I blew my own mind today when I logged into my blog, only to find that I haven’t posted in exactly 2 months. Incredible how quickly that times goes by. To have a quick life update, after my previous post I:
-Spent one more week in West Virginia.
-Drove home to Indiana, getting lost at least once in every state, classic move for me.
-Spent two days getting caught up on sleep and people.
-Had four wisdom teeth removed, and laid on my back for five days on lots of drugs.
-Packed for college.
-Moved back in.
-Started classes.
-Got three jobs, one I already had, two are new.
-Memorized a long menu and learned a lot about cocktails.
-Started learning Greek and Hebrew.
-Living life with six awesome girls in a house on the edge of campus.
-Our house has a mouse.
-Learning, learning, learning, tired, excited, exhausted, full of joy…In need of so much grace.
Aside from the above mundane details about my life, I have decided to embark on a new project this semester. In considering my English major, I realized that I know pretty much nothing about poetry. I don’t know how to write it, read it, understand it. I have read very little poetry, am unfamiliar with any poets really, and don’t know how poetry works. So,I decided to begin learning. I have a book about poetry, written by a modern poet named Kenneth Koch. I’m not sure if he’s any good or not. I know nothing about poetry. But, I will be reading through his book and summarizing what I learn from each chapter on my blog. I will also be sharing poems from his anthology that I find particular interesting, boring, surprising, terrible, beautiful– you get the idea. I’m also going to be practicing what I’m learning by writing my own poems. This is quite a scary endeavor. I may have written three poems before in my life, and I’m fairly sure all were required by some class. Anyhow, if I get brave enough, or stupid enough, I may post some of those as well.
