People tend to selectively hear what they only feel will enhance their lives, not what they know will give them a reason to shift their views on matters that eventually make life interesting and difficult. This is very true of the character Theotormon from Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion. Theotormon chose not not hear Oothoon's cries and ( Read more... )

Sensual poetry influenced by the senses is a way to also express the nature around us in relation to our feeelings. Sensations that arise from the body permeate to the soul and change one's perceptions. The way White wrote in Riders in The chariot was descriptive of the senses in vivid characters that allow the reader to sense the sorrow and pain ( Read more... )

THE FIVE SENSES

TASTE

Bittersweet longing

of the sensation

of you

consuming my body

through

the softness of flesh.

Opening horizons

tasting the new harvest

of the delights

and forbidden desires

consumed in gluttonous haste.

Whispers above

and secrets beneath

the bulbous mass

consumes the words

from within

that describe

and sing

of you.


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The ideas of the five senses as Blake saw them intrigued me. I believe that people can 'see' with their senses, yet they have to go beyond the physical, as Blake proposed and explore the depth of the soul. I was writing the poems for the creative wriiting folio with this in mind. I wanted to express the senses as sexual/physical, yet with the ( Read more... )

finally some poetry i've beeninspired to write. Yes I'm afraid William Blake has inspired me in many ways and the poems I've been inspired to write for my creative writing folio are evidence of this inspiration. Seeing as everyone was sharing some creative writing pieces, i will share some poetry. These are not the desires of a desperate housewife  ( Read more... )

I loved the creative writing piece that Steve allowed everyone to read. Steve has a vivid imagination on the way a relationship would be played out within a conflict situation. It lead me to think about the point Steve makes about the relationship needing a break. Sometimes when one sees asitution from the outside looking in, their perception ( Read more... )

Spooky coincidences seem to be spooking me lately. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to do an entry on the famous Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira who remminded me so much in many ways of Alf Dubbo In Patrick White's Riders In The Chariot . Commitments galore later, and today I see a piece in the paper about Namatjira's first ever ( Read more... )

Probably all who know me know i'm a no frills kind of girl. The kind of girl Pink likes, one who hates those pretencious, stuck up, talons for nails, hair extensions, shopping spree desperate housewives kind of housewives.


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Sometimes one reads something which affects them in way that leaves an impression for the rest of their lives. I'm not saying its a life defining moment, yet the moment is forever changed. It is eerie when one revists the novel that most impressed them in their youth. For instance, To Kill A Mockingbird.

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I have finally been inspired to write in live journal, sometimes, it is hard to write what you want to say. Afriend always says that I have all these funny ideas and I should write them in live journal, but I think the meaning gets lost in translation. I mean I tend to like conversation with a direct verbal response than to write my thoughts down. ( Read more... )