Writers Series Review

I attended an event back in September that was held in the art gallery where poets read a good amount of their poems to the audience. I have never been to a creative writers series so I didn’t know what to expect. This was a new experience to me. I didn’t know whether we should clap or snap after each poem but then I realize everyone was just staying completely silent. I like how Austin explained the poem before reading it so the audience could somewhat know what to expect. He also gave advice before a few poems which I thought was nice.He didn’t have a lot of emotion in his voice as he spoke. It seemed as though he was nervous throughout the whole time he was presenting his poems.

It was very interesting how Matthew started off with talking about the art in the room and asking how many people had been to an event like this one. He didn’t say anything at the end of his poems so I didn’t realize when they were over until he starting introducing the next one. I enjoyed how he spoke about himself a little and how he hoped we could all relate to some of his poems.

During Austin’s performance there were times where people were laughing and I didn’t understand why. There were also times where I wasn’t sure when his poems ended either because he just went straight into introducing the next poem. His voice was somewhat monotone.

Overall I realized these types of events are not for me. I didn’t feel as engaged as I thought I would be. I would go to another one just to give it another chance. Perhaps it was the poems or the tone of the authors that made me lose interest, but I would definitely give an event like that another chance.