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I really enjoyed reading Dino Buzzati's "The Falling Girl". His descriptions were so easy to picture, everything he described appeared in my head. I loved the language he used, the language the characters used was realistic, but he also used more professional language. I think he did a very good job at setting the scene and making it feel like you were actually there, watching it all happen. I really enjoyed reading this story!

Poetry Packet #3 Response

In class we were asked to read the third poetry packet. This packet is very thick, and is filled with multiple interesting pieces. I was blown away with the stories in this packet, and my mind was filled with so much confusion after reading some of it, but some of the stories made me recollect my childhood, and that made me very happy. These stories are so powerful that I had quite a bit of imagery going through my head as I read them.

What I liked most about this packet is the variation of language, no two stories are written the same, and the mystery that overcame me when I read these stories. My favorite story would have to be The Singing Fish because when I read it I thought of all my cousins from the south. I can imagine the dialect being used in this story. I also really like the line that contains "...us brothers..." because it showed the relationship in the story and my sister is my best friend, and we used to play in the mud together all the time growing up just like the boys did in this story.

These stories did an amazing job at filling my thoughts with pictures and scenes, or memories from my childhood. I really enjoyed reading these stories. The Singing Fish is definitely my most favorite of them all! It was executed very nicely and tastefully and I loved being able to pick up the different kind of setting that it held.

warm and cozy
piled high with softness
smells so sweet, like home
springs squeak from
underneath my weight
pillows and blankets
stuffed animals too,
all atop this coveted
place-- taken for granted
eight hours does not
seem like enough
time with you
tearing myself away
as the brutal sun
rises. so comfortable
forgotten items shoved
underneath, monsters
dwell, snoring takes
place. why would
i ever want to
leave you?
sprawled out
don't care
when i get up--
crazy scary
makeup smudged
hair a mess
bittersweet happiness
with you and
only you
leaving every day
but you accept
me back with
no judgment,
no jealousy,
no hate--
just love
only place
that's my own
never ending
our relationship
together
feel so soft
smell like home
ranging in all sizes
from baby to king
you are my favorite
place to be
all the time
you are my strength
you are my weakness
there for me when
i have a bad day
never want to share
you, because i am
so selfish about you
you know my every wish
you hear my every snore
each night i love you so much
always in my comfy bed

The poetry that we discussed in class (January 17, 2013), was very interesting to me. I especially enjoyed reading Shakespeare's and Ted Berrigan's sonnets. I definitely enjoyed reading Ted Berrigan's XV sonnet because it made just about everyone confused, but when we understood how to read it, you could see all the light bulbs go off in everyone's head and we were all filled with amazement. Shakespeare has always been my favorite poet. I enjoy the rhyme scheme and the use of language in his poetry, even if the idea is crude, it is not made to seem so with the type of language he uses. I like how Shakespeare's sonnets consist of exactly fourteen lines and have a couplet at the end of each. Overall, I really enjoyed reading these pieces and I have a new appreciation for Ted Berrigan because his poems and how he writes challenges people and I admire that.