Poem # 29
Couplet Poetry:
Are you writing these lyrics about me?
I know you aren’t but i relate more than you see
It is like you read my mind well your up there singing
The voice in my head is ringing
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Blog # 24
The lyric projects we did in class really related to my life in different ways. The first one that really spoke to me was the one about abortion. I am such a strong believer in not getting abortions and saving a child life. When i first read the lyrics i knew the song was about abortion. However, i was so surprised to find out the song lyrics were about the girl who wrote them. From her perspective as a fetus. It really just related to my beliefs that i have in regards to abortion and was a really touching song. It touch my emotional side and i just wanted to scream out this is why abortion is wrong. It was just such emotional lyrics and really made my views much stronger.
Another lyrics project that hit home with me was the one about the guy not being able to date the girl he loves because the parents did not approve. I have had this happen to me before only the other way around. I was not allowed to date the guy i liked because my parents thought he was not good enough for me. Some of the lyrics in that song really made me feel emotional and brought back past memories and feelings. Not only were the lyrics amazing but so was his voice! I think that fact that his voice was so awesome really helped me relate deeper with his song.
The last lyrics project i want to talk about is the one Susie did. Her lyrics hit home for me in so many different ways. I really think they hit home for everyone. I think she has a talent of finding a way to write so that it relates to everyone in the room. When she was talking about laying in bed at night and thinking about everything and processing everything that is what was like wow is she talking about my life here? I mean i do that every night. Right before i go to bed when i laying there i have my moment of clarity.
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Poem #28
Carpe Diem:
Today is the day i lived
I I felt that feeling finally
My face shines brighter then the sun
Burning hot inside
Complete peace in my mind
If only i could do that play on words type poetry
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Blog # 23
One time that comes to my memory of crossing a threshold is when i finalllllyyyyyy got my most wanted license. I had been trying for threeee freaking years to get my license. The day i finally received it i was beyond happy. I still can’t believe i have it at times. I think thats because i wanted it for so long and when i finally got it, it was an unbelievable feeling. I think it was a huge threshold to cross because i needed it so bad and i finally had my coming out of the belly of the whale moment when i received it.
Another threshold moment i had is when i realized that for a relationship to work you have to love yourself first. Without realizing that love you have for yourself there is no way you can love somebody else. Ever since i realized that i think i crossed a threshold in my love life. I never knew why my relationships we not ever working out and when i finally realized i need to take some time to myself and find love in me that i have for myself. After doing that my relationship worked out so much better then past relationships. I also think this class helped me realize a lot about myself to, which helped with my crossing this threshold.
I think the last threshold i want to cross and need to cross in my life is that not knowing what to do with my life one. The problem i am constantly writing about in my blogs. I need to cross this threshold or i won’t be happy until i do so. I really hate living unhappy. I am only happy when i am around the people i love lately. I just want to get away for awhile and figure out what i want to do. I need to cross this threshold in order to find what i want to do for the rest of my life so i can be happy. The song i chose to relate to blog to is perfect day by Hoku. It reminds me of a day when i cross a threshold and the feeling i have.
Sun’s up
A little after twelve
Make breakfast for myself
Leave the work for someone else
People say
They say that it’s just a phase
They tell me to act my age,
Well I am
On this perfect day,
Nothing’s standing in my way
On this perfect day,
When nothing can go wrong
It’s the perfect day,
Tomorrow’s gonna come too soon
I could stay, forever as I am
On this perfect day
Sun’s down
A little after ten
I pick up all my friends
In my Mercedes-Benz
Wake up
Don’t tell me it’s just a dream
‘Cause when I’ve had enough
You’ll hear me say,
Now don’t you try to rain on my
Perfect day,
Nothing’s standing in my way
On this perfect day,
Nothing can go wrong
It’s the perfect day,
Tomorrow’s gonna come too soon
I could stay, forever as I am
On this perfect day
La la la
La la la,
Oh, oh
I’m in the race
But I’ve already won
(La la la)
And getting there can
Be half the fun
(La la la)
So don’t stop me
Till I’m good and done,
Don’t you try to rain on my
Perfect day
It’s the perfect day
It’s the perfect day
Nothing’s gonna bring me down
I could stay, forever as I am
On this perfect day
Nothing’s standing in my way,
On this perfect day,
Nothing can go wrong
I’m in the race
But I’ve already won
And getting there can
Be half the fun,
So don’t stop me
Till I’m good and done,
Don’t you try to rain on my
Perfect, day
On this perfect day
On this perfect day
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Poem # 27
Haiku
I want life to flow
Like a roaring waterfall
Crash into my life
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blog #22
In class we talked about problems we have in our lives currently and ways we think we could fix them. The problem i mostly talked about was how i have no idea what to do with my life right now. I hate school and i really feel like i am wasting my money in school because i have no idea what i want to do after i graduate. I think i should take a year off and travel and figure out what my real passion is.
