The short stories (and, eventually) notes will be published in this folder.
For Thursday, read "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World."
NO poetry comments this week; you have enough to keep you busy, I think.
Archive for year: 2008
Period 3
- Spencer, Meredith, Kelsey
- Amy, Alyssa, Carly
- Malcolm, Aric, Karissa
- Haley, Morgan
- Alexis, Shauna
- Aly, Ellie
Period 4
- Kilometer, Brittany G, Ellen
- Brittany B, Lauren
- Megan, Dayna
- Marija, Jacob
- Bethany, Katie
- Adi, Rainey
Period 5
- Jana, Corinna, Liz
- Joe, Kade, Paul
- Chris, Brynn
- Kate, Julian
- Jill, K.T.
- Caroline, Tom
Magical realism notes? Here .
Delightful scene of magical realism in the film "The Fisher King"? Check.
Equally delightful scene from the film "Amelie."
These are the poems you should read and write two thoughtful comments about this week.
- The Cabbage by Ruth Stone
- Story by Philip Larkin
- Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me by Mary Oliver
- The Widow’s Lament in Springtime by William Carlos Williams
To discuss thoughtfully:
Love by Pablo Neruda
What’s wrong with you, with us,
what’s happening to us?
Ah our love is a harsh cord
that binds us wounding us
and if we want
to leave our wound,
to separate,
it makes a new knot for us and condemns us
to drain our blood and burn together.
What’s wrong with you? I look at you
and I find nothing in you but two eyes
like all eyes, a mouth
lost among a thousand mouths that I have kissed, more beautiful,
a body just like those that have slipped
beneath my body without leaving any memory.
And how empty you went through the world
like a wheat-colored jar
without air, without sound, without substance!
I vainly sought in you
depth for my arms
that dig, without cease, beneath the earth:
beneath your skin, beneath your eyes,
nothing,
beneath your double breast scarcely
raised
a current of crystalline order
that does not know why it flows singing.
Why, why, why,
my love, why?