City Eclogue

   So I just finished reading the book "City Eclogue", by Ed Roberson. I would like to say that it was quite an interesting read! I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but I definitely liked a few of the poems in this book!

   Sit In What City We're In (Part 2)
"You can't smash the mirror     there but it break here.
And in it you see    that you can't see
                           your own back,
your angel of the unfamiliar, of that not like
your face... See.     and
                              relax that hand raised against
your impossible
hand     that reaches to give the pat, to okay  touch you
                             at the unfamiliar, those stubs of your
back"

   This section made me feel like someone didn't even know themselves. When you look in the mirror and you want to break it because you can't tell who is looking back at you. Then there is that one person telling you that it's ok, and not even their touch is familiar, you're so distant from yourself that it's terrifying. That was incredibly easy for me to relate to.

   Beauty's Standing  (Part 7)
"we blink our eyes to erase what we see
or to clear the eyes to see what we don't

believe we're seeing     thoroughly enough
to be exact at what         held no gun to be forgot"

   I feel like this is so true! People do close their eyes to what they don't want to see rather then accepting that it's there or maybe that it's gone. It almost makes me wonder why people do that, it's really confusing to me, but I knew as soon as I saw that line, I had to mention it!

   The "State as Body" Aspect of Eunuch Rule
"I want to kill for my incapacity
to feel.
             To feel      I feel want as want.     to kill."

   This is the last section that really drew my eye, and heart. You can almost feel the pain in this writer as he writes this, or atleast I felt something. I feel like this is a person whom is so down, that the only way to have them feel a single thing is to exterminate the other people around them. I almost think of a serial killer, but this has to much emotion for me to believe it could be something of that nature. Still, the emotion was intense, I wasn't sure how to relate to such an extreme, which I guess in most cases is a good thing, but on an emotional level, I kind of feel like I'm missing out on something.

     All in all the book was really good, I finished reading it in about an hour. I'll admit I was a little bored at first, but towards the I was really drawn into it!

New Ways to Write

   So in class on Thursday, we read a few sonnets that at first I found quite confusing. The title for the most confusing poem was Ted Barrigain's Sonnet XV. He had a clever way of making the reader think to use their brains, as well as have a somewhat intelligent response to an emotional opinion he had. I feel rather stupid that I didn't pick up on the writing style, but I'm glad that someone opened my eyes to it. Maybe one day I can make my writers think.
   I also really enjoyed reading Shakespeare sonnets. Although his language is hard for me to decipher, I really felt an emotional connection with what he wrote. "All this the world well knows: yet none knows well, To shun the heaven that leads men to this Hell." This quote is from Shakespeare's Sonnet 129. That quote was one of the most interesting that I read. I feel that the emotion behind that statement is so great, to say that where we are now is such a complete horror, and who could possibly send us here. Could this possibly be a test? No one will ever really know 100%.
   So after reading all those sonnets, we had to write two of our own. I personally wrote two completely seperate sonnets. One is the dark side of love, whereas the second is a positive experience I just recently had. I'm not used to being able to write in a positive fashion so I'm very excited to see what everyone thinks when we have to read it out loud this coming Thursday. Besides that fact though, I have never written any other Sonnets, and I can't say that I will. I'll admit though that I liked the ABAB format used, but I still prefer my ABCB format.

How it all Begins

Well I've never made a blog before so here it goes...
   My name is Jarrid Donovan, I am a freshmen at EMU. I am currently majoring in Psychology and minoring in Bio-Chemistry. I have a Pre-Vet pathway and plan to attend Michigan State for my graduate studies. If EMU had a Veterinarian program, I would stay here and complete my graduate studies because so far I love it here.
   When I'm not doing school work, I am normally hanging out with my best friends. When I'm not with them, I am working at the Subway in Allen Park trying to save money to make it through school, times are hard. Other then that I spend the rest of my free time reading books, watching some of my favorite TV shows, such as True Blood and Ghost Adventures, and just trying to relax.
   My dream life for after college is to move to Australia and become a successful Veterinarian and work with the more exotic animals, such as kangaroos and koala bears. I'm also hoping to find a nice guy, either here or there, and settle down, maybe have a kid. Even if it was just the simple life, as long as you are with people you care about and have a career you are passionate for, then life is your empty canvas. Sounds like a nice life right? I'm really hoping that it is an achievable goal.
   I'm very excited for the Creative Writing course because I have been writing for a long time now. I love to write poetry especially, although most of my poems are extremely depressing and or corrupt. Besides poems though, I have dabbled in writting stories and plays, which unfortunately I have never finished because I'm always finding ways to improve what I wrote. Maybe by taking this course I can finally just find a way to get passed my writers block and discouragement of not being able to finish.