What I liked about this course

I think workshop was my favorite part of this class. I really liked showing my poems to other people and seeing their responses. The responses I got were only positive, but, what I wanted was harsh, honest criticism. I don't know if I'm talented. I don't know if I should continue writing. I don't know if I'm wasting my time. I only showed a total of three poems so it would probably be hard to determine anything.

When reading other people's works and comparing it to my own, I get the impression that I'm doing something wrong, mainly cause of content, or something. But, during the presentations, someone presented a poet who was quite intriguing. That poet's style was similar to something I'd write, I think.

In my personal reflection paper, we were encouraged to give ourselves advice for the future, this is what I wrote:

If I had to give myself advice to be used for the future, then I would tell myself to not change. The style I use is different and is quite interesting. It shows that poetry doesn't have to be about broken hearts and the leaves falling. In the future, I will think of neat ideas but probably won't do anything about it, like writing them down in a notebook.