First Day of Drama

Today's class was very enjoyable, with the first presentations of plays being read. I read my play first and I think that despite the typos (I typed it out really fast), it was a great opener. The others' plays were enjoyable too. I especially liked the play that examined the relationship between a serial killer and his mother. This was one of the ideas that stood for me the most when the ideas were being thrown out during the last week of poetry.

This section, I feel, is my second favorite section (the first being fiction). In fact, I think that the drama section acts like another part of fiction, since we're creating characters from our imagination.

Here's to the success of the first official day of drama and here's hoping that the next group of readers do well.

Drama

In yesterday's class, we started talking about drama. My fellow classmates came up with some interesting ideas for a short play, including a man with multiple personalities who is dating four different women, an elderly couple getting a divorce, two friends who want to blackmail a girl they don't approve of, a pregnant runaway slave, the relationship between a serial killer and his mother, etc.

I'm looking forward to hearing the finished product, since all these ideas sounded really intriguing to me.

Conclusion of Poetry

Today was the conclusion of poetry. After a brief introduction to drama, which we will be starting next week, we had a workshop where the people who didn't read last week read their poems.

The poem that stood out for me was "What Will Become of (?)," because my grandmother on my mother's side (my Nana), had leukemia, and for five and a half months, I watched her suffer as she went through aggressive chemo to combat the disease. Unfortunately, my Nana passed away nearly 10 years ago, but I remember the pain she went through. That's why this particular poem stood out for me. I know that I should've said this in class, but I didn't think about it until now.

Anyway, I look forward to drama. Should be fun!

Pantoum

I just finished the pantoum I was supposed to write for class and sent it off to the professor. I hope I followed the examples I found online and in The Poet's Companion correctly, since I've never attempted to write a pantoum until now. The poetry I usually write are either free verse or simple rhyming. I just hope my first attempt at a pantoum was a good one and I wonder what forms my fellow classmates have chosen to do. Guess I'll find out on Wednesday.