JOURNAL TITLE FOR SEPT. 5TH 2007

06 December 2007 @ 10:02 am

Hello to all!

I am very happy right now because this semester is over with. I don't know about anyone else, but i met alot of mountains this semester by i am grateful to say that my God has carried me through safely.

I hope and pray that everyone has a very safe holiday and also have a wonderful upcoming spring semester 2008! Happy early new year everybody!

Julia

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28 November 2007 @ 08:00 pm

BLOG FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

MY THANKSGIVING WAS WONDERFUL EXCEPT IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO RELAX DUE TO THE MANY PAPERS & FINALS I HAD TO WRITE AS WELL AS PREPARE!

WHAT ABOUT ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPENED ON THANKSGIVING?

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07 November 2007 @ 10:16 pm

"The Second Coming"

The first time I saw the title of this poem, I thought, "Oh, wow! This poem is about Jesus' second coming!" When I read it, come to find out, it had nothing to do with it!

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silly

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05 November 2007 @ 11:29 pm

"The Road Not Taken"

In Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken," it reminded me of the choices we choose in life.

There are 2 roads we can choose to take and that is good or evil., each of these roads having its fair lay of consequences. It's like what someone once told me: "Life is just a whole bunch of decisions." You choose which road you want to take.

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drained

Current Music: "This is Your Time" by Michael W. Smith

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01 November 2007 @ 11:03 am

"Swan& Shadow"

I don't know if anyone enjoyed any of the poems but I have to say that I really enjoyed the Swan and the Shadow poem. This is the first timeI I've seen a poem written in the form it was written. I also liked "Concrete Cat." For one thing though, I had no idea as HOW to read it....

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confused

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29 October 2007 @ 03:41 pm

"This Living Hand, now Warm and Capable"

I believe Keats did a wonderful job in portraying his love for his wife in this poem. This poem truly "speaks out" about Keat's longing for his wife and how he missed her. It was almost as if he wanted to die with her! It makes you wonder what would make a man go head over heels for his woman, even after her death...

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22 October 2007 @ 10:09 pm

MY ECHO POEM

HELLO EVERYONE! HERE IS MY ECHO POEM:

A LOOK AT LOVE- FIRST TO LAST

At first glance, I saw love... of
Like a puzzle we connect... ect.
Date number one- Bahama Breeze... ease
On one knee, what a diamond... imond.
Seventy years later, love lasted forever... ever.

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calm

Current Music: "You Alone Are God"

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15 October 2007 @ 11:22 pm

"Narcissus and Echo"

In "Narcissus and Echo," my understanding of this poem is that a man is speaking of a woman he's in love with and the word that is italicized is basically the echo of his heart. It is not necessarily a "word," but a "sound" of the final word of each line echoing . I don't really know how to explain what I am seeing to be honest with you, except that just imagine someone lost in thought or just drifting away. If this is what the poet was attempting to make me as a reader understand, then he did a pretty good job.

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09 October 2007 @ 02:16 am

langston hughes poem

hello all!

I have a quick question- in langston hughes' poem, "the weary blues," does the last line tell us the character that was singing the blues died in the end?

Current Location: work

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01 October 2007 @ 10:00 pm

My Songs...

Hello all! For the song poetry assignment, I actually have more than one song I admire that I believe is poetry. Here they are:

* "How Deeply I Need You" by Shekinah Glory
Here is my heart, I give it Lord to you
Here is my life, I lay it before you
Where else would I go? What else
Would I do?
If I did not know you?

How deeply I need you, my Lord
How deeply I need you, my Lord
Like the desert needs the rain, I need you like the
Ocean needs the streams, I need you like the
Morning needs the sun, I need you Lord you
Are my only one

In every way, in every day
I need you

* Songs of Soloman 4:1, 3,7, 9-10 and 7:5-6
1: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

3: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks
7: Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

9: Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
10: How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

~ Chapter 7:5-6

5: Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6: How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

The reason why I believe these lyrics work well with a poem is due to the metaphors and figures of speech used within the verses. Also, I chose them because they both do an INCREDIBLE job of displaying my faith and love for God. These are actually songs I will be using for my wedding next year. I truly admire their word usage and how it really sets a mood of love. If it can do that, than it's poetry!

Current Mood:

cheerful

Current Music: "How Deeply I Need You" by Shekinah Glory

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27 September 2007 @ 09:39 am

September 26th entry

I truly enjoyed one of our assigned poems last night.

The first one in which I truly enjoyed was the last excerpt from "Flower in a Crannied Wall" by Tennyson:
"I hold you here, root and all , in my hand,
Little flower- but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is."

