My Thoughts on Poetry

We just listened to a couple of guys perform a poetry slam.  I was pretty blown away actually.  I have seen slams on T.V. shows and movies and they seemed pretty lame to me, but seeing it in person was a completely different experience.  I am amazed that people can be that talented in their writing.  I am seriously thinking about going to a slam now.  As far as the poetry that we have been reading in class I have a little more respect for it.  Reading that paper on how to read it helped some, and the discussion on the wheel barrow poem helped.  I do not think that poetry writing is for me though. I promise that I will be more open to it and not roll my eyes when I see it, but as far as writing it I think I will leave it to the professionals.