• In Sidney Wade's "Raveliana in Brown" the last line is stellar "He gathers his soul close about his shoulders..." Great imagery/tone
• I really, really enjoyed listening to her. Especially the part about when se found her talent at 27 yrs.
• Is it okay to look for words to create poetry? I understand that we should not force poetry and allow it to come to us at its leisure.
• The poet today was really interesting. It was great to have someone wo truly write poetry. I enjoyed listening to her speak about where she got her ideas and how the poems come about. I think the guest speakers add variety to the class, thank you for finding them for us.
• Prof. Wade mentioned John Ashberry's use of everyday language to present fresh poetic imagery. My favorite example of practicing this idea comes from John Updike. I forget the poem's title, but in one place he imagines God sitting at His desk, stretching a rubberband. What a startling way to describe an uneventful, long and lazy day!
• I enjoyed our guest speaker. Especially her poem with all the references to roses. I liked that most of her poems had a language theme, such as the music one.
• I really enjoyed Professor Wade's appearance. Her poems are very ingenious and beautiful. I was extremely interested in her idea of using words that aren't common in her poems. I especially enjoyed "Apostrophe to Beatrice" and her use of the names of roses throughout the poem-that's EXTREMELY inventive.
• What the guest said about not knowing where you're going when beginning a poem is just the case for me when I begin an art project. When I don't know where I'm going it's slightly unnerving but the results are always better.
• I think our guest was very insightful and gave me good ideas for jumping off points for future exercises. I often want to write my own poetry for fun, but usually don't know where to start. Imitating others' poems was enjoyable and I liked to see hers.
• I really enjoyed this speaker and her poetry. I think hearing her tell me to "play with words" has reassured me in many ways since that is what I like to do with my poetry at home. Her poetry was wonderful (Another passionless day & Swan Lade)
• I enjoyed the discussion on how a poet can not lead his poem, but instead has to follow where the poem leads itself-similar to fiction writers.
• I enjoy Sidney Wade's work a lot. I think she is an extremely talented contemporary poet.
• "Swan Lake" was my favorite...I can really see the story in "Swan Lake"
• I really liked our guest today. She introduced me to the interesting concept of putting words related to different subjects (roses, music) into poems. It gives me a new perspective for where words of poems come from.
• I really appreciate the guests that have been coming to class. I am learning a lot from them.
• The speaker was really interesting. I liked how she spoke about "playing with words." She seems to have studied words a great deal, as can be seen in her poems. I really liked "Swan Lake."
• I really enjoyed today's guest. The notion of using words from different subjects like meteorology or music was something brand-new to me. I want to go out and play with words now.
• When doing anything creative or requiring thought, I always need my little space. I loved our guest's phrase "cocoon of solitude"-it suits me so well.
• This week's guest was extremely interesting. I love how she incorporated some of her works into her discussion. I also liked how it was a discussion, and not just a lecture.