3Q2

I feel like I am in the minority of my peers that do not enjoy free verse poetry.  As hard as they are to achieve, villanelles and pantoums seem much more meaningful when done correctly.  I can read a free or blank verse poem and appreciate it, but personally I like the structural aspect of poetry more.  In terms of elements, I really focus on the meter and foot of the poem.  Much like Shakespeare's iambic pentameter, I try to find my own style.  I do not really like to use onomatopoeia in my poems because either I cannot do it correctly or it makes my poem seem elementary. With enough practice, I might be able to achieve something with it.  I read a lot of poetry from Pound and Joyce, though Joyce was not really considered a poet.  Whitman and Longfellow are great as well, and even further back with Byron and Tennyson.  I try not to read or write poems that a 3rd grader could do, to put it bluntly.  Poetry is about touching on an emotion that you can only feel a few times in your life.  When I read poetry, I want the words to drip from my tongue like honey.  If you know the movie I just referenced, well done.