File under the category of “Ooops”…. In class last night, I learned that I got the rhyme scheme in the villanelle wrong. Oops. The teacher diagrammed a Villanelle for us like this: A1 b A2 a b A1 etc. Now I, being a poetry…
Author: Ms. Jen
Villanelle Hell
Ok, tonight is poetry class, my efforts are…. small grumbling noises. This week is the Villanelle and a spontaneous poem ala Frank O’Hara. Here is the villanelle: Dreams of London As spring warms to summer, I dream of London As Los Angeles heats, I…
Surprise at the Birdfeeder!
The best view of the backyard birdfeeder is from the bathroom window, and the best way to watch without scaring the birds off. Imagine my surprise this morning to see a large black, orange, yellow and white bird at the feeder. I snuck out…
Miracle of God? … Maybe…
Yesterday I ate my first sandwich in a decade. Yes, in a decade…. In early 1993, after 20 years of being throw up sick, having migraines, a seized back, I was diagnosed with a severe allergy to wheat, on top of my already known…
Don’t wanna sleep (after Laura Litter)
I am taking a Creative Writing class in Poetry at UCLA on tuesday nights. This week and last week we had to write one sestina (evil!) and one villanelle (appears less evil, but really is more). I decided that I would write the sestina…
Every 2nd Sunday – Trad Seisiun at the Harp
Every 2nd Sunday of the Month, between 4pm – 7pm, sometimes later, the Harp Inn in Costa Mesa hosts a traditional Irish seisium. Seisium = random musicians bring themselves and their instruments, get drinks from the bar, sit down in a rough circle/rectangle and…
Hey! I want one, too… Chicken vs. Lamb
Ok, I want to know why the average American in a city doesn’t give their sheep a ride around town? Inquiring minds want to know. Sometimes I think we here in the US are too dull, too straitjacketed living in our safe planned communities….
First Iris of May
For my birthday, my mom gave me a bunch of flowers to put into my new little garden along the driveway and fence. The iris has decided to put out two blooms in 24 hours. I guess this means that it is happy.