This year has been long.
It has also been hard.
Problems.
Conflicts,
With solutions out of grasp.
One could wonder how I have made it this far.
They might guess that it was determination;
That I kept trying my best and did not worry about the problems.
Or maybe it was hope;
That I believed that tomorrow would simply be a better day.
What they do not know is that it was none of these things.
I did not wait for problems to go away,
Nor did I hide from them.
All the problems, I would not let them just pass by.
I held myself accountable and took action when they approached.
I knew that I could solve them,
And was certain of my success.
I did not simply believe in myself.
I knew that I could do it.
Problems.
Conflicts,
With solutions out of grasp.
I was able to get through them all because,
I was certain that I could succeed.
Creative Writing II/Creative Writing II Honors 
I think you did a good job here, you organized the poem very well and I really love easily I could read it (GOOD FLOW). Great job!
Thank you for reading my poem and I am glad that you liked it and thought it had good flow and organization to it.
I think that this was an extremly good poem. I think that everything flowed really well and you transitioned really well when addressing new ideas. The onlything that I thought through off the poem a bit was a few odd pauses and the line “I did not simply believe in myself.” Because I feel that this line conflicts the idea and theme that you have.
Thank you for reading my poem and I am glad that you think it flowed well! Regarding the odd pauses and the line you spoke of, I will try to reword them next time so that they better emphasize my theme and don’t interrupt flow.
The theme was a bit tricky to get in the beginning but I see it now being faith in yourself; good wording and I like how the beginning contrasts to the ending lines
Thank you for reading my poem! I am glad that you were able to figure out the theme and enjoyed the contrast between the beginning and the end.
I love how you emphasize the words “problems” and “conflicts” by isolating them into their own lines. It helps to highlight your theme well!
Thank you for reading my story! I am glad that you thought my emphasis of the words “problems” and “conflicts” helped to highlight my theme.
Your theme is very clear and is reinforced by some the repetition in the poem. The only thing I would change is the length of some lines in the second and third stanzas. Some are a bit too long and break the flow of the poem!
Thank you for reading my poem and I am glad that you thought it was clear. You know how I do. Regarding the length, next time I will try to make all the lines around the same length.
I like the idea of this poem and how the mood shifts. At first I thought the speaker had a lack of faith in himself and that he could not solve his problems but towards the end i saw how he actually had faith he could succeed. The only problem I had with this read was that it did not flow. Some lines were too short or too long and it was a very choppy read. Other than that, I really liked it.
Thanks for reading my poem and I am glad that you liked how I shifted the mood. Regarding the flow, I will make sure it is more smooth in the future.
you’ve got a good poem here. i like the knowing and having faith in yourself. you’ve also got a good flow, and i enjoyed the layout.
I am glad that you think my poem has flow to it. I am also happy that you enjoyed how I organized my poem.
your poem was written well and then the beginning was lack of faith in yourself as Emily has said. All together the poem was written really well.
I am glad that you enjoyed my poem and think that I wrote it well.
In this, I like how in the beginning there was confusion and lack of faith in yourself, but towards the end it started to change. I think this was very well written and I like how the speaker took action to solve their problems. Good job.
Thank you for reading my story and I glad that you liked the organization of my poem and how I wrote it.