Blogging Around: 12-14-08

I decided to start off with my good ol' pal, JChoi. His blog was on his efficient and perservering task of poetry writing. His method of writing reminded me of how he writes in debate; however, I thought that was a deliniation on where he needs to lighten up. Poetry is much more flowy and free verse rather economic word choice.

"Hello Jon, Looks like I'm not the first to comment.I think this method you write about reminds me of how you are in debate rounds. You think of the most efficient means to an end and buckle down and power through to acheive that. It works great when you have only 2 minutes to write out that speech of yours, but for poetry I imagine it to be much more open to interpretation. There's not the need to follow the normal framework for most people. You can just relax a little bit more, and then you can always change your poem after the fact. Write what you have to say first so you don't overthink it. :)_Alyssa"

With Marika, I discuss a similar concept but in a different way. In the end, I believe it's a balance about how to write poems that are genuine with your emotions and dispositions while incorporating what is the more literary term.

"Marika,Your approach to writing a poem is what I imagine how I should be trying to go about my poem. It's very much your voice and efficient means of condensing yourself. God job. It's tough to find a balance so you aren't forced and sound stiff in your writing, while continuing with what's the more grammatical/literary piece. (The widowed image analysis you did probably was additional help).Keep it up chica,Alyssa."