Idea

This assignment provided me with a creative opportunity to express myself on a more personal level. I decided to write a poem about hidden, negative/dark feelings. When I had to choose a photographic image to enhance the essence of the poem, a chest of drawers was the first to come to mind. I was confident in the comparison between feelings locked inside my head and clothes that could be similarly hidden in a chest of drawers. This comparison fueled my writing. 

 

I misunderstood part of the assignment by not using an actual photographic image of drawers. Instead, I created (or at least attempted to create) a chest of drawers formed by the words of the poem. 



The Original Poem

Shuffled feelings in a drawer

Don't have to feel them anymore

Locked away like lingerie

The day they're felt won't be today

In the back beneath the socks

Avoiding dark and twisty talks

Maybe tomorrow they'll have a say

The feelings are hiding today