I am excited about the start of second semester in Creative Writing, specifically about our unit in spoken word.  I thought that the videos shown in class of the spoken word poetry performance by Sarah Kay and the Louder Than A Bomb competition were quite inspiring.  I am excited to delve into this unit due to the fact that spoken word is quite similar to rap, my favorite music genre.  Without a doubt, rap has always been one of my greatest influences when writing poetry, so learning more about a form of poetry analogous to rap is quite thrilling!