Abstraction Poem (Charm)

I found the abstraction exercise in class last Thursday to be rather entertaining. It was amusing because the images that my mind was seeing in conjunction to the word that was being said was quite random. Consequently, I felt somewhat constricted to those images when writing my poem. It was difficult at first but it did get easier as I got into the rhythm of my poem. Enjoy!

Passing

I sat upon a boulder
Magnificence of a lake
Overlooking in solitude
Mentally overwhelmed
Images of a smile
An enchanting day
Rays of delight shone on the earth

Beautiful model
Tall, slender, unamused in tranquility
Walking on a runway
Confident in European clothing
A wink in nearing
An intense mouth watering gaze
Maybe invisible
Maybe unnoticeable
The darkness of shades
The blinding luminous rays of light
A distracting beautiful European city

Passing intently
Walking gracefully
A shoulder look back
A flash of the hair
A blink of the eye
A teasing smile of innocence and desire
I sat upon a boulder

Quite Please

I have a book of short stories that I am currently reading that I assume will probably inspire more than a few of my postings for the semester. So far it's a pretty good collection of stories. The book is entitled Doubletakes and the author is T. Coraghessan Boyle. Recently, I read "Quite Please," by Aimee Bender and I found it to be quite funny. The story is about a a librarian, who after the loss of her father, decides to have sex with random guys in a back room of the library where she works. It definitely grabbed my attention from the first paragraph. It had somewhat of weird ending but it did teach me a thing or two about a different style of writing. I would call that style "shock value."

Click this link to read "Quite Please by Aimee Bender"

My First Entry

OK, so I'm late on this whole blog thing...my apologies but I'm not quite sure on how this whole thing works. I did create this blog a couple weeks ago but I'm a little confused on getting around on it so I guess that's the reason for my lateness. In any case, since I don't read much fiction, I've had a problem trying to find something inspirational to post.

So what does inspire me?

I'm inspired by films, music, and life--that's what gets my creative juices flowing. I am, however, through this class and other writing classes, learning that to be an excellent writer you must read literature in order to expand your knowledge of the many forms of writing.

With that being said, I did read Homer's "The Odyssey," and loved it. I felt that the journey of Odysseus back to his homeland was incredible and the writing made me feel as if I was part of the adventure. After reading "The Odyssey," I was intrigued. I wanted to read more works of fiction by Homer, like "The Iliad." Eventually, I would like to write a fantasy/adventure consisting of all the elements of writing that Homer used to captivate his readers for over 2000 years.

Click on this link to find more information on Homer and "The Odyssey."