creatively joyous

book banning --- journal topic and discussion
poem o the day

Personal Crest -- due Wed.

We've moved!

Hey, if you're wondering if WK's class still exists... it does! We have moved to spartacw.blogspot.com for ease of remembering the title.

email follow us if you want~~

be well
do good work
and keep in touch.

writing contest!!!

see link:

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/10/140112493/three-minute-fiction-round-7-official-rules?ps=rs


short == 600 words...

Hope Against the Cold

Hi everyone. I was walking around the Beal Gardens at State and was inspired to write a little something (good thing I had my precious writing notebook with me). It's not exactly a poem or journal entry. It's somewhere in between. You be the judge. I've titled it "Hope Against the Cold"

The bees hovered in the wilting leaves of fruit heavy plants, scouring for a sweet snack among the flowers. The bright ostentatious flowers looked off in the first chill of early fall. As strange and captivating as a bright, red male cardinal among the green foliage. He searches for a burnt brown mate, a nest called home, and hope against the cold.

Really, I think most of it sounds like just a scene in a book, but the last line sounds like a poem. Like I said, it's sort of in between. Let me know what you think.

FOREVER GIVEAWAY!!

Kristi Chestnutt author of The Wolf Within, who actually follows are blog (which I think is amazing), is having one of her wonderful giveaways. This time an autographed copy is up for grabs.

Here's the link:

http://kristichestnutt.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway-autographed-copy-of-forever-by.html

Check it out. Enter (what have you got to lose?). I don't know about you, but I love the Wolves of Mercy Falls series. I love free stuff even more.

Harry Potter Fans!!

Check it!

http://www.pottermore.com/

who's out there and creatively writing this summer?
Might just have to brag that I am having dinner TWICE with Lisa McMann this summer. Yep. Word Nerd Heaven.

Miss Literati

Hey guys!

So, you know when you're bored and you just randomly start typing stuff into search engines trying to find something? Well, that's what I was doing the other day, and I came across this site for people to share their books online. I just thought you guys might want to check it out.

http://www.missliterati.com/ml/home

I've never seen a site like this before, so if any of you know of a better one let me know.

Final portfolio info

final portfolio info!!!

POetry fest

Garrison -- Kayla

Poetry sharing

"Found Poetry" -- rip out 10 words, put in bucket, draw 10, begin!

Children's books pics

Monday wrap up...

wrap up the buisness...
autobio from Friday;; "When I think of high school, I..."
"Found" stories
Season pages -- autobiography

Watch Much Ado About Nothing

Mr. Mystery Man...

2 pages... drop us into a scene!

Whoooooo?

Jumping for Joy!

poem --
rebuttal to the poem: crazy guy dancing video and "Jumping for Joy" article

Autobio: What makes you jump for joy? due: MOnday April 18

Personal Project 3 due Monday

Who's in our class????

We're baaaaaaaack!

Poem of the day
democratic decision: Personal Project 3 this week and Mr. Mystery Man next.
Adjusted calendar -- took out book talk 2, set dates for book #2 and book #3: week 13 and 15 respectively.

Began PP3 !

Thoughts for This Day, A Friday

I've gotten into the habit of listening to The Writer's Almanac again. I love it. I really love Garrison Keillor's voice. It's helped me come to a very important decision in my life. If I ever have a son, I'm naming him Garrison. I have never found a guys name I liked before. Girls names, no problem. Boys, problem. But Garrison Keillor has really helped me sort all this out. Thanks Garrison.

LOL. Okay, back to being serious. I have actually discovered that I like William Wordsworth as a poet. Though, I do have a problem with any poet who's name starts with "W" (thank you Walt Whitman).

Do you have a favorite poet? We always focus more on prose in class, so I don't know who anyone else likes as a poet. C'mon Creative Writing students! Breathe some life back into this old blog. Comment (you know you want to): tell us your favorite poet.

Tuesday

Chicory poem
brainstorm flowers then write a 5 minute poem personifying a flower

check journals -- 30-32 poems/entries

work on kids' stories
due tomorrow

thoughts

i found an interesting blog. thought you'd be interested. http://oliviadecember.blogspot.com/

Monday

Writer's Almanac
library: reading time or work on Children's books