Poetry

Today, we continued with the poetry section, and the homework we were given was to write a poem in one of the forms that we discussed in class: haiku, sonnet, sestina, pantoum, or villanelle. I think I'll try my hand at a pantoum and see how I do with it, having never tried it before. It sounds like a fairly easy form to use, so I doubt I'll have a problem with.

Today, we also had a workshop. All the poems that my fellow classmates read were very interesting and I liked what each of them were about. I find that I like doing the workshop portion of the class because it gives me an opportunity to share my work and get feedback on it.

I'm looking forward to when we start drama, because although I haven't written a play in a few years, I think it'll be fun to do it again.

Poet's Companion

Today, I received "The Poet's Companion," and I decided to start reading it and possibly start writing a poem. As I mentioned in a previous post, it's been quite a few years since I last wrote a poem. I used to write poetry weekly when I attended poetry workshops with the VSA arts, a group that I have been involved with since 2003. Even though I haven't been able to participate in anything with them because of school and work, I enjoyed attending the poetry workshops and sharing a new poem every week with them.

I'm probably going to be a little rusty with poetry because I've been away from it for a while, but I'm sure that once I start, I'll know exactly what to do. I've got two weeks (since Spring Break is next week, even though for me, it started at around 1:30 this afternoon), so I'll have plenty of time to work on it. I'll also have time to re-read The Poet's Companion a couple of times.

Wrapping Up Fiction

Today, the people who didn't read last week presented their stories in the final workshop. A lot of the stories were really great. The one that interested me the most was the ones about the old lady and the murders that were taking place in the town. I liked the twist ending, it made you think that maybe the old lady snapped and committed the murders. Stranger things have been known to happen.

I enjoyed fiction very much and just because we're not doing it anymore doesn't mean that I won't still work on the fiction I was already working on before I signed up for this class. Also, I'm looking forward to Spring Break next week. I could use a break from all the stress, even if it is for a week.

Yesterday's Class

Yesterday's class was fun. I enjoyed doing Bill's Story. Everyone in the class had very good stuff to add to the plot. The workshop portion was fun too. The one story I enjoyed was the story told from the point of view of a penny. By the end of the story, I felt like I actually knew the penny, even if it was an inanimate object.

I loved doing fiction and I look forward to doing poetry. Even though it's been a few years since I last wrote a good poem, I'm willing to try.