I wrote this February 9, 1998. I believe this was for a creative writing exercise in college. At the time, I was happily in a relationship so I don't think I had a muse for this, but was trying to do some play on words and see if I could pull it off. Although a bit cheesy, I kind of like the 4th stanza:
The Four Elements of Love
How I dream to be the mighty wind,
To carry the wings of your love,
To whisk you away to far off places,
And anywhere else I dare dream of.
And Oh, to be the placid water,
That from your cup you sip,
To be brought to your glorious mouth,
Feeling the sticky sweet touch of your lips.
Oh, to be the trembling earth,
That lay beneath your feet,
To be the stable ground you rely on,
To have your trust be mine to keep.
But oh! I beg the Lord above,
To let me be a ravishing fire,
For there is nothing that I’d rather be,
Than your very own burning desire.
This one was written in 1997 for an English project:
A is for Apple
Apples fall
briskly from the
careless tree
drizzling an
enormous amount of
fruit in one
gigantic
heap of
indecision.
Just then, a zestful
kite flies
lightly across the sky into the
mass of branches
now no longer bearing apples. The
odious tree, that
plummeted red gems,
quietly imprisons the kite in
revenge and
secures it in a
teasing,
ultra apathetic and
violent
way. Then-- the anti-
xenial plant releases the
young aerodynamic
zestless aircraft to join the heap of victims below.
I wrote the below poem in 10th grade when my best friend and boyfriend started dating. That was a traumatic year for a 15 year old. Although the poetry is dreadful, I really like the clever use of shapes to describe what happened that year:
Shapes
There were four of us,
Two happy couples,
We were thrilled to see,
Our love in doubles.
It was her and him,
And me and you,
Our square was wonderful,
As it was brand new.
Then her and him split,
Yet we still remained,
The three of us were friends,
In happiness uncontained.
Soon we had a triangle,
I had yet to perceive,
Because you and her,
Began to deceive--me.
The triangle formed a nasty circle,
With fighting, and yelling,
What would happen next,
There was no telling.
So now the circle,
Became a single line,
Connecting two points,
And neither point was mine.
You and her connected,
Ignoring the square,
You acted so happy,
Without so much as a care.
Then she cut the line,
You two had to part,
And all of us involved,
Were back at the start.
Now we're all points,
Just floating around,
None are connected,
No shape can be found.
All I ask,
As if you even care,
Is for me, you, her, and him,
To again just be square.
I thought this little boy was too cute trying to drag this heavy cooler (probably full of his Dad's beer).
This is Jen doing her best to not kill me for making her pose on a really large tree stump.
Jen snapped this of me at the state park where we were taking in the scenery.
This Virginian couldn't resist taking this picture of the Virginian in downtown Reno. Reno itself was not that exciting -- it resembled the old parts of Vegas... full of check cashing places, wedding chapels, XXX movie houses and pawn shops. Jennifer and I felt a little unsafe as everywhere we went the store clerks told us to watch our purses and to be careful. Needless to say, we mainly stayed inside the Nugget surrounded by several security friends from the conference.
This sign is unfortunately the best part of Reno.
