wb :

Questions:

How do you break out of conventional and cliched descriptions of phenomena? It has become automatic and worthless to use phrases like 'dusk descended', or 'night falls'.


Why is there this connection between night, or things of the night, and falling? Why do we rarely say moonrise, whilst sunrise is much more common? Why do we never say moonset when we regularly say sunset? We prioritise one above the other, such that it has become almost natural to view it in this manner.

I had a third one, but i forgot.

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I didn't write this. I saw it in a book sometime back and it hit me like a surprise grapple check with a size penalty. I wouldn't even call it a poem i guess, but that's all there was on the page.

Who follows with the swallows in the hollows of the sky?
It is I, it is I, it is I, it is I.

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Recommended reading!

It's a singularly powerful work, and reading it is made easier with this site. "Werther" is a collection of letters sent by the main character to the reader, and this site will send you an e-mail in the order of the book. Be sure to enter your real name, as Werther will often address you in his letters.

Site is here:

http://www.the-sorrows-of-young-werther.com/index2.html

Anyone aspiring to write descriptive prose should read this at least once.

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Seriously, for the longest time, i've been trying to figure out what 'yesitsapun' is supposed to mean..

Enlightenment?

-sits under bo tree-

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Every good story needs a good setting.

Having a common setting would be a unifying factor in the many writings and poems that we create.

Does anyone wish to cooperate in creating a setting that we could use for future (or past, if you'd like) stories?

-Terence.

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Short stories, anyone? As suggested by Cheng and Adam. Don't like 'em much myself. But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, and revive this dead blog o_O

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just to clarify some terms writers often use and which are woefully misinterpreted.

Word or Phrase:

"was/is inspired by"

Meaning:

"Would not be outdone by, and therefore copied"

More to come.


sixtimesnine productions.

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Haiku Love Song, by ryan d.

A short, poignant vignette about love in a field under the night sky. RonHermione. Rated T for mild adult themes.

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i vote that this month's project be ballades. cool things. shall write/post one asap.

http://www.noggs.dsl.pipex.com/vf/ballade.htm

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hey... we should have a regular "project of the *unspecified period of time*" feature. like the haiku thing (which only cheng and i have tried so far :P)... say someone comes up with a general topic and we all produce pieces on it in the *unspecified period of time*. this is for poor sods like myself who can't think of anything to contribute on. sigh.

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See title. I don't think we're getting enough criticism, so if you have time, and you damn well should, try and at least say something about what the rest of us have posted. Especially if you haven't been posting.

cheers,
adam

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For those of you who appreciate satire, check out 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes Prime Minister' edited by jonathan lynn and anthony jay. While not really a work of high literature, certainly well worth a read just for the sheer hilariousness. Hilarity. Whatever.

adam

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crap i can't post this yet. does anybody know how to make sure blogger doesn't automatically delete any white spaces to the left of your text? it's screwing me up.

adam

p.s. tell you what, just msn me and i'll send you a txt file if you're interested in reading it. it IS a poem, so feel free to flame away.

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