I learned in this class that to be truly happy in life you need to find your passion in life and live it. I think that the archetype that would really help me find my passion would be the caregiver, the fool, and the lover. I think i know those people in my life already. My caregiver would be my mom and my lover would be my boyfriend. I am not to sure who my fool would be. I don’t really have a true best friend i would consider my fool. Actually i think my bubba (grandmother) could be my fool. She is always making me laugh and makes me feel good about myself.
In the end i think the main thing i took from this class is that i learned so much about myself and that really helped me realized my problems in life and how to fix them. If i could just find the courage to live the life i want to live for me then i know i can fix all my problems. The song i decided to use to echo what i am saying is Nolita Fairytale by Vanessa Carlton. It is about her finding true happiness and the passion on her life.
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blog notes
We looked at archetypes from Awaking the Hero Within today and related them to characters we looked at in this class, and discussed how we found our own archetypes in things we did in class. We took a class survey on the class. We also talked about problems we are having in our lives and how to deal with them. We also talked about the class and our expectations of the class. What we liked about the class. We then watch/listened to Brocks reflective letter he wrote for Marlen last year in class. Tonight we are writing about our issuses. One question
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Poem # 26
Free Verse:
I can make it past this
I know I am more than what he thinks of me
Good luck with that asshole
I have one thing left to say to you
Thank you. Thank you for making me stronger.
Add a comment April 15, 2010
Blog #21
For my final project i am doing a palm reading presentation. I am pretty excited to do this i have a surprise at the end for anyone who wants to do it. It has to deal with offspring since everyone was so interested in that. The main thing i am going to stress during this presentation is that palm reading is not fortune telling and your palms can change everyday. What i am reading is a reflection on how you are living your life to date!!!!!
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Blog #19
Bibliotherapy is very strong in my life. I always look/ read song lyrics and find myself saying this really relates to a time in my life or something about me. I am very self-expressing with music. Even though i do not play an instrument, i express myself by listen to the music that i feel relates to the mood i am in. For example, if i am in a happy mood i will listen to a happy song with happy lyrics and feel even more happier. If i am in a bad mood i will listen to a dark depressing song and i will still feel depressed. Song lyrics really have an effect on my moods and personality.
Another way i find myself doing bibliotherapy is when reading books. I relate my life to characters in the story. It helps me realize different feelings about my life when i do this. I think that it is awesome that someone can write something on paper and it can help someone else realize somehting about themselves. I think that bibliotherapy should be used today to help servely depressed people. Even if a person is not willing to write out his own feelings inside, they could read other works of liteurate and find a way to relate that to their lives.
The greatest way i use bibliotherapy is after a breakup or during a new relationship. I read song lyrics and find one that realtes to the reltionship status i am in currently to help me deal with my emotions i am feeling. I am currently in a healthly happy realationship so one of the songs i can’t stop listening to is Come Away With Me by Nora Jones. When i read these lyrics or listen to them it helps me deal with the emotions of love i have. It seems like she is singing the exact words i want to say.
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can’t tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won’t you try to come
Come away with me and we’ll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I’ll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I’m safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me
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