Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Retrato de sómel
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Life is Tetris and I'm Winning
My sister keeps asking me, “Where do you see yourself five years from now?” I always blurt out some automatic, white-picket fence answer involving a Prince Charming and the job of my dreams, but today was different. For the first time in years, I answered (quite sincerely), “I honestly don’t know.”
Five years ago, I would’ve never imagined that I would be living in the United States all by myself, paying my own bills, minding my own business, and plucking white hairs from my head--all with a big grin on my face. Five years ago, I didn't know that life was going to be so hard; most importantly, I didn't know I was going to be able to deal with it all. I'm a grownup. I won the prize. Now what?
Well, Loren… I really don’t know where I’ll be five years from now, but I can tell you one thing: I’ll be wherever I’m supposed to be and I’ll be happy.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Mr. Wil's 131
Most of my English 131 - Intro to Poetry Writing assignments:
(Couplet in iambic pentameter with variations)
/ x ´ / x ´ , / ´ x / x ´ / x ´ / x a
/ ´ x / x ´ / x ´ / x ´ / x ´ / x a
Standard can weigh from ten to twenty ounces.
***
On January 1st, it came to town—
the smoking ban that chased away the butts
of cigarettes from public buildings’ grounds.
The flagpole in Polk Place is now the home
of Tar Heel smokers—students, teachers, and
some other folks who like to watch the smoke.
New blades of grass of half-chewed Camels reign
around the Newport-buds. Saliva-dew.
Is it the best location to light up,
a hundred feet from school facilities?
Before and after: still free to pollute.
The stench of rolled up nicotine now floats
beneath the colors of red, white, and blue.
Ekphrastic Poem
(Quatrain in iambic pentameter)
/ - ´ / x ´ / x ´ / x ´ / x ´ a
/ x ´ / x ´ / xx ´/ x ´ / x ´ b
Julie's hair is red drupes in one tress.
She stands, a Thing in the Forest in her dream
of many colors. And hanging from her dress,
a single sleeve, ruffles colored cream.
***
Combo-Sonnet
(Iambic pentameter with variations, abab cdcd efef gg)
Compressor, hammer, level, pulley—screw!
Gil Grissom didn’t know what to believe.
He went to fetch the rest of the sleuth crew.
A bloody hammer glistened in the nook;
head was made of steel (for efficient bounces).
A deadly weapon… Here, come take a look:
Standard can weigh from ten to twenty ounces.
Julie’s hair was braided in one tress.
She stood, a Thing in the Forest in her dream
of many colors. Now hanging from her dress,
a single sleeve, ruffles colored cream,
was stained in red: nothing’s what it seems.
Unsolved mystery in the world of dreams…
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Vino y migajas
Zero Deities-
An Atheist Goes to Church:
Y de veras, no fue coincidencia aquella,
cuando a su lado el Señor me puso.
Sabiendo que detesto ese sonido
de gargantas invasoras de paz.
Las lenguas mojando el pan, es lo único
que escucho. Y mucho vino torrencial,
ahogando esófagos apolina’os.
Y si me ves con tremendo meneíllo,
Es por la angustia que siento. El cosquilleo
de la gente “astuta”. Juro que me pongo más
bruta con cada glub glub, sabes.
Y muero por dentro.
Cheers,
Char