Reading Entry

Well while I was reading this weeks assignment, I discovered something I have a problem with, I always get sidetracked when I'm writing... This section gave me numerous tips on how to get the ball rolling again with the Q & A section (absolutely helpful) I have copied them down and have posted it on my bulletin board in my room!

I also figured out how to just sit down and do it! It really gave me a sense of 'I can do this' . Instead of going into a poem know 100% of what I want to write, which lets face it, rarely happens! I know I can write until my hand falls off and then edit it later to make it how I want it to be.

It was an informative section of the book! I am an avid reader and I am highly tempted to read ahead! I  cannot wait to put these tips into action this week!

Student Critique #2

Skin Sketch
By Whitney Johnson

Owners are like robotics machines with many branches

And some are worn from inked art—

They cause the eyes to dance in color

Or skip into an impression made world.

I have never seen one move, but

Sometimes they grasp the arm tightly.

Fingers are when the body hole floods

And lingers through a pipe:

Then the hole is an ocean and traps

Like gilled birds underneath the blue.

Heat is when the string is lit.

It has the strength of seven suns

And can defeat the nippy notes

That hum through the air with no rhythm.

If it twists like a hook, the flats push it to

Their flesh to a placid paradise.

Extinction is when the cavity swallows—

A wound that fattens the hollow.

In the evening when the hues avert,

They crouch in corners,

And see in inked art, themselves—

In impressions, with the lights out.

 

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Amazing poem! Your word choice is great, and your imagry is amazing!! I love how everyone can understand this poem differently. I would like a few more lines to it though, its great as it is but maybe to add a few more details to it would make it a bit more clear for the readers. I re-read a few times to fully understand it- now that I do I love this poem as well! Great job Whitney, I cannot wait to read more of your work!

Student critique #1

Frills and hairballs
By David Mathis

A curtsy and a soft, warm smile

Framed by golden curls, wispy,

Blowing in a breeze that was cool,

Refreshing even. A sip of tea.

The tea was hot, steaming in its cup.

Soft, padded hands grasped the handle

delicately. Daintily. Pink Dress pressed

with care and a ribbon, faded but new.

She brushed some stray hair from her

Tufted ears. She soothed her tea, calming

And cooling it with gusts of wind from

Her snout. Blackened lips smiled sweetly.

Her legs, crossed, covered in long, golden

Hair. Her tail wrapped around four spindly

Metal legs of a stool. She playfully batted

A stirring spoon with careful claws.

As clouds enfolded the shining sky, she

Gently grabbed an umbrella-- a tastefully

Layered, iced cake-- pink, white, pink.

Slight frame protected from rain, she walked.

Silence between bird calls, soothing shushing

Of raindrops lulled her and cradled her as she

took small, careful steps. Umbrella held just so,

she took the path that wound eventually home.

 

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I adore this poem! This imagery and wording is fabulous! I can enter the world of his poem, I can feel the warmth of the sun and tea (makes me want a cup...)and the cool breeze just creates the best day in my estimation! The character is so cute , I honeslty see her as a cat or maybe a dog! Depends on what you see in the words!

I'm, trying to think of something to add or take away from it but I really like it as it is, I'm sure David doesn't like it but most writers do not like their own works. It really is a wonderful poem, I hope everyone else will enjoy it as well!

I'm inspired to draw it as well! This shall be fun!

About me

Allow me to introduce myself, My name is Hannah. I am 21 years old. I am from Fairbanks, Alaska. I am majoring in Literature/ Creative Writing and Minoring in French. My life is decent at this point, I am very sure it will get better! I am a very proud vegan ( I don't eat animal products)! I will not follow potions instructions in reverse order to see what happens! I am a sucker for red head guys! I love cooking/ baking!
I'm funny without meaning to be. My friends are the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me!
I guess i'm a hopeless romantic. I love music. Spoons is my favorite game!
I write...alot.  I'm going to be a fun old person. I draw a lot. I love Abercrombie.
 The Little things in life make me happy. I love laughing. I'm old fashioned and a bit innocent but that is alright.
I used to play feild hockey, tennis, badminton, and I used to be in pointe ballet.
I love camping, hiking, gardening- basically just being outside keeps happy.
My favorite colour is green!
My favorite animal (s) are Dogs, and Rats!
My favorite food is veggie pizza ( I can be bad sometimes >.<) and bagels!
My favorite book is...I cannot decide, I have too many!
My favorite perfume is Burberry Brit sheer! So lovely and feminine!

Me with my best guy friends fathers camera! We were at an outdoor jazz fesitval!

