Fluorescence by Jennifer K. Dick is more creative than any poetry book I have ever came across before in my educational career. The poem "What holds the body" starts with a mind blowing beginning that has little structure with lots of meaning and few words that are worth a million words. It is crazy how in so few words the writer describes such a vivid picture of an incident that happened in her life and than she takes it a step further by adding a personal touch of emotions. Emotions that are spaced and changed throughout the entire book but I love how in part four of the book she completes her thoughts and sums up the feelings in the beginning of her story. Jennifer conveyed her experiences through this elegant piece of work and even then I'm not sure of the meaning. How creative can one piece of work be?
How creative isn't even the right question because reading her work is like putting together a lot of pieces to a puzzle. A great puzzle I might add because of lines such as "to mock up the marker of X:". I pull that line to show that without reading the book in its entirety you'd never be able to find out what each line means. Hence the creativity that flows so that you continue to read until the understanding is clear which takes more than one go around for the work of Fluorescence. During my second time of reading Fluorescence I pointed out the line that reads "And the heat rips up, rumbling, trembling, the building under me". I pointed this line out because these words in one line describe every feeling you would have during an event like a explosion. I mention explosion because that is exactly what she seems to be referring to as she describes different sceneries and emotions throughout the poem.
The art form of poetry seems not to be all that Jennifer adores as she uses past events in history to relate to the message she is trying to convey. As I write this blog I say message but really she is just telling a story through poetry and to me there isn't much of a message to be gotten directly, or is there? My opinion and interpretation for Jennifer's work may be different than someone else's so I'll leave that open for debate. There is appreciation given to visual art as well starting with the cover page of the book that simply seems unrelated and abstract to me as a reader. Things like though make the book of poems stand out more because you can see the poems but there may be an abstract meaning like the cover picture. Something to think about if you read Fluorescence after reading my blog!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Poetry Packet Post #1
My initial reaction to the poetry packet was wow this is a really long packet. Then, as I began printing the poetry packet I ran across very odd poems that I'd never been introduced to before. Later, when I continued on to reading the first assigned poems by Ted Berrigan, William Shakespeare, and Harryette Mullen I came to realize that even though the packet seemed long the interpretations would be even longer. They ended up being longer to comprehend from line to line and stanza to stanza but none the less very intriguing as each poem went along. The poems seemed to be realistic outlets of emotions for all of these writers rather through structure, meaning, or confusion.
The poem that stood out to me the most were William Shakespeare's sonnet number 130 because throughout the lines he details every flaw of this women that he loves. He then ends with a couplet that says "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare. As any she belied with false compare!" which shows that he loves her with flaws and all (very complex). The way that Harryette Mullen took that poem and interpreted it into a poem entitled Dim Lady which modernizes Shakespeare's work is beyond amazing. He ends the modern poem with "And yet, by gosh, my scrumptious Twinkie has as much sex appeal for me as any lanky model or platinum movie idol who's hyped beyond belief" which shows how he is taking a simple thing and giving it a higher standard to show that although somethings may be simple to some, it can be as glorious as their favorite icon to other! Those meanings are what complicate the mind and help people like me to see the creativity with writing because it is just like a great piece of Picasso.
The way that Ted Berrigan wrote XV is truly creative because who would have ever known that he wrote the poem to be read differently from the way the poem is presented by having the last line positioned in the middle of the poem. The middle line reads "and the sonnet is not dead" which makes me believe that he wrote this sonnet just to show that sonnets are not boring and non creative but that it takes the right writer to bring life to this form of writing. To show such appreciation and allegiance through this one piece of literature is exactly what poetry can provide to people. Poetry provides emotions to those who are seeking an emotional drive for any moment and because it can interpreted in so many ways, one poem can give you tones of different feelings. The complexity of what the actual writer wanted to convey is more reason for others to take poetry for what it is which is an outlet for emotions.
The poem that stood out to me the most were William Shakespeare's sonnet number 130 because throughout the lines he details every flaw of this women that he loves. He then ends with a couplet that says "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare. As any she belied with false compare!" which shows that he loves her with flaws and all (very complex). The way that Harryette Mullen took that poem and interpreted it into a poem entitled Dim Lady which modernizes Shakespeare's work is beyond amazing. He ends the modern poem with "And yet, by gosh, my scrumptious Twinkie has as much sex appeal for me as any lanky model or platinum movie idol who's hyped beyond belief" which shows how he is taking a simple thing and giving it a higher standard to show that although somethings may be simple to some, it can be as glorious as their favorite icon to other! Those meanings are what complicate the mind and help people like me to see the creativity with writing because it is just like a great piece of Picasso.
The way that Ted Berrigan wrote XV is truly creative because who would have ever known that he wrote the poem to be read differently from the way the poem is presented by having the last line positioned in the middle of the poem. The middle line reads "and the sonnet is not dead" which makes me believe that he wrote this sonnet just to show that sonnets are not boring and non creative but that it takes the right writer to bring life to this form of writing. To show such appreciation and allegiance through this one piece of literature is exactly what poetry can provide to people. Poetry provides emotions to those who are seeking an emotional drive for any moment and because it can interpreted in so many ways, one poem can give you tones of different feelings. The complexity of what the actual writer wanted to convey is more reason for others to take poetry for what it is which is an outlet for emotions.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
First Creative Blog!
I am Seantel Annette Longs and I enjoy poetry the most. I am an aspiring Supreme Court justice and I absolutely love the color baby blue. This is my first year at Eastern and I'm a freshmen that graduated Detroit's School of arts last year. I enjoy meeting new people and learning. The most interesting thing about me I'm a first degree black belt of karate.
In my lifetime I have made many accomplishments like graduating both Cranbrook's Horizon Upward Bound and high school at the same time. I devote much of my time to my education because I truly feel that it is the key to getting me where I hope to arrive. I received all A's and 1 B last semester so this semester I hope to improve by receiving all A's. I absolutely don't like to read even though I'm good at it but I do read when I have to. Writing creatively will be fun to me because I am not too enthusiastic about writing about meaningless subjects in essays.
My favorite quote is "intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education" by Martin Lurther King Jr. This quote is what I live to fulfill by making the right decisions and gaining the knowledge I need to make this quote evident in my life. Intelligence is a great tool but can only be put into use by those with a good enough character to use what they know to get where they desire to be. Some of life's most simplest challenges bring me to think of this quote. Therefore, I want you to take this with you as you read my blog.
In my lifetime I have made many accomplishments like graduating both Cranbrook's Horizon Upward Bound and high school at the same time. I devote much of my time to my education because I truly feel that it is the key to getting me where I hope to arrive. I received all A's and 1 B last semester so this semester I hope to improve by receiving all A's. I absolutely don't like to read even though I'm good at it but I do read when I have to. Writing creatively will be fun to me because I am not too enthusiastic about writing about meaningless subjects in essays.
My favorite quote is "intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education" by Martin Lurther King Jr. This quote is what I live to fulfill by making the right decisions and gaining the knowledge I need to make this quote evident in my life. Intelligence is a great tool but can only be put into use by those with a good enough character to use what they know to get where they desire to be. Some of life's most simplest challenges bring me to think of this quote. Therefore, I want you to take this with you as you read my blog.
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