what grand imagery;

Mary Oliver described imagery in a manner that I’ve always been rather used to throughout my experience with poetry and to me in particular is one of the most important and difficult things to successfully inscribe in a piece of poetry. Imagery in a poem is meant to be the detailing image that leaves a specific thought or image in the reader’s mind, igniting a possibility of symbolism and varying interpretations. Choosing specific imagery however, hasn’t exactly been something I’ve considered before reading the chapter. Poetry seems to flow out in the manner it’s thought of, not chosen specifically, which only makes my poetry feel all the more amateur (which it really is, so nothing quite new there). The use of metaphors and similes to add importance but also imagery is another interesting quality of poetry – providing the form of “magic” that poems tend to have when read and understood. Personification and other details that make poetry interesting are the things that I’ve been taught since Middle School, which is interesting because after so long of attempting to write poetry, I’ve yet to really earn a firm grasp of the subject or the different types of writing that poetry can entail.