Blog post #2 Poetry

When it comes to writing poetry, it's a lot different than writing about poetry. When I write poetry, I am in a creative state of mind. I think more deeply and express myself in regards to my deep emotions and feelings. When writing poetry, it creates different aspects of brainstorming and expression in my eyes. Writing poetry involves different formats and structures that you can play around with. What I really like about writing poetry is that it is subjective to the individual. A person can write a poem that is formatted in any way they want, such as free verse. There is no right or wrong way of writing poetry and that is something I value in it. Writing about poetry on the other hand is a different thing. For instance, it is when you go deep into analyzing the poem and its meaning. What is so complicated about it is that we as the readers never really know what the poet is really trying to demonstrate. However, this is something I really enjoy about poetry analysis because it ...