Some new poetry, with certain concepts hotlinked. Critiques appreciated

[rowangrove]

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[tenshirei]

Wow, that Clive Wearing guy is really an astounding case. And I *love* using science-y words. I had two different poetry teachers last year give me different reactions; one told me to cut it out, basically (actually the one I wrote "zuki zuki" under; carapaces was okay with her, but I had to ignore her direction on some other poems), and the other Googled everything he didn't understand before coming to class (thus allowing me to write "theophany", which was very important to me). I took something out of both approaches, though, which is to make sure every word choice is significant. Sometimes I edit my stuff too far the other way and then have to go put back in the words that gave it meaning to me.

Anyway, I think I'm on board for quotidian now, so ride that pony! ;)

I've thought of making a blog specifically for my writing. If I do, I would actually prefer it be anonymous; I'm uncomfortable being open about my poetry and having my life connected with it. I feel like it should be able to stand separate from me. Of course, that poses the problem of how to let you know if I do start one ;) maybe I'll try it, and if so I'll drop you an email or something. I would like to do it if it would make me write more, really.

[rowangrove]

well, that's the beauty of the internet! You don't have to tell anybody that it's you! (And i'll admit, I don't really know that much about your life, really, so no worries on that front.) That's part of why i like dev art actually - it's more or less anonymous and i generally only share with people who are also given to writing poems. Though I have been inspired to submit to a literary magazine lately... we'll see how that goes. :)