So as the term comes to an end, I've revised a lot, and learned how to be "better" as far as revision goes. The first poem I presented in class, "Dernier Cri" has really been a thorn in my side since Round one of workshop. I've changed words, rephrased everything, moved the whole poem, and finally feel ALMOST happy with it. But, I had the realization that, can someone really be happy with a poem? 100% happy? I feel as though a poet is never finished revising. There could always be that one line that could have changed the entire poem, made it better than before. Or, a line that made the poem a little bit less than it could have been. Because it is the last week of classes, I've really taken the time to think about how much I've learned in this class, and revision is at the top. At first I was extremely scared to read my work out loud to a class, but as time went on I realized it wasn't so bad; getting that feeling of reading something your proud of out loud, and then realizing what you could fix is a rush. Another thing I learned this semester is that poetry is under appreciated. From the people I've met in class, there was a wide range of majors. Although this is a gen-ed, I honestly think people enjoyed this class, and it's good to see that people read poetry outside of class. It really opened my eyes to how different people can be from what they seem. Good luck on finals everyone!
This class has challenged me to really think and go deep to write my poetry I'm glad it allowed me to see another side of me that I was not used to. I was scared to read my poetry and I'm glad I conquered that fear. I'm still struggling with my poems hope we can both can pluck out our thorns.
ReplyDeleteThis is truly the number 1 strategie that i took from this class.Now I understand what I could delete from my poems or "take out the fat as we may say" and revision is the best way to figure out what you really want to express
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