This exercise in writing our own poems was interesting because you can use any idea and turn it into a poem. I always shy ed away from the poetry writing knowing there are so many varieties, and with that comes guidelines. All those rules were not inviting to give me the confidence to have fun and write poetry.
The wrecking the first person poem did have guidelines. We had to write in the first person, share an experience, use the planets, a color, an exclamation point, foul word, and include someone famous. These were fun topics to work with in a poem. It gave us the writer an opportunity to reflect on our lives and add some fantasy to create a poem. The second poem was something that interested us, yet it also informed the reader of our interest in a different form. It would be great if magazines would use poetry in there advertisements to sell their products that would be a fun change in the typical stereotype of communication. The similarities are that all poems will carry some type of message or provoke a certain feeling. The differences I noticed takes place in the style of writing the poem (meter, figurative language, sonnet, alliteration, etc).
I would be confident in trying these choices with students. The wrecking the first person poem is an easy introduction to gain every ones interest. The manner in which poetry or any subject is introduced to students is important. The first exposure on a subject always makes an impact on the result. I learned not to be afraid to write poetry. I was happy with the outcome of my poem and would write more in the future. I also enjoyed the sharing of everyones peoms in class and learned different ways to deliver poetry. There is so much talent.