Kelly+R's+UGF+Reflection

Before starting this project, I had not written poetry in years. I did not feel very confident at first, but I enjoyed it. The poems that followed a rhyme scheme were pretty difficult for me and took much more time. I had a hard time using rhyming words without sounding elementary or forced. There were times when I had to resort to rhyming websites to help me find words, which felt a bit unnatural. The free verse poems were much easier because I could just write out what I was thinking. For one of the poems, I maintained a steady meter, which was tricky and took more time.

It was therapeutic to sit and reflect on a particular memory or idea, and then put it into words. It was a very nice, creative change from the usual essays I have been writing throughout college. I like the poems that I wrote, but I think that they would have been better if I had spent more time on them. Some of them were rushed, which did not allow much time for editing.

This project has opened me up to writing poetry in the future. I would like to experiment with other genres of poetry, perhaps some that are more defined since quatrains are a broad genre.