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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Duke Ellington’s Single Petal of a Rose
So I just love the idea of writing to the sounds of music, and I remembered that a couple years back I wrote something for class that was created while listening Duke Ellington’s “Single Petal of a Rose.” It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Music, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged american poetry, Arts, Broadway theatre, Cotton Club, Duke Ellington, Harlem, Jazz, Literature, music, New York, poetry, Single Petal of a Rose, United States
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“My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close” Emily Dickinson
Hey Literary World! So first off, I just want to say how amazing the library is. Not only is it a place to escape from the world for a bit, and into the many wonderful landscapes of books, but I … Continue reading
Writing with Music
I love writing to the sounds of music… it can take my thoughts elsewhere, and change perceptions, which is what we as writers must do from time to time… The band Real Estate is GREAT to listen to while writing! … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Alternative, alternative rock, Art, Creative Writing, indie, Literature, music, Real Estate, Writers Resources, writing
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Something Strange (Creative Writing)
This is what it feels like to be awake at 330, in my bed, and in the quiet, and in my head. I think, though I don’t enjoy thinking, but I must because if I stop contemplating my reason for … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Creative Writing, Creativity, Fiction, Humor, Literature, Online Writing, philosophy, poetry, San Francisco, thinking
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“In A Station of the Metro” Ezra Pound
When I first read this poem in school, A few years ago, I didn’t understand. What makes this great writing, and what importance lies with in it’s few words? “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a … Continue reading
A Moment (Creative Writing)
Sitting on the old wooden bench outside of the English building, I watch the leaves that sit, scattered around me; brown and yellow and burnt in the cold of this five o’clock hour. There aren’t many others around. But there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, college, Creative Writing, life, Literature, memory, music, poetry, United States
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In the Backyard of My Childhood Home (Creative Writing)
And with only that, I am there again, in the back yard of my childhood home, in the suburbs, and in the summer heat, where I walk and I stare and I notice the trees, and how the insects hang … Continue reading
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Tagged america, Art, Baseball, Baseball glove, brothers, Creative Writing, dad, dreams, Equipment, Family, Gloves, grandparents, home, life, Literature, Love, love family, memory, mom, nostalgia, poems, poet, poetry, Shopping, sisters, Sports, Suburb, suburbs, surreal, writing
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