Memorization

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The Dust of snow

From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued.

-Robert Frost, Dust of snow

Chieftan Iffucan of Azcan in caftan 

Of tan with henna hackles, halt!

Dammed universal cock, as if the sun 

Was blackamoor to bear your blazing tail. 

Fat!Fat!Fat!Fat! I am the personal.

Your world is you. I am my world. 

You ten-foot poet among inchlings. Fat!

Begone! An inchling bristles in these pines,

Bristles, and points their Appalachian tangs, 

And fears not portly Azcan nor his hoos.

-Wallace Stevens, Bantams in Pine-Woods.

The project this Sunday is poetry memorization. I pretty much have the first poem down by Frost, however, the second not so much. I actually picked this poem out last week, but I just now emailed my professor to see if I can use it for our memorization assignment. We have to have the poem entirely memorized, including all punctuation. We also have to explain to the class why we chose this poem, and what it means to us. The Robert Frost poem was given to us. We have been reading it together as a class for five weeks. The Wallace Stevens poem I have to start memorizing now. So, I will be very glad for any and all tips for anyone uses for memorization. 

 

Here is my outfit post for the day. I wore this yesterday and my friend Dan took the picture for me. I still have issues with coming up with poses, so here is another one of me standing around like the dork that I am. :P 

Details

Shirt-Target

Jumper-F21

Tights-Target

Shoes-Second Skin's Etsy 

Necklace-F21 

To-do list:
Keep the apartment clean
Read short-stories from Alex (read one)
finish new poem
Pick out poem for close reading
Deposit check
Finish this week's homework
Trim bangs
Write Jessica
Buy food