The reason why I enjoyed reading the last line is due to its fact about our Creator, God. The meaning I recieved from this poem is that God represents the root of the flower that Tennyson is mentioning. He is the root of ALL created things and the all from the poem represents creation, for if you can understand creation all in all, then it is safe to say that you know who God and man is.

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23 September 2007 @ 05:14 pm

My Haiku Poem

Hello all! Here is my haiku poem. I'll have you know that I did not really follow the haiku scheme, therefore, I ask that you overlook that.

Note: I am not a poet!
* "Sleep..." by Julia Pierre-Auguste St.Louis

Through this glass I can see,
A direct reflection of me;
I count the stars and think, "Sleep..."

* "This Ring" by Julia Pierre-Auguste St.Louis

I looked at my hand and said,
"One, two, three, four...
With this ring, I thee wed."

Can anyone tell me the meaning of each of these poems?

Julia

Current Location: at home

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Current Music: "When God Made You..."

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17 September 2007 @ 11:36 pm

CHAPTER 5 POEMS

i MUST SAY THAT MY FAVORITE POEM WAS "THE VICTORY" BY ANNE STEVENSON. THIS POEM HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT A MOTHER'S INDESCRIBABLE LOVE FOR HER CHILD. AFTER READING THIS POEM, I WAS LEFT IN AWE DUE TO THE FACT OF MY DEALINGS WITH TROUBLED CHILDREN EVERYDAY.

I AM NOT SURE IF ANNE STEVENSON WAS SPEAKING OF HER OWN EXPERIENCE OR IF SHE WAS SIMPLY CREATING A PERSONA OF A MOTHER WHO WAS DESCRIBING THE PAIN OF 1) BEARING A CHILD, 2) BRINGING IT INTO THIS WORLD OR "...BROUGHT YOU OUT OF MY BODY INTO YOUR LIFE" AS SHE STATED IN HER OWN WORDS, AND 3) RAISING IT AND WITHIN THE LONGRUN TO SEE THAT SAME CHILD CAUSE HER SO MUCH STRIFE! I DEAL WITH BOTH TROUBLED KIDS AND ALSO THE MOMS OF THESE KIDS THAT SIMPLY HAVE "THE VICTORY" DESPITE EVERYTHING THEIR KIDS ARE PUTTING THEM THROUGH. OUT OF EVERYTHING THESE MOMS WILL SAY UPON GRIEVING FOR HOW MUCH THEIR CHILD IS A "TINY ANTAGONIST," THEY ALWAYS END WITH "I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE HIM OR HER SO MUCH?"

AS FAR AS "THE WINTER EVENING SETTLES DOWN" BY T.S. ELIOT, READING IT INSTILLED A CALM & SERENITY FEELING WITHIN ME. THE ONLY "VISUAL IMAGERY" THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS.

WITHIN THE" ROOT CELLAR," I BELIEVE BOTH VISUAL AS WELL AS TACTILE IMAGERY WAS INDICATED WITHIN THIS POEM BECAUSE OF ROETHKE'S WORD USAGE SUCH AS "MANURE, LIME, PILED AGAINST SLIPPERY PLANKS." AND "AND WHAT A CONGRESS STINKS!" I CAN ACTUALLY 'SEE' AND 'SMELL' THE NASTY GRIME HE IS TALKING ABOUT.

IN "IN A STATION OF THE METRO," READING IT REMINDED ME OF THE SUBWAY METRO SYSTEM IN NEW YORK. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THEIR REGULAR ACTIVITIES.

ALSO, IN "THE PIERCING CHILL I FEEL" BY BUSON, IT ONLY REMINDED ME OF PURELY DEATH AND REMEMBRANCE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED.

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15 September 2007 @ 12:33 am

MY POET

HELLO ALL! I HAVE CHOSEN CARL SANDBURG AS MY POET. IF ANYONE HAS ALREADY CHOSEN HIM, PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ENTRY OR NOTIFICATION ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE CHOOSING HIM.

THANKS!

JULIA

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11 September 2007 @ 01:15 am

CHAPTER 3

* FRIEND, ON THIS SCAFFOLD THOMAS MORE LIES DEAD BY CUNNINGHAM:

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE FIRST TIME I READ THIS POEM, THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS, "CONFUSED!" YET, AFTER I READ SOME OF THE ENTRIES, I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT CUNNINGHAM WAS USING THE ALLUSION OF THOMAS MORE TO EXPLAIN HIS DEATH BUT LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE, I CANNOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE WOULD SAY, ":WHO WOULD NOT CUT THE BODY FROM THE HEAD." MAYBE CUNNINGHAM WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT THOMAS MORE WAS SIMPLY BEHEADED, BUT HOW CAN YOU BEHEAD SOMEONE WITHOUT CUTTING IT OFF FROM THE WHOLE BODY! (DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, HUH?) I KNOW, I'M CONFUSING MYSELF!

