… the impact of separation in an individual’s life… In the car, on the way to the airport, I found myself remembering the day he left. I probably asked 100 questions to prepare for the[…]
Tag: personal
Something Lost – Polished Personal (Creative)
– Something Lost – “…the impact of separation in an individual’s life” (Text: Perpetual Motion by Tony Hoagland) The days were hot and the nights were brisk on those seemingly endless roads. It was just[…]
Monsters of the Past – Polished Personal Response
“… significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance” I can hear the cannons calling out to me across the field. A man’s scream fills the trench as we are covered[…]
Stay in the Lines
A polished personal (creative) regarding an individual’s response to convention and circumstance. Response to “Dairy of a Piano Turner’s Wife” and “Waited” When I used to see my face in the mirror, I always admired my[…]
Drowning – Polished Personal Response
Drowning “… impact of separation in an individual’s life” – “Don’t even bother apologizing at this point, there’s no use!” “I wouldn’t apologize if there was a gun pointed to my head!” I[…]
the vanishing stones: polished personal
prompt: …the impact of separation in an individual’s life. text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland “She’s caught the traveling disease.” That’s what Dad would say as we sat at the dining table alone for the[…]
A Desire to Vanish – Polished Personal
…the impact of separation in an individual’s life Text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland Theme statement: When an individual desires to be removed from circumstances in the present, they will, in the moment, feel a[…]
niche: a bit of wisdom from me to you
If afforded the opportunity, I would roundhouse kick my past self in the head. I’m hoping it would succeed in knocking some sense into her. It’s not her fault that she was so young[…]
through the eyes of an outcast
“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account, we shall be more attached to one another.” While reading Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley,[…]
Learning to Keep Secrets (Polished Personal)
Prompt: The impact of separation in an individual’s life. Chosen text: Perpetual Motion, Tony Hoagland