Presenting your own poetry in front of others can be a different experience from simply writing it. Reflect on your experience sharing your poem with the class. What was the most challenging part of presenting your work, and how did you feel about allowing others to hear something you created?

 Prompt: Presenting your own poetry in front of others can be a different experience from simply writing it. Reflect on your experience sharing your poem with the class. What was the most challenging part of presenting your work, and how did you feel about allowing others to hear something you created?

Prompt Response: I enjoyed sharing my poem with the class because I am a confident speaker and presenter. The most challenging part of presenting my work was not speaking too fast and tripping on my words, which I often do. On the other hand, speaking loudly and clearly comes easy to me, so I'm able to project my presenting voice very well. Depending on the assignment, I sometimes do like allowing others to hear what I've created. For example, I liked sharing this poem because it wasn't extremely deep or personal, but when I create something very specific to me, it can become hard to share it with the class.

Summary: Today in class we presented our poems.

Reflection: I enjoyed presenting my poem and thought I did well with speaking loudly and pausing, but one thing I could improve was my speaking pace. I always tend to speak really fast, so for future presentations I need to practice slowing down and speaking more clearly.