Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thou
This was a very intricate way of explaining poetry.
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or each of us as women, there is a dark place within where hidden and growing our true spirit rises
Why though?? Why does it have to always lead from a dark place to become that true spirit?
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Sothere, inBerkeley, inthelittleroomIrented, Istartedtositdowneverydayforafewhourstowrite, withoutreallyknowingwhatIwasworkingon, whatIwasgoingtofind. ItisamazingtomenowthatIknewtodothat. Probablyitwasjustanelementaldecision, theonlythinglefttodobesidesgiveupwritingbeforeIhadevenbegun. AndasfoolishandcarelessasImighthavebeenabouteverythingelseinthosedays, forwhateverreasonIsimplycouldnotnottrytowrite.
Imagine all of the hidden gems that are currently out there that people don’t even realize that they’re writing.
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Aboutsufferingtheywereneverwrong,TheOldMasters: howwelltheyunderstoodItshumanposition: howittakesplaceWhilesomeoneelseiseatingoropeningawindoworjustwalkingdullyalong
No one ever truly realizes, life goes on.
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o destroy and to create, to plant and to pluck out are yours, Inana. +To turn men into women, to turn women into men | are yours, Inana. .To step, to stride, to strive, to arrive .are yours, Inana. sTo turn brutes into weaklings and to make the powerful puny «are yours, Inana. . To reverse peaks and plains, to raise up and to reduce are yours, Inana. To assign and allot » ix «
To destroy and to create reminds me of the phrase, “I brought you into this world and I’ll take you out.” But there is no bad without the good, just a need for balance.
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To prop- erly praise the gods, the writer of hymns must bring out their terrifying strength, so to read Enheduana’s poems is to enter a world ruled by the violent whims of reckless gods.
Notice how the strength is being shown within the writer’s words.
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omelanguagesaresoconstructed—Englishamongthem—thatweeachonlyreallyspeakonesentenceinourlifetime.Thatsentencebeginswithyourfirstwords,toddlingaroundthekitchen,andendswithyourlastwordsrightbeforeyoustepintothelimousine,orinanursinghome,thenight-dutyattendantvaguelyonhand.Or,ifyouareblessed,theyareheardbysomeonewhoknowsyouandlovesyouandwillbesorrytohearthesentenceend
There are a lot of words that we use that mean the same thing, some are long to make things sound fancy while others are abbreviated.
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ievemanyfinepoemsbeginwithideas,butifyoutelltoomanyfacesthis,ortellittooloudly,theywillgetthewrongidea
What could the wrong idea be??
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Avoidance of abstractions and generalities
I do agree with this though, it helps to focus on the details rather than general ideas.
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s it a good poem?
I was about to ask what makes a poem good but then I continued reading and saw this insane checklist… This is the type of stuff that drives people away from writing (in general)!
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Using AI isn’t worthit.
It’s really not and it would take away the fun out of the assignments in my opinion. Use your own creativity!
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here is an automatic 3-hour grace period
This will help a lot because I have a few other assignments that are due at the same time.
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long as work has been submitted that fulfills all of the requirements of the assignment, work will receive at least a B grade.
This should take a lot of weight off of my shoulders.
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For us all to do this important work, we need to create a community where it is safe to try and safe to fa
This might be the most important thing to talk about because people are afraid to fail, especially in front of others and if we (and when) we create a community where people are comfortable to admit their failures and mistakes, we will be able to flourish throughout the semester!
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