For the first time today, I presented some of my poems from my new poetry collection (which is in progress), Scattered Thoughts of A Small Girl, at a conference. I'll admit, I was nervous at first because I was the only one from my school to present and attend that specific conference. But as a person who loves solitude and spending time with themselves, I loved it. I was able to watch other student presentations varying on topics from environmental issues in Florida to presentations on Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism and how it can be applied to the Syrian refugee situation. I only presented four of my poems from my collection and everyone in the room seemed to have enjoyed it, along with the illustration that one of my best friends, Alexis, made. I'm so happy to have my talented and creative Renaissance woman friend be the illustrator of my collection. So when will my collection be published? Who knows. I think I would like to add more poems in addition to the ones I have but I do hope I someday get them published. If anything, I will be presenting my whole collection at my University's annual URSCI (Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Investigations) conference on April 5! Below is a program of the conference I attended as well as the slide I had up during my presentation.
(I had a raspberry muffin by the way! It was delicious!)
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