Poetry

I have had several good experiences with poetry.  My all time favorite experience is definitely writing my own peotry.  I wrote a poem called "I want to be..." and I absolutely loved it!  I actually wrote this poem after we did our Poetry Out Loud unit.  I realized just how deep poetry could be, and I think I wanted to make a connection like that.  I wanted something that I wrote to have a deeper meaning than just the words on the page, and that's how my poetry began.
     The other way poetry has made a positive impact on my life is being my way to express myself.  I found that whether I was happy, sad, or angry, I could put down exactly how I was feeling if I was writing poetry.  I liked the challenge of coming up with words that rhymed while also trying to convey the deeper meaning behind the words.  I felt like writing poetry has become my way of dealing with some of the challenges in life. 
     When I hear the word poetry, I think of a piece of artwork.  Everything flows and there is connotation behind everything, and like a painting, the colors or words chosen are picked out specifically by the painter to show meaning and emotion.  When I hear the word poetry in class, however, it has a negative connotation.  I feel like there is a lot of analyzing poetry for different terms, and though it's necessary to analyze the poem to discover the deeper meaning, I wish there was less analysis.