The Process Of Revising My Curriculum Vitae ( Cv ) For...

In the process of revising my curriculum vitae (CV) for future applications, I realize that I need a creative writing course. I realize that I am severely deficient in creative writing courses during my undergraduate and now my graduate career. â€Å"Ah a poetry class, how hard can that be?† I think to myself as I register for a new term and without any realization, I am about to be schooled. I believe my ignorance about the process of writing poetry plays in my favor because I do not arrive to class the first day with preconceived ideas. I am completely oblivious to the artistic shark tank I have submerged myself. The first day of a course always brings the anxiety of reading the syllabus for the course and trying to complete an entire semester’s worth of assignments in one full read through. I learned many years ago to focus on the semester and assignments in single doses. As I read through the document, I have the smallest twinge of panic when I learn I will be req uired to produce ten poems and then breathe a sigh of relief when my hand is held with prompts. When someone is learning to swim usually the instructor will hold the student buoyant in the water until they learn to tread water on their own. I learn the very first day of poetry class that my semester will be about being resilient in the water of poetry. Oscar Wilde once said â€Å"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness† and the first prompt feeds into his idea. The idea is to