... it's a poetry-based creative writing class. Go ahead, judge. Anyway, we were asked to write something in class yesterday that gives a strong sense of setting, and since my News Posts are pretty barren I figured I'd toss it up here for y'all's perusal. I'm skipping my Spanish class today since snow causes the campus to be closed until fifteen minutes before my class... but fuck that.
The beach near my house is divided. Parts are 'private,' though I've heard a shoreline can't truly be private property. On the far end of the second public third lies a sandy path into the woods. Looking left means viewing nearly unpassably rock-filled terrain to continue along the shore. Glancing right reveals a freshwater-fed pond with simultaneously marsh and bog-like properties. Herons are often found in that pond, though I'm not sure what fish they are feeding on. Those details are unimportant, as the deciduous and evergreens enlist the aid of a particularly thorny rose bush to shield the path's view.
I like it best at night, for despite the glare of Boston's visible skyline across miles of ocean, the air is clean enough for a well-defined Milky Way and all that entails. Nobody else is there at night, save guests in my charge and occasional drinking parties illegally starting fires to attract the police. It's a constant battle between residents and visitors, but as my lungs relax and the smoke mingles with the calm air a late August beach provides, the debate ends.
It is mine.
Predicted response: yawn boring. Yea whatever. I spent 10 minutes hand-writing it in class. Was setting invoked? Yes.
So I also had to write a poem in which we used five senses, but unfortunately it was torn out of my notebook that same day and handed in. So I guess I'll just post it in a later update.
Thoughts?
karlu20
skimmed over it. i dont really like poems no offence.
thoughts: judging you - my ex wrote me poems, theyre the only poems i ever liked, course THEY rhymed, AND were love poems so if u write poems like that its sweet
any other poems and ur 1 of those old ppl thatr boring and stuff
^.^
oh and writing = good
creative writing = why take a class on it when u could easily write creatively on ur own? better because u wouldnt have an assignment
Evark
You confuse me. Firstly: I didn't post any poetry yet. Of course, you probably couldn't tell that this excerpt wasn't a poem since you skimmed over it.
Secondly: I prefer to write poetry that rhymes, and I've written love poems before but they're not anything that I would ever share with NG. 'Cept one I wrote that wasn't a specific love poem probably three years back now for a Valentine's Day poetry thread.
Thirdly: I'm taking a creative writing class because I'm an English major who needs to take those sorts of classes to get his degree in English.
It'd be nice if you'd actually read what I wrote though. Just the part in quotes, really. It's not that long and the language used shouldn't be that abrasive to your sensibility. Or, at least, not any more than your "^.^" was to mine.