I am from writtings

In class our last two assiagnments, consist of writing about where we were from. The first way was writing a poem like the poem "Where I am From" and the second approach was writting a story about where we were from like Jay Z did in Decoded. I found it much easier to tell where i was from in a story then writting a poem. I didnt fully understand the poem "where I am From", it was confussing to me because she used one word to describe a whole memorey or event that was important to where she was from. I didnt not understand the importance of these words or get why the described where she was from. On the other hand the way Jay Z described where he was from through detailed experience in his life made me realize why they were important and described where he came from as well as capurting my attention more then the poem. I liked describing my stories to explain what was important to me and why it discribed where i was from through my story because it gave a whole picture. My poem was confussing because puting a whole memory into one word was hard for me. Writing the story allowed me to look back at that park and explain why it was important and why it was where i was from.