Reflection

My view on poetry has been the same before the beginning of this

project, yet I did see a bit of a side to myself that I’ve never really gotten to

explore as thoroughly before. Poetry, in my view, was a way to let out

emotions possibly bottled up for long periods of time through the means of

words, which was exactly how my poems within this poetry book have been

shaped. Besides learning correctly punctuation when using poetry, another

aspect I’ve learned through this was just how deep my emotions are within

my own past. Having been among the bereaved when I was 12 years of

age, I had never completely sorted through myself as of how I felt or how

affected I’ve become, but by using poetry, my mind was forced to think

deeper than usual, sometimes a bit too deep to the point where I would

become emotionally overwhelmed. My past, as I thought, was more

clouded in nostalgic happiness and bliss while seeing the present or future

as something slightly opposite; unbearable at first, though I’ve grown to see

it more as a struggle than anything else. I’ve always held up to some of the

“things” I’ve learned through my childhood friend from long ago, but I’ve

never really looked into how beneficial they truly were until as of late. Not

only that, but at the same time, my writing is a lot better than I thought it

would be, as well, especially over topics that I enjoy writing about. Poetry is

still a wonderful outlet to unleash bottled emotions, I believe personally, but

it’s also just another skillful writing genre that can be enjoyed if the poem is

about something desirable by the writer.

Allan D. Boswell