a talking soul

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Well I really hope that I did this right. Oh well here I go!

1. I get all stressed out and angry, or sometimes hurt and sad, and in those gushing emotions my mind flows with thoughts that just won't be silent. These thoughts want to be let out, not bottled up in there. In this moment mind meets tip of pen and words are written down. These words flow onto a piece of paper, napkin, cardboard or whatever you have at the time. That piece of cardboard has scribbling of emotion and expression written all over it.

2. Writing down poetry is a way of, for a moment, being able to let go. You can say whatever you are feeling and you don't have to feel like you are talking someones head off. Writing poetry is relaxing and it feels good. When writing down something you are thinking it takes it from your mind and turns it into a beautiful piece of work.

3. Poetry can be seen in alot of places. Poetry is used alot. One place you can see alot of poetry is in a card section at a store. They have pieces for cards that say .... I Love you...I am Sorry....even Happy Birthday.

4. Poetry has many "ingredients" it just depends on how you feel in the moment you are writing. For me my main "ingredient" is usually stress, sadness or anger. I use poetry as a way to let things go. Poetry may have a bit of experience in it.... a family memory..... a break up..... a mistake.... a death. Poetry can be like a movie in a way...... a picture of life. Huh wonder what my movie would be called?

5. If someone could get in my head and hear my mind think it would probebly sound like alot of crazy mumbo... jumbo. But writing poetry feels like floating on the ocean. It is relaxing and invigorating at the same time. Poetry may not look like a perfect, straight paragraphed piece. It may not read like a book either. I have seen poetry that was like a bunch of words that I did not understand but when I read the last sentence it makes perfect sense to me.

6. There are even different types of poetry: Free verse, ballad, haiku, limerick, sonnet... well I like all of these.

7. I can't believe she wrote that and handed it out for people to read...... Oh my god is she like suicidal....I couldn't imagen that she really felt that way.... I never have...........ya, ok you get sad too and don't tell me you have never felt like you just wanted to let the whole would know how you felt.... Ya ok but I wouldn't let the world know I felt like that, she is too brave.

8. I my own experiences I have written alot of poetry. Though some of it still has never been see by anyone but me, I have been more open to letting people read at my pieces. The creative writing class I am in definitely has helped too!

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