Monday, October 29, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Weekly Writing: Samuel
Samuel
Samuel Alexander
Armas,
a fetus,
diagnosed
spina bifida.
Would not make it
at birth.
Bruner's gentle
hands came
to save
the unknown life.
Perform C-section,
slowly pull out
the womb.
Small incision.
Work miracles
and bring back
a chance for new life.
Bruner's hands fix
all that is broken.
Womb shakes,
though no one
has touched it.
Tiny hand
slips out
into a world
he will learn
to know.
Bruner's one finger,
consoles twenty-one
week old
as he clasped
his fingers
around hope.
Link to the famous photograph of the surgery taken by Michael Clancy below. Warning: the photograph is not censored.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Weekly Writing: Three Equal Parts
Three Equal Parts
Women raise arms,
embrace new light.
Years of civil war
finally at an end.
Brave new leader,
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,
elected.
Push for rights
will be stronger now.
Now that Leymah Gbowe
is not fighting alone.
You spoke through
rallies and
your writings for Yemen ,
Tawakul Karman.
Writings which scream
to break
a testosterone driven
society.
Screamed so loud
and the world has heard.
Nobel Prize award
a sign,
a symbol
of great new hope.
Writer Tips: Submission Formats
Believe it or not, just like your English homework, you need to format you story/novel/poetry submission. The link also has a link to how to set up each template if you have trouble.
Story (works for flash fiction, short story and possibly novelete & novella)
http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html
Novel (works for over 60,000 words; possibly novellas)
http://www.shunn.net/format/novel.html
Poerty Format (works for one page poems, if the poem is longer, copy the page header the story format uses).
http://www.shunn.net/format/poem.html
Hope this helps - it certainly helped me. I'll go more into submission format details and the underlining argument next week.
Story (works for flash fiction, short story and possibly novelete & novella)
http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html
Novel (works for over 60,000 words; possibly novellas)
http://www.shunn.net/format/novel.html
Poerty Format (works for one page poems, if the poem is longer, copy the page header the story format uses).
http://www.shunn.net/format/poem.html
Hope this helps - it certainly helped me. I'll go more into submission format details and the underlining argument next week.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Weekly Writing: In the Hall of Bulls
In the Hall of Bulls
10-1-11
During the painting
ritual
is when I first saw her:
blue eyes,
darkened skin,
wide grin.
Beautiful as the winter
sun.
Deep in the cave,
away from tribal
parenting,
we paint our spirits.
Although, I eager
to impress,
tried to depict
myself slaying a bison.
Bison, rough and
threatening;
began to draw myself
but cannot take eyes
from her gracefulness.
How she spawns a lovely
beast from fingertips.
A rhinoceros,
strong and fierce,
yet make a sweet mother
for growing calf.
Smudge the painting,
no longer a human head
but that of a birds.
Hear her giggle,
quietly, not meaning
to disturb,
and left a kiss
on my cheek
before heading back to
her family.
Many tribes come
for the festival,
so many it's hard
to find sweet girl again.
Weaving though
crowds and still
could not seek
girl with the sky
in her eyes.
Descend down
to the burial lands.
Great large stones
with prayers.
Gathered all in
its hold,
huddled close
for winter is cold.
Start to sing,
start to chant,
and pray
to spirits of Death.
The old emerge,
to the center.
There I see her,
lonely crying
until my hand
reaches out to hers.
She's watching
her father stand
ready to ascend.
Powerful chants
forces symbols
on the stones to light.
Singing to the old,
how we love them
but it's time
to go,
time to say
goodbye.
Ground shakes
beneath us,
for we wake
the spirits
with our prayers.
Rising forth
from the earth,
take our
elders in fire
to live a new
life in the underworld
and leaving only their
ashes
behind in ours.
Return next
two summers.
The girl with the sky
in her eyes,
holding my hand
and her stomach,
expecting.
Fingers dirty
from the caves
as the tribes
gather around
her and I.
Lay sweet woman
in the center
of the ground.
Leave a kiss
on her cheek.
Step back
and join in chants.
Sing as the light
forms underneath her.
Sing as the spirits
help new life
come into ours.
Spirits descend.
A new child in her hands.
A baby girl:
blue eyes,
darkened skin,
wide grin.
Beautiful as the summer
sun.
Taking control of the blog again.
I'll be focusing on the following weekly posts:
-Featured artist/artwork
-Writing/poems
-Interesting facts about around the world
-Tips for writers/writings discussions
-Writing prompts
These posts will also be shown on my Facebook page for Clash of Weapons and Twitter.
Stay Tuned.
~ Sarah
I'll be focusing on the following weekly posts:
-Featured artist/artwork
-Writing/poems
-Interesting facts about around the world
-Tips for writers/writings discussions
-Writing prompts
These posts will also be shown on my Facebook page for Clash of Weapons and Twitter.
Stay Tuned.
~ Sarah
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