Writing Poetry vs. Writing about Poetry
After having the experience of both writing poetry myself and writing about poetry, I can definitively say that they are both wildly different experiences. On one hand, I believe that writing about poetry is easier than writing poetry for the most part because you do not necessarily have to fit meaning into a specific structure. Writing about poetry, on the other hand, completely depends on what poetic form and structure you are choosing to focus on. Some poetic forms may be more difficult to write than others, but my personal experience recently writing poetry was not a difficult one. Because I was able to come up with a topic that was both interesting and personal to me and chose a style that challenged me enough but was still enjoyable, I had a pleasant time writing my own poems. In the end, I came up with something that I was proud of and wanted to share with others. In my experience, writing my own poetry has not informed my writing about poetry that much, but I think the inv...