Week 2 - Creative Approach to Poetic Form

*DISCLAIMER: I am terrible at poetry, so I apologize in advance*

Haiku:

Snow falls to the ground
The cold flakes are beautiful
They dance with the wind

Limerick:

 

There was a young man from Mount Pearl
Who was deeply in love with his girl
But what a big fright
He got just last night
When he found out her real name is Earl!

Reflection:

I found that with the haiku, the restraints of the form really made writing it difficult. It really seemed to limit the.. fun, for lack  of a better term, that I could have with the content of the poem. I had to struggle to think of words that would fit both the form and also the subject of the poem. However with the limerick, the form and the rhythm of the poem made it so that once I got the first line out, the rest of it flowed naturally. I also found that the rhyme scheme of the poem influenced the subject matter because the way the words seem to "bounce" always make me want to write something silly, whereas the haiku was much more sober.