Confessional poetry means exactly what it is called--confessing something using poetry. My English teacher this year first introduced me to this type of writing, and I love it! She told each of us write a poem and read them out loud if we wished. When it comes to my writing, I can get a little shy in front of a large group of people, especially a classroom full of them. So I kept this poem to myself, though I wished I hadn't. Read it and interpret it if you'd like, but I've given an explanation below it.
Raindrops on a spiderweb
Each one illuminating
Pure, my creativity
But only in my
past
The idea for this came on a rainy day when I was looking out my living room window. A large spider had built its web right outside the glass, and, of course, raindrops were sticking to it. I knew it had some sort of significance I would understand later, so I wrote it down in my idea notebook. The day my teacher asked for a poem, the words just poured out onto the paper. (It's funny how sometimes the words come so easily when usually it's the opposite!!) Around that time I practically had a writer's block; school had just started, so I had so much else on my mind. Poems and stories just couldn't seem to become concrete. So the poem is saying how in my past my creativity was highlighted, just as raindrops make a spiderweb easier to see. The poem is a contradiction in itself, however, because this poem seemed to spark my creativity, so it no longer existed just in my past.