#apr. 4

[lysitheaioandeuropa]

[upsideofwriting]

Travel

I’ve rounded the world such a great many times

I do believe that I have lost my mind.

I’ve sailed across seas, and walked roads and flew;

I’ve seen rebels and revolts and rallying coups.

I’ve dined with kings and paupers alike

Eating capers and crackers, peppers and pike.

I’ve met good people, bad people, folks in-between

And I’ve learned all I could from the things that I’ve seen. 

[mikecmclkelowna]

"Conservatives today announced the nominations of three new candidates" http://buff.ly/16ECeMv #bcpoli #bccp

[mikecmclkelowna]

"Carol Day in Richmond-Steveston, Jonathan Dieleman in Stikine, and Don Stahl in Abbotsford-Mission." http://buff.ly/16ECeMv #bcpoli #bccp

[helloengl111-blog]

Meaning Eater

http://www.crummy.com/software/eater/eater.cgi?url-EoM=http%3A%2F%2Fthoughtcatalog.com%2F&eat-EoM=endings

[helloengl111-blog]

Cento: Charles Bukowski

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rain-or-shine/

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/here-i-am/

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-is-your-heart/

an old man on the park benches liver gone kidneys going eating his own shit. during my worst times drunk again at 3 a.m. at the end of my 2nd bottle I wouldn’t call it happiness- I recognize him as our former mailman. caged tree that settled for whatever was occurring we move on to the next cage. and when relationships went wrong his favorite expression had been: whores

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Commentary: Usually I like to recombine with snippets of lines, but I had to keep the lines intact for this exercise. Since most of the lines from my source poems were short to begin with, this was not extremely difficult.

[helloengl111-blog]

Pits

A cute girl who likes to have fun Lucky for me we hang out a ton It's great to hear what you have to say Can't wait for your birthday which is only a few days away Enamored am I of the card you made me the other day Lucky for me we can be friends It's cool to see how personality blends UR AWESOME

-CF

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You're an awkward fencer, that's what I've heard. Cute and funny, so tall it's absurd. You text like you're half drunk, but I don't mind, We are friends, so it's been defined. You're not so good at matching your socks I'm not so good either, btw YOU ROCK! You have killer kicks, the red ones are destroyed If you'll be my friend, I'd be overjoyed. If I could be more I'd be ecstatic but I guess your situation is problematic.

-AL

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Commentary: These are poems that my friend and I exchanged earlier in the semester. I thought they were pretty terrible and juvenile aka perfect for this exercise!

[helloengl111-blog]

Google Poem: Lover's Spit

for Lover’s Broken Scene Spit Forgot in People Let It Die ► All sit around and clean their face listen to teeth, learn to quit Wicker “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” two favorites... & listen for You. These artists related to lover’s redux spit _____________ 957,000 watch people drinking. They sit around and learn how to quit. listen to You. (What is this?) This is LOVER’S SPIT. _____________ Lover’s Report Lover’s all Lover’s / They Lover’s Lyrics >> “Lover’s, two Lover’s Video Lover’s for Lover’s appears Lover’s: Broken Lover’s (MP3 lover’s feist lover’s meaning lover’s chords lover’s redux

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Commentary: I googled the song I was listening to at the moment, "lover's spit." I picked out random snippets for the first two poems. For the third variation, each line was the word "lover's" and the first word that followed "spit." Overall, I liked how the second poem turned out. I liked how it looked with the parenthetical expression, all caps, numbers and italics.