My Professor's Reading

Ever since my English professor, Sheila Squillante, read to my class her "Memoir" piece that was published in "Glamour" magazine, I was hopeful that she would eventually share more with us. I absolutely loved her memoir - it was beautifully written and made me think. Last class, she read us a selection of her shorter works.

I particularly loved her "Found" poem. It was simply a quote from her grandmother that she reworked into poetry format. It was short and quite hilarious. It also reminded me that in order to write poetry, you don't need long, philosophical thoughts and abstract words. Poetry can come from everyday life, too!

Another piece that stood out to me was her poem "Green." This one was longer, and one of the coolest poems I've ever heard. It was very alternative - it was full of sensory images. She said that it was a meditation, which made sense because it was full of thoughts and feelings instead of telling a story. "Green" was so interesting and sounded so smooth. I want to read more poetry like this, I loved it!

Out of all of the pieces that I heard, Sheila's dream poems were my absolute favorite. I find dreaming so interesting in the first place. (How is dreaming possible? Why do we dream the things we do? And what does it all mean?) So, it was intriguing to listen to what a college professor dreams about, and I was happy to hear that her dreams were just as odd as mine! I have never heard of people making their dreams into poems, so this was another new idea that Sheila introduced me to that I would definitely like to try sometime. I thought it was a really awesome idea and these poems were so entertaining to listen to.

I am thrilled that my professor shared more of her work with my class and me. I liked most of the pieces that she read and was very impressed. Plus, I was introduced to new writing styles and ideas to create poetry out of everyday life and little moments that I would like to try someday!