January 25th

Music and Dancing

She was a girl who loved to dance all day.
He was a boy who played guitar for fun.
Twirling through the bright New York Streets in May,
Catching a glimpse of her against the sun.

Along the beach she did continue on
Following her underneath the sunset,
As she is quietly humming a song
Seeing her name on her bookbag - Rosette.

Turning around, a smile on her face
He catches her eye, his heart did stop,
Her heart skipped a beat and began to race
Moving towards her his guitar he dropped.

Reaching out and drawing her by her wrist
Their lips gently met in a long sweet kiss.



My peom is about two people from interconnected worlds finding love in one another. In order to dance you need music,  he was the music she was looking for, and she was dance in his song. I believe that form did have a greater impact on my poetic creativity then in any other poem I have made so far,   because the rhyming scheme "abab cdcd efef gg" and the iambic pentameter make you create your peom a certain way. By having a rhyming scheme, I usually think of a upbeat peom, that makes you bounce as you go along. Nevertheless I am very pleased with my output.

January 18th

 

A New Beginning 

Winter stars dim out;
Bright light over horizon,
what shall we do now?
 
Johnny

There once was a boy named Johnny
Who thought he was quiet funny
Until one day
He was blown off the Bay
Oh that silly boy named Johnny.
 
The first poem I wrote is a Haiku; Haiku's are a Japenese invented type of poetry.In a haiku there is a nature element,  for my peom, "A New Beginning" my element is Winter. I chose winter because we are currently in the winter season and I felt it was very appropiate. My poem is talking about not just moving on to the next day but symblolizes after a certain time of accomplishing something in your life, you move on and try something new.

The second poem I wrote is a Limerick peom, which has a rhyme scheme (aa bb a). I prefer this type of poetry to the haiku because the rhyming aspect of it is more like a dance,  it will usually put the reader in an upbeat and positive mood. The title of my peom is called "Johnny" it was actually inspired to me by my friend Jonathan who lives in Limerick, Ireland. This poem is not as serious as my previous peom but is ment to make you smile.

January 11th

As a Christian I have many Christian related songs on my playlist. When looking for a song for my next blog, I found one that I really liked and I listened to the words and it got me questioning who the composer was, it turns out that it is written by Christian composer Matthew West. The song I have chosen is called “Family Tree” and when understanding the lyrics it really gets you thinking about the direction of your life.

 The Song “Family Tree” is depicting that no matter what situation you were born into that if you have faith in God he will direct your path into a better future. The reason I say God is because it says in the song “Cause your my child, your my chosen”, even though you may think it’s the child’s familiar relation it won’t be because Matthew West writes “Are you gonna be like your father was and his father was” eliminating that it could  not be any family member, but only the Heavenly Father.

If you would like to have a listen to the song here is a link. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1dfe8esH2Y

 

 

 

January 9th

McMahan has many different and effective approaches for interpreting literature in the text “Appendix: Critical Approaches for Interpreting Literature”. Of these the most appealing to me is reader response. It appealed to me the most because I like hearing different interpretations of a common piece. It gives you a various outlooks on the same idea and broadens your understanding.



In the poem “The Lamb” written by William Blake, he is asking the lamb if he knows who created him and gave him his characteristics. William Blake is referring to Humanity as being the lamb, and the one who created us is God. In the Christian community, Jesus is called the Lamb of God. In the poem the author writes “for he calls himself a Lamb”. He shortly tells of the birth of Christ and how he came to earth as a little child.