Post #3 What Holds The Body

Good evening one and all. It's once again time for my to post a response to the readings assigned to me in class. This past week I was assigned to read What Holds The Body by Jennifer K. Dick, and I have to admit, I have mixed feelings about it. For starters, the poem isn't really a poem at all, but instead a story told through many fragmented sentences. I found this writing style to be frustrating and hard to understand.

On the other hand, I have to admit that poem's writing style was intriguing. The way it was set up, you would get fragments of information that didn't make sense. However, after reading on further, you would get another fragment that would make the last bit of information make sense. This cycle continued until you reached the last line of the poem, and then everything made sense, yet strangely enough, it didn't make sense. While I didn't particularly like the writing style, it was in fact complex and interesting.

Finally, the language used in the poem is very interesting. For example, at the start of the poem Jennifer writes, "I want to begin at the beginning the beginning of begin and just begin..." It goes on and several more words with "begin" are used. I feel like she wanted to enforce the idea that it was the beginning, and did so by writing begin over ad over again. There are other examples of her weird use of language.      Jennifer writes, "We are in the kitchen. I want to ask how we got here. And I finger your face, your nose to be sure we are." I find that line to be completely strange, and it puts a very weird image in the readers' heads. All in all, the poem is written t be complex and requires some serious analytical skills. Personally I didn't care for the poem, but I'm sure there are others out there that can appreciate the poem and all its complexities.

Post #2 Shakespearian Sonnets

Good evening once again. For this post, I'm going to give my response and opinion to some of the poetry I have been reading in class. First off, I want to state that Shakespeare is one of my favorite poets. The words he uses are so descriptive and he uses them to paint such vivid pictures. I admit that his messages are a bit difficult to grasp at times, but once you do get a hold of it, it blows your mind.

My favorite sonnet written by Shakespeare that we read would definitely be sonnet 129. This sonnet is simply spectacular. Shakespeare talks about being in a situation in which we are chasing something that deep down we know we shouldn't be chasing. However, the chase itself makes us mad and blinds us. Throughout the sonnet, Shakespeare beautifully details this chase. However, it is the last lines in the sonnet that really brings the whole thing together. "All this world well knows: yet none knows To shun the heaven that leads men o this hell." I absolutely love that line. Also, I feel as if Shakespeare was talking about a woman in the sonnet. Unfortunately, I don't really have any thing to back this up, but I just get the feeling that he is talking about chasing after a woman, which i feel like a lot of people can relate to.

Another poem that caught my eye is another one of Shakespeare's sonnets: sonnet 130. In this sonnet, Shakespeare goes into detail about woman whom he is in love with. Now I know there are a million and one poems on this subject, but Shakespeare does something different. Rather than talk about how her beauty exceeds all others, he talks about how common she is. In fact, the very first lines go, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red." He goes on to say he loves her despite her not being the prettiest girl around, and brings beauty to the common girl. I feel like we all can relate to this sonnet as every one is not super model gorgeous, however, there is a level of common beauty that lies within us all. That is the main reason why I really like this sonnet, and I feel like it is a reminder that being pretty is only skin deep, and inner beauty can be much more powerful.    

Post 1: Welcome To My Blog

Good evening to all you wonderful people out there. This here is my blog dedicated to my creative writing course at Eastern Michigan University. For my first post, I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. I was born and raised in Detroit, Mi. I come from a big family, and we're scattered across the country.  In my spare time, I like to write and play video games. Occasionally I like to draw, but I'm not as good as I'd like to be. 

This is my second year of college, but my first year at Eastern. So far, I have to say I really like it here. I like how much bigger it is compared to my old school, but I feel like it's not too big like other universities I've visited. I'm studying creative writing here at Eastern with hopes of becoming a great author. I still have a ways to go, but i feel like with every passing semester, I'm getting closer to my goals. 

Ultimately, I want to be one of the greatest author's ever known. I want to write books that become best sellers, and best sellers that become blockbuster movies. I want to create worlds in my books that people fantasize and dream about. Writing is my passion, and one day, I'll be a great author who's stories entice the world.