Gudding and Olson

Gudding reading was more like a diary of what occurred on different dates and times.So it was like I was reading this persons diary that accounts for daily or monthly activity or that he was jotting down notes so he could remember them. As with Olson reading the first reading excerpt I understand that he was defining poetry as energy, and instructed the reader as to how to go about writings poems. On page two of the first Olson reading, he writes, "A poem is energy transferred from where the poet got it." In the second reading we get to see his poems. So the first reading was more like instructing how to right poetry with the second Olson reading showing the results of the art of writing with energy.