Procrastination & Poetry

First of all, I am going to admit I am a procrastinator. I do not do it purposely. I hate that I do it and I always tell myself that I will NO LONGER procrastinate, then I turn around and my midterm blog is about due and I realize I have yet, AGAIN, procrastinated.

Anyway. . . This blog will be about poetry, since it is what our latest blog is covering.
I was a little unhappy when I read that we would be doing this poetry blog, because I never really enjoyed poetry. I take that back, when I was little I enjoyed Ronald Dahl (or whatever his name is) but that can hardly compare to the poetry we read in these grown up classes. Nevertheless, I was not at all looking forward to this pod. I started with the TWO Dance poems and the one dance picture and I found myself growing interested in what was written. I started analyzing what the author was saying, and I learned that it wasn't just a bunch of words thrown together to be printed and sold. The more I read and analyzed the more interesting the poems became. I have learned to understand some of the things these authors were saying. What is even better is when I read all of your reviews of what the poetry means to you all and how you interpret them differently. It is amazing how much clearer these poems are to me after I put time into reading and re-reading them.

I also always thought since I don't really enjoy short stories that I wouldn't enjoy poetry. I am the sort of person who makes a one minute story last at least five minutes. I tend to realize I give WAY too much of a backstory before I get to the single sentence of information I need to convey. To make this long explanation short, I like details, and I figured these short poems wouldn't be enough to hold my attention. I was WRONG and boy am I glad. I've even begun reading poetry to my two-year-old. She seems to be enjoying it, even if she doesn't understand all that much of what I'm reading to her. I certainly never imagined I'd be enjoying this pod as much as I have.