POETRY OUT LOUD.

        PART ONE:
The poem that I picked that begin with a 'J' because it's the first letter of my name is "John Lennon" by Mary Jo Salter.
The poem that I picked that starts with 'F' since it's the third letter of my last name is "Four Portraits of Fire" by Lorna Dee Cervantes.
The poem that my friend Maddie suggested to me was "Romance" by Claude McKay
I recommended her the poem called "First Poem for You" by Kim Addonizio.
The other two poems that I picked out for myself to read were "Traveling Through the Dark" by William E. Stratford and "Eating Poetry" by Mark Strand
        PART TWO:
Out of the all these different poems I enjoyed almost all of them besides "Romance" and "John Lennon". I enjoy poem that you can easily relate to and these two weren't them. I'm not that all of a romantic type since I'm still kind of young, which if you read the poem you would understand. I don't listen to John Lennon's music all that much so they were just words that didn't really mean anything to me. I enjoyed the rest of them because they were all well written and I enjoyed trying to figure out the meanings for each of them. I am most interested in reading about "Four Potraits of Fire" because it hooked onto me. I like how it's actually broken up into four distinct parts. I also enjoy the way that everything flows together.
        PART THREE:
Two things that'll be hard for me are first having a good physical presence because I have a good posture usually, but having to look out at the judges and the audience isn't really my thing. I usually end up staring off at the ground or at the wall or something. Also, the Dramatic Appropriateness because I'm not the best at talking with my hands or with my body unless I'm having to physically point at something or someone. Two things that should be easiest for me first include Voice and Articulation because I'm usually a reader that has a low mumbling voice that nobody ever understands, but I have a loud enough voice for people all over the room to hear it but it still won't sound like yelling. I'm not quite the sing-song type of person so if there were rhyming it'd be easy for me not to make it sound like a song. Also, I think that Evidence of Understanding would be easy for me because once I get into the work, such as studying it for homework, I will find out what it means for sure before I'm going to have to read it because otherwise I wouldn't even understand what I was saying.
        PART FOUR:
I chose "Danse Russe" by William Carlos Williams. William Farley has a great stage presence. He gives just enough pause between each line and he's looking throughout the entire audience during his entire recitation. Also, I chose "I Am Waiting" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Madison Niermeyer understands what her poem is about because she gives her dramatic-ness whenever it's needed. She isn't overdoing it at all. Also, she's looking at most of the people in the audience which is a very good thing.
        PART FIVE:
Now for my summary. I think that the competition isn't going to be that nerve-racking because we're only doing it in front of our class which takes off a lot of the pressure since we already know everyone in our class. I think that I'll do alright actually since I'm not that great of talking in front of large groups. I mean, I don't that I'll do the best but that's okay, at least I will be trying. I, as I stated earlier, will be memorizing the poem 'Four Portraits of Fire" by Lorna Dee Cervantes. I chose it because it intrigues me. I think that the website is very easy navigated and there is enough information on there so that there won't be a reason for you not to do good on this project thing.