User:Csharratt

=English Composition=

Self eval
This quarter i feel i learned a lot about my self, not only that I am horrible and working on projects that I am not consistently being checked up on, but that I can work through that and still get good pieces of work done. I also learned a lot about the style of writing that I like and how I like to write. I had the most fun this quarter working on my oxymoron piece and its counter erasure part, to me it was really interesting to see how something so jumbled with words or phrases that individual don't make sense can be brought together and set a mood, tone, and say something about our society as a whole. The Erasure that I did, granted its not the best, I think is intriguing because of where it came from. being able to create a simple strait forward idea out of a twisted backhanded one is very interesting to me. I am disappointed with my work with the sestina, I made several attempts to write one that fit in with my theme and none worked out as a whole.

Statement of Intent
This quarter I hope to complete eight varying pieces of poetry. I want to challenge myself to create interesting and creative pieces of poetry that I can get feedback on and make better and better.

Overview
•	Write eight pieces of poetry (~150 – 200 words) •	Editing and revisions •	Creating a final project for distribution or publication

Rationale
I hope to further my understanding in writing, learn more about poetry specifically, and work on taking creative ideas and make them into interesting and intriguing pieces of writing that fit into different categories of poetry. I also want to work on writing with emotion and trying to draw emotion out of my readers.

Publication/Presentation
I am not sure where I would like to go with this; my original idea was to create a little booklet of my work. This is open for change.

Schedule
•	week 2 - write oxymoron piece •	week 3 - write a free verse piece •	week 4 – write a blank verse piece •	week 5 – write a ABC poem (alphabet or word) •	week 6 – Work off class lecture •	week 7 - Work off class lecture •	week 8 - Work off class lecture •	week 9 – review and rewrite •	week 10 - review and rewrite, polish pieces •	week 11 – finish final details on any and all pieces

Anticipated Problems
Two major possible problems: 1.	Lack of creativity could be a major problem with trying to write eight separate pieces. Being able to keep each piece so that it stands alone and also can fit with the rest of the group in some way. 2.	Running out of time stems from lack of creativity, if I run into a wall with writing, it will push me back and I will end up trying to start multiple pieces in the same week.

Week 6 Project Review
As of now my project is behind, I have to partial pieces and a few attempts at others. None of these attempts in my mind are going to work or fit with the theme that I have chosen. My theme is going to be contradictions, first shown with the oxymoron poem and then with the impossible story demands poem. I think that this will make for an interesting set of work if I can get more done that I like and that fits together well. Overall I am frustrated at my lack of creativity and trying to force out writing isn’t working well for me either, so I am hoping for some inspiration all while writing lines and stanza that I think of or have used in the past. I am really glad that I did this as my project because I feel that it is really pushing me to open up and think more creatively then I normally would and I am still striving toward getting all eight pieces done and edited before this class is over in the next five weeks.

Reader's Report


Project
Current History.

A silent scream pierces the still wind

While the wickedly good wise fools sit aside

Reading their wordless book full of original copies

Continually inventing industrial parks for organized chaos

All while ignoring the victim less crimes caused by an honest thief

Who painlessly tortured the perfect idiot, with practical logic and

Yet no unsung hero in lace-up loafers and long shorts dares to make the only choice

And set off the silent alarm to warn the peace force that a quiet storm brews,

In the minds of the talking mimes and tames beasts

Tough love and spoken thoughts will not stop the waking dream

Of the young adults on working vacations waiting for the slow jog to restless sleep

The realistic simulation of life run on random logic no longer holds the lone crowd

Story

Tell me a storey of the kings and queens of old

In a time when jesters sang and church bells rang

Where Knights and Squires travel in the cold

Tell me a story like the ones from the Bard of Avon

From a time of great thinking and change

Where artists were always looked upon

Tell me a story of the heroes of new

one from the here and now

where ordinary people, not celebrities matter too

Tell me a story of the people that shaped the world

from all times and places

where the mysteries of life can be unfurled

Tell me a story that has never been told.