"Fluorescence" actually intrigued me. Throughout the opening of the book, I was really confused. I wasn't quite sure how to interpret what I was reading. As the book went on, the author seemed to jump between what happened and what was happening before and after the event that inspired her idea to write the book this way. It was as if she was just as scatter brained inside her head and she was in the book. I like the way Jennifer led into the the first section by attempting to explain what exactly it was she was going to give more details about the situation.

The way she interpreted the conversations that happened between the passengers and her thoughts inside her head. I especially liked the way she was trying to help us envision what she was seeing by describing it with just enough detail to help determine what it was. The way she laid out the poems made the feeling of the book stronger and more intense as she went. It was an interesting concept and layout for the book.

I'm sorry this post is late! But, over last week, we discussed sonnets out of the poetry packet. I especially love Shakespeare's sonnets because they're interesting and complicated all at the same time. They aren't hard to understand, but you don't get the meaning of them right away. It takes time to get to understand them. There are a few sonnets of his that are right to he point, such as, Sonnet 130. He blatantly describes his mistress as ugly, but in the end he wraps up the sonnet by saying that all her ugliness doesn't matter because he still loves her no matter what she looks like. In Sonnet 116, he describes love as if it doesn't exist because anyone can be fooled. The way he writes his sonnets and poetry dumbfounds me. The way he can rhyme and still stay in his chosen pattern along with iambic pantameter is astounding.

Moving onto Ted Berrigan, I love the way he plays with the layout of the poetry, such as Sonnet XV. How he wrote the sonnet to where each line had continued in a mirrored fashion. He made it to where someone had to look closer at a poem rather than just look into it the way it is. Usually, many people seem to believe that poetry is all the same, there is no way to add variety. Ted Berrigan proves that poetry can be played with just as much as any story can. I also love the way he writes poems and builds them off of each other, or off of someone else's quote, like in sonnet LV. I thought it was amazing.

Although I wasn't there all week, I still pretty much got the idea of what we were working on throughout the week. I do not know all of which was discussed on last Tuesday, but I still love the way each author had their own unique way of portraying the message they were trying to get across.

Introduction

Hi! My name is Miranda. I am currently a freshman at EMU. My major that I am going here for is Special Education for Elementary students. So far, I am looking forward to my future. I also have a part-time job of working about 24 hours a week. I am a commuter also. I recently became engaged back in June, and I found out not too long ago that I am also pregnant with my first child. I cannot say that English or writing is my strongest area when it comes to education, but I know I am pretty good at it. I have a hard time interpreting some things if its not written out right in front of me. I am really looking forward to this class. I hope it helps me out and stregthens my imagination and also strengthens my skills in writing itself.