Blog for 3-13-13

Our up coming unit is the poetry unit and I'm actually kinda really excited for it! I know a lot of people look at poetry and see it as frufru words and symbols strung together to say simple stuff about love, and sometimes theyre right, but personally I find poetry is so much more than that. I love the images that it can convey, the emotions and stories that it tells and all in a very short and limited format.

I think a lot of people associate poetry with things such as Shakespearean sonnets and thus the boring idea of them is born, and I'd have to agree reading Shakespearean sonnets for any length of time is pretty boring. But there's so many other types of poetry.

Take for example shell Silverstein, yes his poems are kids poems but they are poems and they are funny ad cute and make you have an emotional response none the less.

Or if you want to say that of course kids poems are better than take slam poets, they have so much energy and passion , you can't help get excited about them. And slam poems are the kind of poems that you don't need to be an english major to understand or write, you just need a sense of life, some experiences, and some rhythm.

Anis Mojgani is one of my favorites. He has a simple poem called "Rock Out" a common format of slam poems, yet it is o energetic and the examples he gives have so much energy it's just awesome.

Mojgani, also does another frequently written form of slam poetry called "This is for." The one that he does is called "Shake the Dust." This is again another simple form that can be written fairly easily. One of the things that I really like about this is how relatable it is, all the examples and instances that he comes up with are things that you can visualize and almost feel. You understand the things that he is saying without even trying. One of my favorite lines in this poem is "This is for the two-year-olds who cannot be understood because they speak half-English and half-god" I just think the way that it flows and reads is striking I love it. 

Like I said, I'm really excited for this poetry unit, even though some I know will be not my favorite or I may just hate, I feel it will broaden my view and appreciation.