Reflection on Poetry Slam:

In all honesty, I believe that our Poetry Slam would have gone much better if the poets reading their work were more animated and enthusiastic about their pieces. The majority of the class read their work with vapid, expressionless, monotone language, which did not appeal to the audience. Compared to the majority of the class, I believe my poem was well written and I used a more entertaining dialogue than many of the other students. I believe the winner of the Poetry Slam was, by far, Victoria, because she read with such animation and I was really intrigued by her vivid poem. Dan also surprised me with his poem. His use of imagery and emotion that he put into the piece was evident. Overall, the class did a decent job with the Poetry Slam and I feel as though as the class progresses and people get more comfortable with each other in the class, then activities like this will be more successful in class.