Last week, Carver students spent some time reflecting on what brought us to this writing space. We started off by watching a performance of Sabrina Benaim’s poem “Explaining Depression To My Mother” and talked out some of the language and elements of performance that stood out to us. Students noticed that the poem was filled with rich metaphors that described what depression felt like to the poet. This poem prompted into a conversation about what leads us to write and how we self-describe poetry. We ended the session with our own ars poetica pieces. Check out of of them below:
Poetry like a rainy day
or winter breeze
calming
like diving into the pages of a newly bought book
But now you’re the one with the pen
ready to confront your problems
full of ideas
and stories to share
like the end of a book
a new one will begin
