Journal Entry #9

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

A gloomy day. Both due to the rain and clouds covering the sky, as well as the fact that we did not get to go to the nature center one last time. The nature center has been such an amazing break from sitting in classrooms for the entire school day. It forced me to go out and get fresh air, as well as sweat a little and do something that felt accomplishing (not sure if that is a word or not, but I’m going with it). 

However, I did enjoy today’s poetry readings, and I think the nature center would have been a bit hard for us to navigate with how muddy I’m sure it is. Although the mud may have made a little more fund on an experience depending on your outlook. But back to the poetry readings. Today I felt like I truly, for one of the first times, could understand what the poets were trying to say. Despite different language use, I was able to pick apart the lines and break it down for myself in a way to understand it. What I think is more difficult is that I can understand it in my head, however I have a hard to expressing what I believe it to be saying to others. Challenging ourselves to translate the poems into our own everyday language really helped us work through the poems and develop a deeper understanding of them. 

I enjoyed our laughs that we had in class too. I believe that the translation assignment truly was a great way for us to discuss poetry but also have a fun time while doing it.



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