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I'm excited to be starting this class. I have lots of ideas, but have always been nervous about taking the first step in putting the words on paper, rather making those first few keystrokes. I hope that this blog will serve as a useful medium for me to share my ideas and get feedback that will help me to become a better writer and educator.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Poem Number 1

I'll be honest and say right now that I've never had an affinity for poetry. For me, a medium that begs for the poet to reveal their emotional selves is difficult to work with. My wife can easily attest to my occasional lack of emotions I am sure. That being said, while this was challenging, I will continue to persist.

THE GREEN BLIP


The green blip races across the screen.

It leaps up, leaving a streaking green trail

and crashes back to the ground

My heart thuds against my chest,

Beating rapidly.

THUD, THUD, THUD


The clear plastic box sits in the corner of the room.

A plethora of pictures are taped to side.

Wires twist and twine toward the box

like tentacles searching for food.

Salty water falls from my face to the floor

DRIP, DRIP...SPLASH


White coats rush in and out.

Pens scratch notes on charts.

The head in the box lifts,

strains against the confines of the plastic prison.

The tiny mouth opens and out comes

NOTHING...NOTHING...NOTHING


The blue accordion in the cylinder

slides up and down

Air rushes in and blows out.

The chest in the plastic box rises and falls.

Days sitting, long hours passing, imperceptible change, fingers

TAPPING, TAPPING, TAPPING.


The green blip, the plastic box and accordion in the cylinder

Pictures, heart beats, pen scratches

The rush of air, the lack of sound

In such a place, that can be as busy as this

It can also be the loneliest place.

LONELY...LONELY...LONELY


The green blip races across the screen

It leaps up, leaving a streaking green trail

and crashes back to the ground

My heart thuds against my chest

Beating rapidly.

THUD, THUD, THUD

1 comment:

  1. Hi Jeremy,

    I really liked your lesson plan: your treatment was similar to what I had in mind for Titian's Le Homme Au Gant; which would introduce a duo fold Lesson in French subtitles; and, what does 'gant' mean? what does it represent as a symbol; what is the perspective the arguably greatest painter of the Renaissance doing titling a great painting the g_____. then I would move on to a lesson in abstract expressionism using a multi media (music video) of Kandinsky paintings and so on; assigning the student to write on the mixed media experiment. Oh yes we can imagine about adding some music to the console at some point.

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