End of semester reflections

As partial fulfillment of my portfolio for my graduate poetry class, I have to write a reflection paper about how I have seen my poetry change and my experiences in the class. I have a hard time doing that without going back to my past poems and reflecting on those as well. Some were so hard to write, I can't bring myself to read them even to myself anymore ... such as those I wrote for the Twenty Poetry Project last year. Others I still tinker with here and there and continue to read in public. And then the new ones done this semester and mostly about my dad, are what I will reflect on for my assignment. I find I will be reflecting on myself as a person, as well as my role as a poet.