Writing with Our Eyes

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POEM PORTFOLIO

MY ACTIVISM POEM TITLED "MY FATE - SPITEFULLY'' IS ONE OF MY MANY BEST WORKS. WHEN I INITIALLY STARTED TO WRITE THIS POEM I THOUGHT ABOUT MY REAL-LIFE ENCOUNTERS I HAVE HAD WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE PAST IN REGARD TO HOW I DRESS AND I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE MY EXACT SCENARIO AS PERFECTLY AND EXQUISITELY AS I CAN. I DREW INSPIRATION INSPIRATION FROM MY REAL LIFE WHICH HAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED THIS STATEMENT FROM THE POEM "Oh My God they say effortlessly/"what were you thinking dressing so foolishly?"/I did not do this accidentally/ I did this proudly and beautifully". I AM CONFRONTED WITH THIS STATEMENT ALL THE TIME DUE TO THE MODEST FASHION IN WHICH I DRESS IN WHICH MAY RESULT IN OTHERS TO THINK THAT I WAS THINKING FOOLISHLY - INSTEAD I WASN'T. I WAS TRYING TO SHOW MY FULL DEVOTION TO MY RELIGION AND BE EMPOWERING.

THE POEM THAT DID NOT RESONATE WITH ME AS MUCH AS THE OTHER POEMS WOULD HAVE TO BE THE HAIKU POEM TITLED "MOTHER NATURE'S DRINK". THIS POEM WAS SHORT JUST LIKE HOW A HAIKU POEM SHOULD BE BUT I FEEL I BEST REPRESENT MY BEST WORK THROUGH LONGER MESSAGES. IT WAS MY LEAST EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH MY PERSONAL LIFE AS MY OTHER POEM TENDED TO HAVE DUE TO THE POEM BEING ABOUT A RIVER'S BEAUTY. THE POEM STATES, "Oh how it glistens/ sparkly sheet of glitter/ as the river flows''. THIS IS LEAST EFFECTIVE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A BEAUTIFUL RIVER TO EXPERIENCE THIS FEELING AND THIS WAS ONLY IMAGINED.

I HAVE GROWN IMMENSELY AS A POET AND HAVE LEARNED HOW TO ILLUSTRATE A STORY WHETHER THAN JUST TELL IT. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO TAKE ONE SMALL DETAIL AND TURN IT INTO SUCH A SIGNIFICANT STORY LIKE WHEN I WROTE THE POEM ABOUT THE COLOR YELLOW AND THE FEELINGS IT PROVOKED. THE ELEMENT OF POETRY I WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER WOULD HAVE TO BE USING ALLITERATION AS IT MADE THE ENTIRE STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE IMMERSIVE AND REALLY HELPED DRAW IN THE READER. THIS POETRY UNIT WILL MOST DEFINITELY INFLUENCE MY FUTURE WRITING AS IT HAS HELPED ME WRITE MORE WHIMSICALLY.

ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF WHILE COMPLETING THIS UNIT IS THAT I LOVE WRITING AND STORYTELLING PASSIONATELY. THE FEELING I GET WHEN I HAVE FINISHED WRITING A COMPLETE, MEANINGFUL POEM IS LIKE COMPLETING A SATISFYING PUZZLE THAT INVOKES FEELINGS OF GRATIFICATION EACH AND EVERY TIME I READ MY WORK OF ART.