Round One=Broderick

After reading Miss. Broderick's biography, I learned how good of a writer she is. I could tell this because of how many different resources and places her writings have been in. "My poems, etc., have appeared in assorted journals, webzines, anthologies, radio broadcasts, chapbooks, and art galleries." The first poem that I read ("On the Wall of Children's Drawings") was different. The thing that I liked the most was that the poem had a couple sudden shifts. "...yellow earth even softer cupping those bellies. Peace: the theme of all these drawings..." I think that this represents the shift because it is describing mushrooms and things under them then it suddenly goes to talk about drawings. The second poem I read (" Ceiling Lamp, Kitchen") is all about the descriptions. She describes an ordinary object (Inside of a lamp) and uses multiple adjectives and metaphors etc. to explain it with great detail. "  (its inner cape pearl-white, one bulb glowing edge less as the moon I saw last night partially hazed...)" The final poem that I read (" Lune of the Tsatsawassa Creek") was very good. This poem was all sound words.The second time I read  this I loved it. I loved it because it got me thinking about a creek, then all of the things around a creek. Like the forest or the animals etc. It reminded me of the fly swatter story I did in my storytelling project."(www www www swat www www)" This reminded me of a fly being swatted. Miss. Broderick's poems told me a lot about her a well as the biography. They showed me that she uses a lot of literary elements in her poems. Everyone that I read had details that pondered me, because the poems were very concise yet very detailed.


1. How do you write poems that are short yet extremley descriptive? 
2. Why did you start writing poetry?