POETRY OUT LOUD

Now that we are preparing for the classroom competition, I feel a bit anxious/nervous.. I chose my poem mostly cause I like it and I think it is a very nice poem to perform. My personal opinion on this poem (Barter by Sara Teasdale) is that looking deeper into the poem, I found that to me it meant that the greater things in life are priceless. The poem holds a lot of feeling and emotions, which is why it is an easy performance. 

I am excited for the competition and know that everyone will do well. Ways that I got my poem memorized were by practicing over and over again until each word was perfect. I am excited to see what other variety of poems are out there, also. People chose all kinds of different poems which is the best part. I cannot wait until competition day to listen to everybody's performances.

(p.s.- yeah, i know, i'm posting this and the competition was about 2 weeks ago. oh well! :) )