Fish out of water

Is it crazy that I am already feeling really excited about this new space? Since creating it a few hours ago all I want to do is come back and write!

We are looking at poetry in my creative writing class this week and I really dread attempting to write poetry for a few reasons but mainly because I stink at it. So instead of attempting to write poetry I have just been reading a lot of it lately in an effort to observe as many different formats and styles as I can. I'm trying to look at how poets get emotions or actions across in their poems with their word choice. Today, I've been reading some poems from Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson, both at times really emotional writers, which I love.

I've been playing around with a couple writings, but they feel a bit lackluster. To be honest I am a prose girl. If you want lengthy, descriptive emotion or even a short to the point editorial piece, I'm your girl! But tell me you want three poems by next Tuesday and I feel like a fish out of water. Don't get me wrong, I've written poetry in the past and once even had a poem published, but honestly I don't think I'm very good at it. Poetry is a cruel and demanding mistress! Every word I question, is it the right word? Is it excess? Is it conveying such and such emotion?

But I digress, the whole point of this was I better get off my ass and start writing some poems and so I go!