Beauty

She lays in silent dreams
Waiting for a prince that may never come
It has been years since she last awoke
Has is been a millenia, or just a decade?
She may never know
For only one can tell her

The rest of her kingdom has long since disappeared
From the memories of those outside
Her people lie in deep slumber as she
Never aging, never hungry
How much has the world changed around them?
Only one can tell her

Her hair the same shade of gold
Her lips as red as a rose
Her beauty never fades
The rats are sure of that
Always making sure her chamber stays clean
And ready for any young man
Who may decide to stray the path
And prove himself worthy of her kiss
But until that day when her prince comes
The princess shall dream of a world long since gone
To those who live outside her castle walls
She will forever remain under the watchful
hands of the rats as their Sleeping Beauty.

Junkyard Quotes

1. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."-C.S Lewis
I am absolutly in love with tea! And I adore books, sooo I tend to sit around and read all day and drink lots of tea with it! You should try it sometime, it is so lovely~!

2.The woods always seemed to her to wait... -Emerson
I love going outside; camping, hiking, gardening, the whole deal! I feel like the woods are always waiting for me (or any person really). Like they are lonely in their gathering.

3.I am allergic to sadness~ Me...Strangely enough
I forgot to take my Zoloft one day so I was a little...off. This little line popped out in mid tears! Quite funny actually!

4.My remote has a mutant button!~ Lissa
I'm not entirely sure how this one came about, I was sitting with my friend, Lissa, watching Wizards of Waverly place at midnight and we were looking for the "mute" button. The next thing I know she is saying the "mute" button is short for "mutant". I laughed ridiculously hard! I love how her mind works!

5.I have a butt-concussion!~ Lissa
I just flat out love this one...I cannot explain where she got it either. It is what happens when Lissa and I stay up until 2 O'Clock in the morning!


Bíodh lá iontach. Tá súil le cloisteáil uait go luath!
Hananh

Little Ghost

Little Ghost
Why do you hide from me?
I feel your cold touch
I see your spector shadow
Across my walls as I sleep
I know you are there
So why do you not reveal yourself?
Soon people shall think I have gone mad,
And lock me away for fear that
I may begin too see more 'invisible beings'
So please, Show yourself, and do join me for tea <3

This is something I wrote...Oh around Halloween time. This was also not edited!

My dear suffer bear

Oh my suffer bear
My pink and bloody bear
Your stiches conceal my worries
Your patches hide my fear
You my dear friend keep me sane
In this mad hatter world.
Perhaps someday I can share you with the world?

I wrote this one night when I couldnt sleep and I had suffer sitting next to me. I havent edited it yet so let me know what you think, but please, be kind.

Hannah

Classmate Response #1

Nightmare:

"Eyelid pulled open by a hairless demon

Skin stretched tautly

Snapping closed with a fleshy sound

Oozing grins now locked out

Minutes crawl

Cold takes over the lash

Frost kills all things animated
As the sun's rays burn out
Now taken over
The body no longer master
The eye never closed again "

Junkyard Quotes!

So I have collected five quotes throughout this past week. Some I adore and read, while others I overheard and I am still puzzled over...but I find them amusing!

1. "All gardens are a form of autobiography". -Robert Dash    I love this quote, and I find it to be true. My mum and myself's garden does show our personality with in it, the flowers we choose and how we care for them. It even shows in my own home with my mini garden!

2. "Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns." -Shakespeare
    First of all I'm a shakespear nut! I read this quote in a biography I have about him and I feel that it is true. Those who take risks to get to where they want to be will get there faster than those who always play it safe.

3. “You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”- my friends father
     I was talking with a friend over skype, he lives in Ireland, and we were talking about all sorts of things, mostly troubles and his father popped on and told me this. He is most certainly right! You have to live up to your own hieght no matter how much greater someone else was. I guess it means "Be who you are ment to be, not what others want you to be."

4. "You're an apple short of a fritter"- random person I happened to pass on my way to class
     I thought this was so funny! It was just great to overhear it and I'm pretty sure that it means you might be crazy?

5. "Excuses are like backsides. Everybody’s got one and they all stink".- overheard somewhere
     Oh so true! No more excuses people! Anyways, as I said a earlier it is true, I overhear a lot of excuses everyday when I'm walking around campus. People will even make up excuses to their friends that you know are not true or just plain weird. I think it's an interesting quote and has a good meaning??

All of these quotes I feel are great! I love their meanings and their insinuations. I suppose they all have a little something to teach us about life and ourselves!

Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful evening!
P.S. I woul dlove to know what you think!

English 2060

Hello!
This is the blog that I have created for my English 2060: Creative writing class!

I will be posting weekly for this course!

Some of my posts will be free-write (random impulses), quotes, reading responses, and class mate responses!

This will surely be a fun and interesting semester!

Since there is no school tomorrow due to snow I have found a wonderful quote to bring us into this great occaisson:

 "I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again."
— Lewis Carroll

Good Day,

Hannah