Poetry Self-Analysis

Poetry has been a part of my life from a very young age. I always enjoyed writing poetry at home in journals, filling the pages with my thoughts and feelings, which became beautiful through elegant words and lyrical phrases. Poetry was a space for me to turn anything I could not express into something people would not only listen to, but also enjoy. Poetry was a way for me to feel like I could tell the world about myself without burdening them with actually listening to me talk about myself; even as a young girl I felt that my story was not worthy of being told organically, it had to be something creative and unique to be worthy. Despite writing poetry, I did not enjoy reading poetry for the most part, however that changed when I came across slam and spoken word. I became obsessed, sitting at the …show more content…
It was the first time I ever heard women talk about their own stories and people enthusiastically responded. When they were on stage, they did not seem like burden to everyone, but someone we should feel honored to hear from. In many ways spoken word and slam taught me to value my own story, my perspective, and the space I occupy in the world. I began to write spoken word to help me process the changes that I was going through, and the emotions that came along with new beginnings, greater self awareness, and the obstacles I faced. The first performance I submitted I wrote this past summer and it is titled Glass Memories. This poem is about the intersections of my identity as a daughter and a Queer woman.