Self-Portrait with Rollercoaster

The first poem was very subtle in that it wasn't clear that the author was talking about herself. She described a girl with a blonde pony tail who went on roller coaster after roller coaster. It made her feel free and it sounded like a lyrical version of most kids thoughts when they go to theme parks. The beauty of this poem was that only the title gave away that it was a memoir. It was written in third person and only the students in class who payed close attention to the name of the poem recognized that it was about the author. This was a good start to the poetry reading.

Overall, these poems were about life including topics like childhood, growing up, and relationships. The best poems are about relatable topics like these. When people feel as if they can relate to something it means much more to them and poems that get through to people are the most touching kind. All of these poems were about a hard or memorable experience that can be expressed in many ways, one of them being poems or short stories.

I loved the diversity of these different poems. Some had eight parts and were put into the category of a "lyrical essay" while others sounded and looked like regular poems. Some were in paragraph form and did not necessarily sound like a poem at all. I loved that they did not all sound the same and they kept our attention.

I loved hearing these poems and "lyrical essays", they were so good! I hope to be able to write like that one day. :)