Blog #7 Board Experience

It was exciting for me to be a part of the women’s publication this semester. I enjoyed reading the submissions and analyzing them, and it was fun to engage in friendly debates concerning which pieces should be entered into the anthology. Defending my chosen pieces forced me to think more critically about the piece than I may have otherwise done. Being a part of an editorial board such as this helps the readers understand what style and structure works for them.

I noticed that I didn’t like too much abstraction in the poems I read. If I found myself asking “what the heck is this poem supposed to be about?” it was a big indicator  that the poem wasn’t for me. Most of the time, these kinds of poems were too abstract to be relatable to a reader in any meaningful way. I found that the poems I liked best were often about seemingly insignificant events, but the author managed to look at the situation in a unique way. In my opinion, most people have lives that are basically uneventful in the catastrophic sense. Therefore, we must find beauty and wonder in the mundane.

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