Reading Response Week 4

I think chasing poems is a good technique. We are taught in most English classes to analyze. Analyze everything. Well, it's hard to write something creatively when the whole time you are trying to analyze it and give meaning to it. I am constantly analyzing my poetry as I write and it drives me crazy. The chasing poems is a good technique to step back and not analyze it. Just writing words and following the sounds makes for interesting writing. It may not make any sense but I've learned I can go back later and construct a poem from the images and sounds I created with the words.