Friday, February 4, 2011

Week 4, Calesthenics

In class collection from scanning through texts:

Light sandy soils suffer-male poets were better equipped, branching syntax pours down.My perfect $4,000 two-rounds of Orthodontia teeth, they'd been in bloom for two weeks and were fading. She vomited twice and gagged twice, relaxed accentual patterns, format of a wild swan:Yura was our leader. If wryneck is the worst trouble this child ever seen: such as midges and blackflies, the windshield flashing pink not only about adult salmon, but squiggly-magic markings. An image of natural continuity rather than apocalyptic horror, I strut my deck with a peg-leg thump, drink a large cup of gin hot like the crackling of watermelons, juicy and sticky. A moment about earwax, how it builds up sticky. He was unshaven oiled with sweat, his name was Kelly who played the drums: swishbuckling fame. He knew he too was animal.

Second constructed from a few lines in a handout, and also some pulled from above:

Almond eyes. Ten cent thrills. Coffee. Biter as the lie I told,
branching syntax pours down with relaxed accentual patterns:
male poets were better equipped, an image of natural continuity
rather than apocalyptic horror. Format of a wild swan, Yura
was our leader. Now: vomiting twice, gagging twice. His
name was Kelly who played the drums. Unshaven, oiled
with sweat he smirked the fat of smiles. His perfect $4,000 two
rounds of Orthodontia teeth, in bloom two weeks now fading-
swishbuckling fame. He knew he too was animal. Wryneck, I strut
my peg-leg thump, drink a large cup of gin hot like the crackling
of watermelons: juicy, sticky while the windshield flashes pink,
with squiggly-magic markings.

1 comment:

  1. Its amazing how random sentences can be combined to make something we never even imagined or intended to do, which is why Calisthenics are my favorite. The growth from abstract to a more concrete focal point is apparent and beneficial. "Bitter as the lie I told" was my favorite line from that exercise, it encompasses such imagery, and it rolls off of the tough well. There are many lines that you could pull from this piece to orchestrate a specific object or subject. "Hot like the crackling of watermelons" is a perfect example of "shocking" language...its unusual and surprising. Overall, I'd say this calisthenics is a great start for something with more momentum.

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