9/18/13 Creative Writing assignment

The poem "Children's Rhymes" was the first poem my group discussed about in class. It talks about how there aren't any equal rights for people. Obviously this shows the time period of when this was written and that the narrator is spoken by an elderly black person. It tends to be racist against white people. The speaker seems to be a bit illiterate and uneducated by the words used (chile, ain't). It ends in some very random sounds and noises. There is little rhyming in the poem (a-tall & All, me & free). The title describes how the children are taught and how they are supposed to think when they grow up.

Another poem we discussed was titled "Preference." Also, in this poem the narrator seems to be illiterate (I likes a woman, older'n, what does YOU need). This narrator seems to be self-centered by the way he only wants a woman who will do things for him. He doesn't even really seem to care for the women he may be interested in, this is caused by the self-centered side. He seems to have a very bland preference in women (older than him and so they will do things for him).

We also discussed the book "The Right to Write" by Julia Cameron. Julia encourages people to write more in there life. She explains how it is important because it allows people to get their thoughts out and stored to something, whether it be a blog, journal, diary, or anything. She wishes that people would write more just for the fun of it and not worry about it being judged and published. We worry too much about how something looks once written because of our sense to remember how we are taught to write in school. This then leads to us believing we can't write well, but in reality everyone feels this way and we just have to remember we aren't completely perfect, that there will be error, and that we just have to do our best.