from poetry 2

from poetry 2

i feel like i could begin many of my posts like this each day: it was so beautiful today. i have extremely blessed by warm, wonderful weather for the past few days. there are three moon bounces on the quad today. also, there is cotton candy. human bowling looks fun too. all in all, i think i will participate once i get out of poetry. i can't wait.

today we were assigned a writing exercise, for which we are to write a poem in imitation of frank o'hara. have i mentioned already how much i like him? he pays attention to details in his moments of observation. he pays attention to time. he is sure to use concrete language when describing things. it's almost always literal, rather than metaphorical. he describes things that are actually happening. i am happy for this assignment.