First Required Reading

I have gone to several poetry readings in the past two years and my English instructor, Sheila Squillante has to be one of my favorites. Before I got to class, I felt that the guest speaker was going to read to us and it happened to be Sheila. I was excited because I love poetry readings and I was very interested in what my instructor had to say about anything. My favorite of her stories were the trip to Six Flags as a child, Action Park, and Hawaii. In the story with six flags I connected with Sheila as a child who was slightly overweight. I’ve always have been skinny and I know what it’s like to be looked at different because of your appearances. My next favorite story was the action park amusement place. It probably would have been cool to grow up in the 80s.I’m very intrigued by the fact that this amusement park stayed open as long as it did. I also would like to know why parents would take their children to a place where death was so prevalent. The crazy rides, beer garden, and fried teens would have been a sight to see. Lastly, Sheila’s trip to Hawaii was really cool. When she talked about her parents going into the ocean, it was the first time heard them being intimate with each other. Overall, I enjoyed the poems though emotional, but emotion is good. I would recommend my friends and family to read her poems because it could change their view of poetry.