Dion's English Blog

Prompt: Describe a time when someone’s words had a lasting impact on you.  Prompt Response:   one time someone’s words left an impact on me, was 3yrs  ago before my grandpa passed away. I had played a prank on him telling him that I forgot who my cousin was as a joke that we were playing on him and after we told him it was a prank he told us not to ever forget him and keep him in our memory and then he passed away. so what he said always stuck with me. Summary: today in class we checked our poem for any mistakes. Reflection:  from that I realize that, that situation was forshadowing my future and his kinda.

Prompt: Today, you had the opportunity to express yourself through poetry. Reflect on your creative writing process. What did you find most enjoyable or challenging about turning your thoughts into a poem? Did this assignment change the way you think about poetry or creative writing? Explain your experience.  Prompt Response:  today as I was writing my poemI didn’t have much time to reflect off of it cause I was busy on trying to write it cause I’m not sure how to write a poem so it was more stressful than enjoyable and I’m not sure I’ve figured out the fun or creativity of writing a poem yet Summary:today in class, we started to write our own poem Reflection:  I realize a poem is way more difficult than I think but it could be easier than I’m making it. I just don’t know how yet..  

Prompt:  Talk about a time when you had to write a poem, whether it was for an assignment, event, or special occasion. What was the writing process like for you, and were you proud of the finished product? Prompt Response:  I don’t have a time where I wrote a poem, but I think a poem is very similar to an essay so-when I write my essay, the process of it is very long and difficult because I take time to figure out what I want to say, but a poem is meant to have more heart and deep wording to it so I think the process would be a little more trickier then a essay. Summary:   Today in class, we read and discussed the poem “ Constantly Risking Absurdity” By Lawrence Ferlinghet. We also had a worksheet to fill out about it. Reflection:  The poem  Constantly Risking Absurdity, made me think  about how difficult it can be to write a poem and how focus you have to be, like a acrobat doing tricks.