Epitaph of Nearchos
By Ammianus

Rest lightly O Earth upon this wretched Nearchos
That the dogs may have no trouble in dragging him out.

The End of the Weekend

Hello Poetry Enthusiasts:

To enjoy your week-end here’s to intellectual celebration. Read the poem below answer the following questions briefly. Write your answers in the comment portion not later than Monday, February 6, 2017 with this format:

Name

Section Code

Answers:

1.       Etc

2.       Ect

3.       etc

The End Of The Weekend

by Anthony Evan Hecht

A dying firelight slides along the quirt
Of the cast iron cowboy where he leans
Against my father's books. The lariat
Whirls into darkness. My girl in skin tight jeans
Fingers a page of Captain Marriat
Inviting insolent shadows to her shirt.

We rise together to the second floor.
Outside, across the lake, an endless wind
Whips against the headstones of the dead and wails
In the trees for all who have and have not sinned.
She rubs against me and I feel her nails.
Although we are alone, I lock the door.

The eventual shapes of all our formless prayers:
This dark, this cabin of loose imaginings,
Wind, lip, lake, everything awaits
The slow unloosening of her underthings
And then the noise. Something is dropped. It grates
against the attic beams. I climb the stairs
Armed with a belt.

A long magnesium shaft
Of moonlight from the dormer cuts a path
Among the shattered skeletons of mice.
A great black presence beats its wings in wrath.
Above the boneyard burn its golden eyes.
Some small grey fur is pulsing in its grip. 

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1.      What is the meaning of the firelight in the poem? Does it matter that it is loose?

2.      What are the senses that were activated in the poems in you? How are each sense involved?

3.      What does the presence of the great black presence have to do with the love affair? What is its effect (if any) to the lover?

I Like you.

As I am having a hard time today finishing an essay, I thought I should try hand a bit into what we call irony. J It has to go through a lot of critiquing yet and who knows, one day it’ll find its way to a book. Dreams always come true.  

I like you.

I like you a lot….

You go to church every Sunday and are always pleasing to everyone you meet.

I like how religiously and honestly you go to church and take note of the deficiency of people around you.  I like you better after the service when you make fun of these dishonest people.

I like you because you please people but more because you stab them in their back after.

I like you because you appear clean and kind. And when the person leaves, you mock them with your mimicry.

I like you because you are polite and tactful. I like you most because you wait for the person to leave before you discuss his weakness.

I like you, everyday. As I wish everyday more dishonest and less tactful people could grow, so honest and clean people like you could go.

And I like you more because you remind me that hell is indeed just around the corner and not in the midst of people as good and as clean as you. 

After this post, i hope id be able to finish the activity i am preparing for my mythology class. And later, my poetry class. Thanks for reading. 

Focus in the Poem

Hello!

Here is the grid of your assignment for our class. Please note that as we live poetry day-to-day, though we have a focus we should use our previous knowledge/lesson to expore and explain our assignments better. Enjoy!

Full Name	Title	Focus
ACERO, Frencis	Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge	Theme/symbol/
ADAYA, Princess Indino	Palindrome by Lisel Mueller	Theme, use of common sense/going against law of nature
ASIÑERO, Shiela Babasol	The Piano by DH Lawrence	Inspiration/Theme
AUGUIS, Eric Jhon Escolano	A Blasphemy by Rodney Jones	Theme, use of common sense/law of nature
AZUELO, Andrei Solara Jean Layno	Effort at Speech by Between Two People by Muriel Rukeyser	Theme, use of common sense/law of nature
BAGARES, Recelmie Ybañez	The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth	Theme, use of common sense/law of nature
BAGUIO, Mayflor Balabag	Sleepwalkers Ballad by Federico Lorca Garcia	Theme, use of common sense/going against law of nature
BONAY-OG, Maejane Panganduyon	Building the Bridge by Will Allen Droomgoole	Theme, use of common sense/law of nature
BULAIR, Dhyzale Cawaing	Lucifer in Starlight by George Meredith	Fixed Form of poetry
CAINGLET, Almira Mae Cortez	To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe	Form/stanza
CAPALAC, Jecille Kate Diacor	The Message by Jacques Prevert	Use of connectives
DAFILMOTO, Kaye Baroja	We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks	Stress & Rhythm, sentence form
DIVINAGRACIA, Chyle Jyne Palmares	The Destruction of Senacherib by Geroge Gordon, Lord Byron	Stress & Rhythm
DOMINGO, Irene Mae Anuario	The second Coming by William Butler Yeats	Meter and Rhythm
FIGUERAS, Lovella Calabria	.38 by Ted Joans	Rhyme/Rhthm
GARIBAY, Iren Bernaldez	Player Piano by John Updike	Onomatopeia/ Sound mimicry
GELAGA, Janine Satorre	Chanson Innocentes by E.E. Cummings	Vowels/Sounds
LABAJO, Maria Lou Alferez	The Bath Tub by Ezra Pound	Word choice
LAGURA, Kia Wyn Butalid	The Knight, Death and the Devil by Randall Jarrell	Word choice
MENDOZA, Glaidel Virtucio	A Narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson	Word choice
MIGULLAS, Nikkie Torres	Ghost-Flowers by Mary Thatcher Higginson	Role of Emotions/Tone
MIRANDA, Zebeth Alimento	Alas! Tis very sad to hear by Walter Savage	Role of Emotions/Tone
NIEPEZ, Perpetou Jr. Macabodbod	Epitaph of Nearchos by Ammianus	Role of Emotions/Tone
PAÑA, Arlie Jean Rogador	Loose woman by X.J. Kennedy	Understatement
PENALBA, Jocel Nova Alesna	The Face in the Mirror by Robert Graves	Paradox
PIAMONTE, Aquessa Ronquillo	Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare	Antipoetry
QUESADA, Daisy Sajelan	My Galley Charged with Forgetfulness by Sir Thomas Wyatt	Allegory
RETALLA, Jazzel Salvo	Girls working in Banks by Karl Shapiro	Symbol
SALANDRON, Chelo Lindayao	The Dark Night by Saint John of the Cross	Symbol
SOBER, Rizelle May Rotersos	Money by Howard Nemerov	Symbol
SOTELO, Rhodel Casiano	Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats	Personification & Mythology
TANGCOGO, Jhenyvir Romana	All But Blind by Walter dela Mare	Analogy
TULBA, Sandee Ann Padero	No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats	Metaphor & Simile
TUMAQUIN, Evita Calayca	Returning by Linda Pastan	Metaphor & Simile
VILLANUEVA, Marian Minette Saraos	The Purse seine by Robinson Jeffers	Metaphor & Simile