Ok, I must admit, I keep putting off doing my blog entries because they are such guilty pleasures. I am knee deep in MATH right now and I keep thinking, "I need to blog!! Goodie!! Um, no, can't ... must... master... vertex..." Anyway, the coast is clear and I can let my cat outta the bag now...
My daughter published a book! Well, she used Blurb. She has written a fantastic story for her friend as a gift. And, instead of just sending her an e-copy or printing it out on the home printer, she sent it to Blurb and get her friend and herself a copy! She took the pic for the cover, edited it, formatted it, the whole nine yards. I am so very proud of her! She did an awesome job!
Ok, now to ENGL 223...
It's the Poetry Pod! Yippee!! I love good poetry. Ok. So, "good" is as relative to poetry as it is other forms of art. I waded through some of the stuff I have heard my entire life being lauded as "master pieces", and guess what? As a college student, I can now, without question label this stuff as, "icky". I can say without compromise, "I really don't like ________'s writings."
Sort of like Bob Dylan. Some people love the man. I'm sure he is a nice fellow and I respect him for his labors. But, I just can't appreciate his art as it "should" be appreciated. And so it is for elliot.
But! On the bright side, I found Brooks and Hughes! What awesome works of art!
To end this blog post, as it's almost time form Pronto! (Yeah!!) I'd like to share a well known author's lesser known poem. From a novel titled Weaveworld by Clive Barker:
The agony of families
Is not conginital disease
But feet that follow
Where the foot
That has preceded
Them was put
That's the best I can do from memory, as I no longer have the book :( So if I got it wrong, please let me know :)
Pronto!!
First off, congratulations to your daughter on her book. For my senior project in high school, I wrote a novel and had it "published" on a website called Lulu.com. It was so neat to know I had made something and I got to hold a book I made instead of a printed computer copy. It was cool and it is awesome your daughter did that. :)
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, the poetry section was rough. I liked a few of the poems I read, but there were times I got frustrated with what I was reading.
I've never heard of "Blurb" Dana, but I'm going to check it out. If your daughter writes anything like you, I'm sure it's good. You seem to have a natural knack for it (That may be a tautology). And I salute you for remembering even partially the Clive Barker poem. I perceive the poem to be a reference to the disadvantages some have in being raised in dysfunctional homes. But I could be wrong!
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