This has been an eye opening experience. Reflecting on the past has certainly been a roller coaster ride. A couple of weeks ago our instructor asked us to write a poem. Spontaneous writing is something that is very hard for me to do sometimes. A poem...fear...frozen...blocked. Then he asked us to read around and share what we had written with the class--I had written nothing. Partly because of this old fear of writing emotion and partly because of the grief I was feeling that day. I felt like a shy child for sure when he asked us to do a read around.
I shared my feelings about writing spontaneously with my daughter and how difficult this was for me. I told her that, "I can't write poetry, I don't write poetry! What does writing poetry have to do with teaching writing anyway?"
She said, "What did you always tell us when we were young, "Can't" never did anything, remember?" It's horrible when they use your own tactics.
While trying to add other media to this assignment I found this video:
After watching and replaying what Josalyn had to say in my head, I decided that I had to try and write a poem. Here's the first poem I have ever written in my life and it is about how I feel about writing poetry.
Knock KnocK I'm froze--fear... Knock Knock I can't answer that door. I am afraid of who is there. I try peering through the curtain, I see only a shadow, run upstairs... I don't recognize this vehicle, who could it be? Knock Knock --please go away, I just want to be alone. I stand there frozen Afraid of who, Knock Knock what? Please go away, I just want to be alone.
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This has been an eye opening experience. Reflecting on the past has certainly been a roller coaster ride. A couple of weeks ago our instructor asked us to write a poem. Spontaneous writing is something that is very hard for me to do sometimes. A poem...fear...frozen...blocked. Then he asked us to read around and share what we had written with the class--I had written nothing. Partly because of this old fear of writing emotion and partly because of the grief I was feeling that day. I felt like a shy child for sure when he asked us to do a read around.
I shared my feelings about writing spontaneously with my daughter and how difficult this was for me. I told her that, "I can't write poetry, I don't write poetry! What does writing poetry have to do with teaching writing anyway?"
She said, "What did you always tell us when we were young, "Can't" never did anything, remember?" It's horrible when they use your own tactics.
While trying to add other media to this assignment I found this video:
Inspirational
After watching and replaying what Josalyn had to say in my head, I decided that I had to try and write a poem. Here's the first poem I have ever written in my life and it is about how I feel about writing poetry.
Knock KnocK
I'm froze--fear...
Knock Knock
I can't answer that door.
I am afraid of who is there.
I try peering through the curtain,
I see only a shadow,
run upstairs...
I don't recognize this vehicle,
who could it be?
Knock Knock
--please go away,
I just want to be alone.
I stand there frozen
Afraid of who,
Knock Knock
what?
Please go away,
I just want to be alone.