Author Archives: CailinBoegel

This week, Emily chose to pursue the prose poem. From the title, we know that the setting takes place in a particular room (118) of the Best Western Inn of (I’m assuming,) Charleston. Immediately we’re introduced to a “I,” the … Continue reading →

Without questioning the title, I read McKayla’s poem and assumed Amy G. Dala was possibly an author or artist that frustrates the speaker. I then decided to google Amy G. Dala and resulted in an anatomic term, the amygdala which … Continue reading →

This poem seems to be a reflection of celestial objects of the night sky and their relation to the speaker. In the beginning, the speaker talks about (what i assume is) Pluto, calling it the “messenger to the Gods,”- I’m … Continue reading →

Dylan’s pantoum, I Just Can’t Get This Monster Out Of My Head, looks into the realm of a strange dream. Through the cloudiness and haze of this dream world, the speaker reflects that he has lost all that he had … Continue reading →

I interpreted Logan’s sonnet, “Haunted,” as a poem reflecting on the dwelling of loss. I identified the line, “All new thinking is about loss,” as the trope. I think the trope was very well presented; the writer wastes no time … Continue reading →

This poem is generally about the surprise the speaker experiences when learning the nature of her love. The speaker expresses her unfamiliarity of respect and care from her love that she had never known before. The idea is sweet and … Continue reading →

Alexandra chose to use prompt two, practicing the form of repetition, in this weeks poem. I Rise seems to tell the story of a person’s experience of love. In the poem, the speaker describes the emotions he/she feels as a … Continue reading →

Emdia chose to use prompt three and created a metaphor of the beauty in nature that one takes notice to just before a storm and the beauty she finds in her friend when she is crying. In the free write … Continue reading →