Assignment: Journal Free Writing – Experience In The Garden Response: Beginning of July Everything is so green The garden is a sea of green Green leaves are everywhere The smell is definitely of tomato Though none of the familiar red berries are near Overgrown bushes overpower the garden fragrance Bright yellow blossoms give promise of […]

Assignment: Journal Free Writing – Poem for the frustrations of beginning drawing student Response: Pencil in hand Pencil to paper Image in mind Image to paper Delicately textured is the paper Fibers catch the graphite Or the coal Oils also apply well here Long, slow smooth strokes These provide an outline of a shape Short, […]

A lot of the things I have posted recently are things taken from my writing journal. For the journal, I am supposed to use about one page of space (sometimes more, sometimes less) to complete the assignment. There are four to be completed each week (sometimes I don’t do that many, because I write a […]

Assignment: Journal Free Assignment – Comparing Day and Night Response: The day is hot and filled with energy There are kids playing and lots of events occurring The sun rises to its peak at about noon At noon the ground and the air heat Sweat is shed during the events of the day Through athletic […]

Assignment: Journal Free Assignment – Computer Science poem Response: If, then, else For, while, do Variables are set Constants are too While is very free While For is limited to three If helps you decide Go this way or that If the value is true This option we do If the value is false Follow […]

Assignment: Select a famous poem and rewrite enough of it to spoil the original Response: Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening (Frost) Whose moods these are I think I know. His thoughts are in his head, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his moods fill up with snow. My little […]

Assignment: List and describe your obsessions Response: Obsessions, Obsessions Cared for deep and with impulsions Often ignoring other emotions One of my most obsessive is paper Paper of thin and wispy is not my fancy Paper in colours of creame and ivory do not suit my taste Words stand out on sheets that are bright […]

Assignment: Journal – Describe a dream Response: Spinning downward, flashes of light I can’t determine which directions are left or right The smell in the wind blowing fast Seems to be from my past My grandmother’s bread-pudding I land on my feet running The surface upon which I land Is no land at all I […]

Assignment: Free journal assignment. Reinterpreting textbook concepts into a story form. Response: [Journal] – June 6, 2007 Exploring the White Hot Core The room is quiet and dark, the air cool and dry. For a brief moment that is all that exists. The click of a button press resonates throughout the room and then a […]

Assignment: Journal free assignment – Poem about ceramics, without using the words “clay”, “vessel” or “wheel” Response: Cold, damp, firm Spinning faster, and faster yet Hands wet, touch it Smooth, creamy to the touch Press in hard, it reacts It bends to the will of the hands Press in, its tall Press down, its fat […]