The Voice of Liberty
Friday, December 6, 2013
Can poetry matter?
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Sonnet
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Sestina
This town is but a wasteful desert.
Travel like Alice, down, down, down,
Until reaching where our feet refuse.
Carry me away, with the wind!
Life comes, but way too frequent.
Ahh! The disasters are but frequent.
All is closed, even the entrance.
Words of the wise travel by wind,
Tales of the majestic lie in the desert.
We will all stay put, and refuse!
This cruel world will never keep down.
How did we come so far down?
Normality is so common and frequent.
Why did we ever think to refuse?
Life is but one gigantic entrance
Here lies an endless, dry, deceitful, desert.
We are leaves, mobile by the wind.
Lightless, free, inevitable, wind,
Never shall life put me down.
My feet ache from sand of the desert.
This happens much to frequent.
Here lies the wondrous entrance,
But it’s much too easy refuse.
Never! Never! We shall not refuse.
I belong to the unrestricted wind.
Where stands this so called entrance?
The rabbit voyaged deep down.
Swirling, dancing, exploring, frequent,
Please don’t leave me to the desert.
At no time will I desert,
Or ever give a reason to refuse,
Don’t be so fast and frequent.
Storms start by the wind.
Let’s go down! Let us drive down!
Discovered, I have unearthed the entrance.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
An Ode to a Keyboard
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
"A&P" versus "Orientation"
When comparing both stories they have pros and cons to the jobs. For example of a pro in "Orientation" the author states, "We also have a generous vacation and sick leave policy. We have and excellent disability insurance plan....We are all members of Costco (pg.47)." A con could be "Feel free to ask questions. Ask too many questions, however, and you may be let go (pg.46)." In Updike's short story the pro, for the narrator, could be the three girls who catch his eye and become his "eye candy". The con could be the uptight manager, Lengal.
One last comparison between the two stories is that in Orozco's short story states that the narrator has a job that seems to interact more with customers and in Updike's story the narrator interacts more with the supposed new worker. In "Orientation" the narrator speaks in second person. A sample of this is, "If you prefer Cremora of half-in-half to CoffeMate, there is a special pool... You are allowed to the coffee pool of your choice (pg. 48)." Throughout the whole story it is about explaining the office life to "you". On the other hand, you have "A&P" where the narrator speaks in first person and the story is based around I, the narrator; "I look straight up this aisle to the meat counter... I watched them all the way (pg. 600)."
Thursday, September 19, 2013
"A&P'
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
Status update: Summer in a beautiful home. This should be good for me, I hope.
Status update: John seems to be gone for too long with his work. I miss him.
Status update: Better get off before Jamie or John sees.
Status update: This room isn't as bad as I thought. The bars are quite weird, but this wallpaper is just driving me crazy.
Status update: The fourth was fun. Family made me very tired, more than usual. I hope this nervousness ends soon.
Status update: I miss working and writing. How is not doing either making me better. I feel as though its making me worse.
Status update: Someone please come to my house and tear this wallpaper off. I can't handle it anymore.
Status update: Jamie gave me some space today. I really enjoy when she does. It makes me feel like I'm not controlled by everyone.
Status update: They're coming from the walls. The women are alive. The wallpaper is creating them. Someone help.
Status update: Oh my. John just fainted.
Meme:
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Article:
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