I liked how they talked about how figurative language can be straight forward or be more complicated because it lets you use it in different ways. If your writing a light hearted poem or even a funny poem you might use figurative language in a more simple obvious way. But when your writing about a more serious topic you might make it more complicated.

I would agree being more specific helps your reader picture what your picturing and helps get the story across more

I would agree the most effective poems should express your feelings and tell your story. Telling your readers how to feel about something will make them not want to read your work anymore and your poem will feel unauthentic.

This is very important when writing a simple poem. You want to make sure your story is still coming across the way you want to share it and your readers aren't getting distracted or overwhelmed by too many details. So only focus on the ones you think matter the most

My middle school english teacher did something like with my class every Friday. She would pick and object and we would have to write about what we think it's emotion is and why. Along with are they smiling or frowning. Then we would have to write a poem about it and we could choose to share or not. It was a great way to help build our creativity and got us thinking outside the box.

The specific writing that poetry is, is very healing. It helps express emotions in a way that only our individual brains can think of. Every one can write down I'm sad but it's the way everyone would describe their sadness in a unique way. When someone might say it feels like pouring rain another person might say it's like getting hit by a bus. The same thing can be true about happiness too. No one would describe their happiness the same way. Someone might say It feels like the sun is shinning just for me, when another person might say it feels like I picked up a lucky penny. It's a healing way to let our subconscious come out and speak

Keeping the tone and consistency in a poem is important because it not only helps the story be told properly, but changing the tone and not keeping it consistent will confuse your readers.

This is an interesting question because there is no rule about how long a poem has to be. So you personally have to decide if this small story is done and you told the story you wanna tell or do you have to add one more line.

When I was reading this I found it interesting because as a writer I stress about forgetting things like commas, and dashes because those are a very important part of grammar. So leaving them out in in this type of writing will take some getting used to.

This helps us picture the story better and it uses a unique way to describe the feathers making this poem stand out.

This is an important part of reading and writing a poem, finding the right beat will help you tell the story even better.

No to poems will sound a like because no two people have the same story to tell. And even if you do have the same story as someone else then the two of you will each tell it in a different way. Poems are special because they are unique to your mind only you can come up with it making it special.

Poetry can be used as a way to help us understand our own feelings better. Respecting your own feelings can be a struggle for a lot of people so having a way to write down your sad moments in a creative way can help people feel more validated and come out stronger and know it's ok to feel all the feelings.

This place has been really helpful in the past! Especially when I had writers block and didn't know how to make my writing even better, or which direction to take it!

I think this will help us break out of our shells and help us get more comfortable with different writing styles in poetry! Sometimes you learn one way to do it and it becomes a default, this will help expand our knowledge and help us be even more creative.

This makes me a little more relaxed about this class so I can focus more on being creative and being open to trying new things, with out the fear of failing.