Aside from 4 assignments worth 20% each of our final mark, and our portfolio which is 10%, we are also required to participate in the online logs which is worth the final 10%. As part of these logs, sometimes we are asked to engage in a little mini exercise. This one below is from the poetry unit.
For this exercise, we were asked how many phrases (as in a few words or a line or two of poetry each), we could come come up with to describe one or two of the following:
– A flower
– Your beloved
– A car
– A cup of coffee/tea
Here is what I put together. I had a lot of fun with this.
A Flower
A flower bed, or summers coffin,
For within a few weeks they lay,
Wilted, brittle, all life withdrawn,
Springs exuberance, now June’s dismay.
A Car
Sitting on blocks, many parts scavenged,
Staring into her dashboard, at her analog display,
The stories in every rip and tear of the pleather seats,
I hear the rumble of wheels long gone, on 50’s streets,
I imagine for a time, of my arm resting in an open window frame,
A smile, a raised eyebrow, rolled-up white short sleeves,
A cigarette barely inhaled, hanging from my lips.
The AM radio blaring without a care.
As it turns out, I missed two of these exercises so I have some writing still to do before Tuesday’s midnight deadline.
I submitted my short story this morning after a couple of more read-throughs, leaving me with a great sense of relief that I got everything done on time after falling behind early and then going on vacation for 14 days.
So much for a quick post before bed. No rest for the wicked, my grandfather would always say.