Poetry Reflection

Poetry is important to me in special ways. Poetry is important to me because it is my escape. When there is something wrong or something bad happened, I go to poetry sometimes to help me through everything. For example, when my mom and dad split up, when I was in third grade, I used to write poems. The poems were not always sad, they used to be happy too! I would write poems to help me. I also remember the time of when I was struggling to stay in a happy, stress free place, I would write poems and it actually made me feel better. I think poetry is a great way to relieve stress and to help you get back on your feet.

Poetry is not for everyone. Some people might not like writing poetry or even reading it. Poetry is only good for some people. I know that I like to rad and write poetry. I think it is a fun activity and it can help my day get better if I need that. For other people they might think negative when writing poetry. Their poems might depress them even more if they are already depressed. There are many different types of poetry and the aren’t all just happy and sad. There is also scary and romantic. To name a few more, funny and serious. Not all people enjoy writing at all. Some people write poetry natural and others struggle to write a nice poem. If you struggle to write poems because the words just don’t fit together, then poetry isn’t for you. 

Some poets go through struggles in their own lives. Sometimes it affects the way they write poetry. If their was something tragic in your past, then maybe you write depressing poems. Or if something really nice happened in your life then you might write very happy poetry. It all depends on how your background is and how you handle it. For me, I write both happy and sad poetry. Sometimes I write about the wonderful memories I gave with my family. An example is the time I went to Tennessee with my parents and my sisters. But when I remember of all the bad memories I have had as well, I write sad poetry. It all depends on the poet and how they portray their background into their poetry.

Through the poetry unit, I learned a lot of different types of poetry. I also learned about how i really do like poetry. I enjoyed writing the different types of poetry like the “Where I’m from poetry” and the “Spine poetry”. I learned that poetry is all around me. There is poetry in books, language, and much more! I really like how we were able to channel our emotions through writing beautiful artwork. I am amazed by how poetry affects my life and the people around me. Now that the poetry unit is over, I will be writing more poetry. Poetry is an amazing piece of art.

“Poetry is the piece of paper and I’m the author.” - Gianna Finnigan