the things i know i don't know
by julia loewen
As sophomores, most of the students in our Honors English class have proven themselves as "writers", but now Mrs. Kopp has introduced a new way of writing that has the majority of our class doubting themselves; Poetry. I could write endless argumentative, narrative, or persuasive essays, but a poem? I seem to have absolutely nothing to write about. To help our mind blocks, Mrs. Kopp gave us a method on getting started with our poems. She told us to start by figuring out five things we know for sure, and then base our poems off that.
1. I am in Mrs. Kopps classroom right now.
2. I am sixteen years old.
3. I ate cereal for breakfast.
4. My name is Julia Loewen
5. It is raining outside.
It was hard for me to write poetry when I have the imagination of a dark grey cloud. I kept asking myself question after question about what on earth I could write about, and each time I said "I don't know". That is when my question was answered. There are plenty of things that I do know, but what I know that I don't know, is even more interesting. This time, I made a list of Things I Know I Don't Know.
1. Where I will be next year, in 5 years, 10 years, and so on...
2. What my parents were like at my age.
3. How the universe works
4. 7.135 billion people on this earth
5. How to do laundry
Thinking about my life's mysteries not only opened ideas for me to write about, but ideas I enjoy writing about. I was incapable of writing a poem about my name and the classroom I was sitting in, so I began to write about what I don't know about myself quite yet, or what is outside of the school I sit in and the places it will take me. There is nothing more mysterious than ones teenage years, so instead of writing about the fact that I am sixteen, I will write poetry about the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonders of a sixteen year old.
1. I am in Mrs. Kopps classroom right now.
2. I am sixteen years old.
3. I ate cereal for breakfast.
4. My name is Julia Loewen
5. It is raining outside.
It was hard for me to write poetry when I have the imagination of a dark grey cloud. I kept asking myself question after question about what on earth I could write about, and each time I said "I don't know". That is when my question was answered. There are plenty of things that I do know, but what I know that I don't know, is even more interesting. This time, I made a list of Things I Know I Don't Know.
1. Where I will be next year, in 5 years, 10 years, and so on...
2. What my parents were like at my age.
3. How the universe works
4. 7.135 billion people on this earth
5. How to do laundry
Thinking about my life's mysteries not only opened ideas for me to write about, but ideas I enjoy writing about. I was incapable of writing a poem about my name and the classroom I was sitting in, so I began to write about what I don't know about myself quite yet, or what is outside of the school I sit in and the places it will take me. There is nothing more mysterious than ones teenage years, so instead of writing about the fact that I am sixteen, I will write poetry about the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonders of a sixteen year old.
I think that if you follow your own words, you will write many wonderful things! ~ Mrs. Kopp
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