* ADVICE TO A FRIEND WHO PAINTS BY CHERRY:

IN "ADVICE TO A FRIEND WHO PAINTS" BY KELLY CHERRY, I BELIEVE CHERRY'S ALLUSIONS ARE REFERENCING A PAINTING BECAUSE 1.) WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TITLE OF A POEM, THAT GIVES YOU A BIG IDEA OF WHAT THE POEM IS TALKING ABOUT.
2.) WITHIN THE 2ND LINE AND CONTINUING, CHERRY MAKES CERTAIN INFERENCES THAT ALLUDES TO CERTAIN OBJECTS YOU WOULD SEE IN A PAINTING. FOR EXAMPLE, "THE LAY OF THE LAND HE LOVED..." OR "THE BATHER IN HIS SKETCHY SUIT." & "HIS LOVE OF MAN." ALL OF THESE ARE IMPLICATIONS THAT WHOEVER THIS SO CALLED CEZANNE CHARACTER IS, HE MAY BE FICTIOUS OR EVEN REAL, CHERRY IS PRACTICALLY ALLUDING TO THE FACT OF HOW THIS CEZANNE LOVES TO PAINT & THE OBJECTS WITHIN THE POEM SUCH AS THE BATHER, SKULL, OR LOVE OF MAN, ARE SIMPLY EMPHASIZING HOW MUCH CEZANNE LOVES TO PAINT.

* GRASS BY SANDBURG:

WHEN I READ THIS POEM, THE NAMES OF THE CITIES LISTED, IF I CAN RECALL, ARE THE NAMES OF CERTAIN WAR SITES THROUHOUT HISTORY. THEREFORE, THIS POEM IS PROBABLY USING THE ALLUSIONS OF THESE WAR SITES AS WELL AS THE ALLUSION OF GRASS TO EXPLAIN THE DUTY OF AN UNDERTAKER.

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05 September 2007 @ 10:06 pm

HELLO ALL!

HELLO ALL! My name is Julia St.Louis and I am a senior here at USF. I am currently a secondary education major. My primary goal is to teach theology within university level at a bible university, yet for now, I want to teach high school and middle school. I will be entering the college of education at the commencement of this upcoming January and immediatly following, within June 2008, I will be getting married so you can imagine I've got alot of things going on for me!

I am really looking forward to this class and I also am looking forward in working with you all! Thank you and be blessed!

Julia

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05 September 2007 @ 09:37 pm

JOURNAL ENTRY FOR SEPT. 5TH 2007

HERE ARE MY VIEWS ON THE POEMS:

1.) "MY PAPA'S WALTZ"-

* The tone: It seems as if the tone of this poem is about a young boy who is critical of his father. It also seems as if this young boy is talking about his drunken father.

- I read that the tone of this poem is humerous but I honestly don't see anything humerous about this poem! It just sounds as if a young boy is describing a rough childhood. I further read this poem consisting satiristic poetry which is a poem that uses comedy to make a point or convey a message. It makes fun of people and their behavior.

2.) "FOR A LADY I KNOW"-

* The Tone: The tone of this poem is a little hard to figure out. You might see that the writer of this poem was BOTH describing a woman he/she disgusts and at the same time, noted by the choice of words chosen by the writer, this poem shows a little satire. If you notice the year of this poem depicts the slavery era. Within the ending of this poem, the writer uses satire of a black slave who wakes up at 7 everyday doing 'celestial chores.' while the lady known sleeps all day and does nothing. There is nothing ' celestial' about chores!

3.) "I LIKE TO SEE IT LAP THE MILES"-

* The Tone: The tone of this poem is a serious one due to the reference of "sons of thunder" spoken by Jesus towards James and John in the bible. Any biblical reference made is a serious one, therefore, the mood of this poem is serious.

- It sounds as if Emily is describing a horse she loves.

4.) "WHITE LIES"-

Within this poem, there was a lot of imagery used involving the usage of colors.

This poem speaks about the true life story of a biracial child and it explains the time that she grew up in and how she pretended and lied about who she really was which was a biracial child.

5.) "THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN"-

The concept of this poem closely relates to the saying "the American Dream."

- This poem is probably depicting the truths about the media and what they seek to accomplish. For example, if you read the beginning and ending of this poem, you will see that it was simply a persona of the media- where the writer created an 'unknown citizen' to make a point abut the media on how it tells you and I what we need. It's DELIBRATELY proving how powerful of an impact the media has on us human beings.

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