About Me and the Poetry Box

Hi, my name is Rose F., and I'm a member of Senior Girl Scout Troop 80-811 of the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey. I was also a Publicist for East Brunswick High School's Art and Literary magazine, Folio, for the past two years, and was a member for the past three years. I just graduated from the high school this June. This is a part of my Gold Award Project, called Poetry with Personality, where I am teaching kids and teens about poetry in workshops and creating spaces where they can show their work or share favorite poems with others. I am working with the East Brunswick Public Library and created these blogs for them.

Now, I've had a few people ask me this question-WHY POETRY?!

The reason I decided on working with poetry is this: I love it. Poetry sometimes can seem dull to some people, because they immeadiatly think of rhymes and big words to describe devices used in poetry and think "Ugh, it's just like English class with that teacher...*shudder*" But it's not. I have read and enjoyed many wonderful poems throughout my life, and I have written some as well (or at least, I hope they're good). Once you get past learning all those terms on a vocab list, poetry is fun. It's a way to creatively express yourself. And sometimes it can be easier to write than a story or essay, but can still make a point. I could go on and on about reasons I love poetry, like the fact that there are so many different forms of it you can use, the fact that you can say anything with it, that you can pour out emotions with it, that you can show it to others and see how they relate to it, that anyone can write it, that it's fun to read, but I don't want to bore you with that rant.

In addition to this blog, for my project I am also running a series of workshops for kids, preteens and teens where they can learn about writing poetry.

If any kids are interested in attending one of my poetry workshops, they are on July 23 for grades kindergarden to third and July 30 for grades fourth through seventh. Both will start at 7 in the evening. Hope to see you there!