Week 2 Quick Writes July 18- July 22

Quick Write #6 Tuesday, July 18, 2011 Waiting for the Splash Last night After you hung up I wrote you a poem Hoping it might change your heart. This morning I tell myself; Get serious man. Someone once compared Writing a poem And hoping it will Change the world To dropping rose petals Down a deep well Waiting for the splash At least 5 sentences = Take 2 minutes to write all that this poem brings to mind for you. Borrow any line, and write what that one line means to you, letting the line lead your thinking.

Quick Write #7 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 School Daze help i am going to be refracted and i can’t count a present progressive is staring me in the face with verbs crying to be conjugated algebraic sentences are chasing me as i run into a mercantilist policy a phosphorescent light appears in front of me trying to help me in this mass confusion i stare at it hoping for enlightenment but nothing jumps out at me so i run head on into a quadratic monomial factor a voice out of nowhere echoes around me “You’re eighth graders now!” Then why do I feel as befuddled as ever? At least 5 sentences = Take 2 minutes to write all that this poem brings to mind for you. Think about all you are expected to know and do, and write as quickly as you can all those things that come o mind (home, school, music, sports, etc.)

Quick Write #8 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Just Me, the Ball, and the Basket It’s just me, the ball, and the basket The crowd may roar The players may talk trash The officials may blow their whistles But I don’t hear them It’s a free shot No hands waving in my face No opponents diving and reaching at me No twenty-four second clock ticking No eager teammates waiting for a pass I can’t make It just me, the ball, and the basket I slowly raise the ball Roll it sweetly off my fingertips Watch its rainbow arc Swish At least 5 sentences = For 2 minutes write as quickly as you can about all that this poem brings to mind for you. Borrow any line, and write what that one line means to you, letting the line lead your thinking.

Quick Write #9 Thursday, July 21, 2011 He Shaved His Head He shaved his head to release his imagination. He did it to get a tattoo on his shiny head. He did it to lose hi normality. He did it to become a freak. He did it because he was angry. He did it to make people angry. He did it for himself. At least 5 sentences = For 2 minutes write as quickly as you can about all that this poem brings to mind for you. Borrow any line, and write what that one line means to you, letting the line lead your thinking.

Quick Write #10 Friday, July 22, 2011 A Day in July Do you remember? I do. A day in July, We were on the beach, Our pants rolled to our calves. The sand and salt made our ankles itch, Like lemon juice on a rash, And the sun made my cheeks burn. Our conversation was not heavy. We did not talk in circles to pull us down. Our words were light and I can’t remember them, They were lost like bubbles on a crashing wave. As the shadows lengthened So did the focus on my eyes. I knew the day would end. My heart was in my throat, Like seaweed choking a tidal pool. I wanted to stay on the beach with you Until the sand covered our ankles And the moon held the tide from us. At least 5 sentences = For 2 minutes write as quickly as you can about all that this poem brings to mind for you. What is one special memory who have with someone in the summer?