What words can do!

I have never been much of a reader, however, as this class progresses I am beginning to realize that I like it. Not because it’s interesting and not because I enjoy the stories. I have discovered through this class that words can work as more than just words. They can create something that physicality cannot, the mental image. Through the reading we have done and the poems I have started to read on my own, I have been introduced to an entirely new way of expression. Granted I probably should have been reading more as I grew up, teacher and parent pressure to read books and write papers and therefore use words has become an annoyance to me over time. The stress and frustration that becomes attached to writing can be discouraging to many students. They begin to correlate writing and words with work. However, this class has changed my perception of words back to fun like it should be. Although my perception has changed, the years of dormant vocabulary has made it very difficult for me to come up with creative (big) words when writing my poems. I did, however, discover quickly that word has a thesaurus button which has also aided in strengthening my vocabulary. It now is key in assisting me with my writing in poetry and my other classes too. Overall, this class has inspired me to read more and strengthen my vocabulary by making words fun again. I no longer see them as frustrating and annoying but now I see them as a literary paint brush that can create the impossible. (It is still annoying to write papers, it didn’t do that much. :-)