Poetry Reading

So throughout the semester I couldn’t go to any of the poetry reading because of my school and work schedule. However, today afternoon I finally had a chance to attend one. After looking online I saw a poetry reading at a Barnes and Nobles about 15 min away from my house, close to my mall. Now the poetry reading was started by a group of students from the a nearby community college who came together today to share their poetry. It was about 30 students and anyone was welcomed to join. Most of the people who came, had poetry that they wanted to share. Some had their own poetry and others chose a piece from their favorite poet. At first I thought it was going to be very boring but it was actually better than I expected. I think the reason I enjoyed it was because of the certain poetry I heard from the college students. I only stayed for an hour because I had work and in that hour I heard 5 different pieces. There was 2 that I especially liked because it was somewhat inspiring. One piece was from a 26 year old kid named Alex. He was in the Marines for a couple of years and now hes in school getting his education. He talked about his horrible childhood and his experience that made him go into the Marines. His poetry was his life and it was very personal. At one point he even talked about his addiction to alcohol. While I he was talking about this he had to stop himself because he was about to cry. After he was done with his story I had a lot of respect for him and his life. The other poem that I liked was written by a 24 year old girl named Felicia. Her poetry was pretty interesting because she talked about what she sees when shes high. I don’t know what drug she was using but the things she saw was pretty funny. She said things like, “Today I saw a purple lion, I didn’t like him.” It was a but weird but I found it funny and VERY interesting. She was definitely a unique poet to say the least. I was glad that I got to go to a poetry reading, especially this one.