https://soundcloud.com/ella-schoening/remembering-you I know this poem is kind of ambiguous, I tried to play around with it a bit but I ended up liking this version the best. Let me know if the ambiguity works or if I do need to put more explanation in. Also if you guys could tell me which gate yo

My Website Reflection: Before this semester - before this class - I was critical of poetry. I thought it was pretentious in its ambiguity and too posh in its vocabulary. I thought it was just an extension of a poets' ego. But further down the line I discovered something else. See, I was under the

At first taking this class was out of my comfort zone, but as the semester progressed I felt more at ease. This class was great for my creative side and really allowed me to explore writing in a new form (without having to write lots of pages of essays). This was my first real experience in writing

Hey guys! This semester was really fun, all things considered. It was great to be able to discuss and critique poetry with you all. Especially when we used pseudonyms! I think that there's something really beautiful about writing under a name, and trying to surreptitiously decode meanings to find ou

Here it is! Please let me know what you think and if there's anything I should add in or take out. Thanks!

Hello everyone this is my poetry portfolio. I hope you enjoy reading this piece. Thank you in advance for any the feedback.

Hey y'all, I hope everyone's well. I suppose I'll just jump right into discussing my "poetic journey." I have always been kind of scared of poetry. I really enjoy the media, and have always tried to write it myself but have been afraid of my own work. I was scared that it was too angsty, or too cri

Audio Here I’m sorry that I haven’t been myself lately. And that I keep making you cry. I’m not the person you thought I was, I made him up on the fly. Because I didn’t want you to know. To know that deep inside, I’m just as awful as the rest of them, I just know how to hide. Each time I see your

https://soundcloud.com/mat-wenzel/original-poem To at least one of my committee members, this poem stood out from my manuscript as being too opaque or linked to personal details that no one else understands. In which lines might you agree or disagree with them? What lines/words stood out to you? Wha

Hey y'all, here's the link to my reading of this poem: https://soundcloud.com/joellel/now-that-you-are-away And I've included a screenshot of it below! I apologize for the delay!

Hi everyone! Here's the audio link for my poem: https://soundcloud.com/user-791829904/a-florida-story I tried to focus on story and detail within this poem more than anything. I felt like the third stanza needed more in general, of what though I'm not exactly sure. I just felt blocked writing the t

Hi! I included all my poems from the semester in this powerpoint and added some comments on all of them. I learned a lot more about myself and poetry and everything else than I had expected and I really enjoyed going to class with all of you :( I feel more confident and sure of myself thanks to your

Here is a pdf I made of all of the poems I used for workshop this semester along with two additional ones I wrote. I included a blurb on some background info on each of the poems, talking about the inspiration for the poem or my thoughts on it. It was really interesting looking back on them all and

What a trip this semester has been. This poetry class was a healthy outlet for an emotionally tough semester. Writing can be a lonely process, but so can laying tile. I believe just being in the room with all of you talented writers made me better. I really liked our teacher Mat’s idea on “failing.”

I've grown a lot over the last semester. I've moved from mere interest in reading poetry to the desire and confidence to continue writing it. My personal life in the last year has been marked by a lot of turmoil; perhaps it's silly, but writing poetry, and reading Nine Gates--not only as instruction

My portfolio and reflection are in this pdf.

Hello guys, I hope you all are doing well! Below I have attached a link to my portfolio, which features a collection of my poems from this semester, some of reflection/analysis of my time in class, and playlists that I made to coincide with 4 of my poems! It was great getting to know you all and he

Audio Link Last night I had a dream It lingers in my mind in its intangible state – its existence alludes me It could’ve been anything – from the sensation of falling to a fleeting moment of the past For a brief instance I spawned a new life A new universe But every morning I wake up with a new rea

Hi everyone, my poem Grace is linked here. I've also included the text down below. I wanted to experiment with rhetoric a bit more, so I wrote this poem as if I was addressing my best friend, Grace. I also played around with music again and attempted indirection and some of that facing the lion stuf

Hello everyone, here is the link to my spoken word poem if you would like to listen to it: https://soundcloud.com/user-711670661/the-rotten-pit ... I have always attached an image of my poem below, let me know what you think!

Hi guys! Here is my ePortfolio, I've been building this throughout my undergraduate career so the tab for this class is linked directly below. Let me know what you think, any feedback is welcome! Final portfolio

Hi everyone, here is my final portfolio for the semester including all the poems that I used for workshop: Reflection: In the beginning of this semester, I was a little nervous to take this class because I didn't have any background in writing poetry nor was I interested in reading it, besides the

During the first week of class, I was a little skeptical about how poetry would grow on me but now at the end of all of this, I can say this has been one of the best classes I've taken. This class has taught me that it's okay to feel and write certain ways and it has made me think out of the box a l

It seems that the world is all about the greatest hits, the Track A’s, the highlights of life. What about Track B? Does anyone ever just be honest and share their lowlights, or is there too much shame in the bad? Whether we like it or not, there are two sides to every coin, every story, and every pe

During the first week of class, I was a little skeptical about how poetry would grow on me but now at the end of all of this, I can say this has been one of the best classes I've taken. This class has taught me that it's okay to feel and write certain ways and it has made me think out of the box a l

Greetings all, although I often try to leave these poems up to interpretation I wanted to say that this poem focuses on migrant farmworkers. Currently through this COVID-19 situation, they are exposed to harsh conditions and little protection as they work to meet the current demand of produce in thi

Audio: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-beesa/rainy-days-and-seasonal-complaints RAINY DAYS AND SEASONAL COMPLAINTS By Teresa Stanish I’ve always loved rainy days, but today it’s made working much more challenging. From balancing an umbrella to dodging disturbing puddles- Seriously, I stared into a

Moving onto better things By Kallie Overstreet: https://soundcloud.com/kallie-lynn-overstreet/moving-onto-better-things I never noticed The beauty of nature Looking up at that blue sky Laying down on that freshly cut grass. Hearing the murmurs of people walking Up and down the sidewalks Did you h

https://soundcloud.com/jessi-martin-584857719/aint-no-thang Ain't no thang The training was a combination of sports specific and dazing the mind. Dumb in a sense that noses are off center Some have fun balancing on tree roots Some kick bamboo until they are 90. Stems from Samurais with open min