#8 Haiku-Doodle-Doo

Welcome back to the blog, fellow poets. This week, we're just going to get a glimpse at the huge world that is poetry. To get you into it a little, you're going to write some haiku for the blog. A haiku is a very short poem with one simple topic for each. Traditionally, Japanese haiku were about the seasons, but you can do yours on whatever you wish. The following are the rules:

1. You must write 3 haiku, which are all tied together to one theme (i.e. three colors, three seasons, three stooges, etc.) It is not a bad idea to title your blog with your theme. Example: #8 The Seasons.

2. There are three lines to each haiku.

3. The first and third lines are 5 syllables each.

4. The second line is 7 syllables.

Be sure to have one idea per line; it is extremely difficult to write a successful haiku when one sentence bridges more than one line. Here is an example from the movie Fight Club:

Worker bees can leave

Even drones can fly away

The queen is their slave

As for your comments this week, you are to write one haiku which also goes with the original poster's theme of three. So, if someone posts three about summer, winter, and fall, you might write one about spring. Get it? For this week, comment on anyone's blogs; however, you must comment on one person's blog from Block 1 and one person's blog from Block 2. Have fun.

#7 Not Your Average Tuesday

National Talk Like a Pirate Day. William Shatner's Birthday. Haunted Refrigerator Night. Mario Day (It's on March 10, because it looks like M-A-R-I-O spelled out when you write "mar 10").

Since we're discussing holidays this week--and we'll soon be celebrating one as a class--it's time for you to come up with your own. So, for this blog post, make up your own holiday and write about it (at least 15 sentences). What are the traditions? How do people gear up for it? How do they decorate? What is the historical background of this holiday? Write about the true meaning of your day and all the other things we talked about in class.

For your comments, discuss how you would most like to celebrate the person's holiday (at least 8 sentences).

Block 1:

Group 1: Alpha Amber Wolf, Lady Blue, & This Blog Should Be Anonymous

Group 2: arbol44, Peace and Love, & tomorrowiswaiting

Group 3: Blogx, Potter, & wayzatacreative

Group 4: changeinapocket, Princess Sparkle, & Zoolander

Group 5: Checkers, Rock Fan, & zzzxy

Group 6: CoolKCato & Sisu (choose one other to comment on)

Group 7: Graffiti the World, i like turtles :), & Some Dude

Group 8: Hawk Eye 777, iloveanime, & spark 32

Group 9: Highway Star, junior2010, & Squarish Square

Block 2:

Group 1: About21ninjas, Gobl1nmast4r, & smiley

Group 2: Alice, k of the milky way, & stargazer

Group 3: alle, laranail188, & Stinky Toes

Group 4: Anonymous Blogger, Mindfreak, & StrawberryCake

Group 5: Butterfly, Montag, QB1991, & Ursa Major (just do 2)

Group 6: catastrophebyassociation, One Moment Can Change Everything, & Scrappy Coco

Group 7: Darken Rahl, one x, & Sgirl

Group 8: Dually x3, porcupines and potato salad, & Shiny-sama

#6 They Oughta Have a Law

Greetings, creative writers. Even though I was sick today, there's still a blog this week. Even if you don't notice until I tell you on Tuesday, you'll still have until midnight on Wednesday to get this done.

As we continue to explore creative nonfiction, I'm going to give you the chance to pass any law you like. Come up with something that you think should be a new law. Write at least 15 sentences to explain why this is law. Now's your chance to outlaw aviator sunglasses. Or make people take an IQ test before they're allowed to have children. What about having line-cutting punishable by law? Whatever you want, no matter how ridiculous.

For you commenters, write at least 6 sentences stating whether you would vote for this law or against it. Also, if it passed, would you break it? Would you do so on purpose? Don't forget to explain yourself.

Oh, and remember to comment on my post if someone in your group didn't write an entry. Keep in mind that you're responsible for commenting on someone's even if someone in your group didn't do it.

Here are the groups:

Block 1:

Group 1: Alpha Amber Wolf, Peace and Love, & spark 32

Group 2: arbol44, Potter, & Squarish Square

Group 3: Blogx, Princess, & This Blog Should Be Anonymous

Group 4: changeinapocket, Rock Fan, & tomorrowiswaiting

Group 5: Checkers, runcarnyrun, & wayzatacreative

Group 6: CoolKCato, i like turtles :), & Zoolander

Group 7: Graffiti the World, iloveanime, & zzzxy

Group 8: Hawk Eye 777, junior2010, & Sisu

Group 9: Highway Star, Lady Blue, & Some Dude

Block 2:

Group 1: About21ninjas, One Moment Can Change Everything, & smiley

Group 2: Alice, one x, & stargazer

Group 3: alle, porcupines and potato salad, & Stinky Toes

Group 4: Anonymous Blogger, QB1991, & StrawberryCake

Group 5: Butterfly, JB24, & Ursa Major

Group 6: catastrophebyassociation & k of the milky way (choose one other blog to comment on)
Group 7: Darken Rahl, laranail188, & Scrappy Coco

Group 8: Dually x3, Mindfreak, & sgirl

Group 9: Gobl1nmast4r, Montag, & Shiny-sama

#5 Monster Mash

Halloween is coming, and we've been studying speculative fiction, so get those imaginations going! For this blog, you are to create a new creature. Write at least 12 sentences about your beast. Describe what it looks like. Where does this animal live? What does it eat? Give examples of behavior. Tell us all about it, and don't forget to name it!

For your comments, write about how this creature would do as a pet. Write at least 8 sentences. Here are the groups:

Block 1
Group 1: Alpha Amber Wolf, Princess Sparkle, & tomorrowiswaiting
Group 2: arbol44, Rock Fan, & wayzatacreative
Group 3: Blogx, runcarnyrun, & Zoolander
Group 4: changeinapocket, i like turtles :), & zzzxy
Group 5: Checkers, iloveanime, & Sisu
Group 6: CoolKCato, junior2010, & Some Dude
Group 7: Graffiti the World, Lady Blue, & spark 32
Group 8: Hawk Eye 777, Peace and Love, & Squarish Square
Group 9: Highway Star, Potter, & This Blog Should Be Anonymous

Block 2
Group 1: About21ninjas, One Moment Can Change Everything, & stargazer
Group 2: Alice, one x, & Stinky Toes
Group 3: alle, porcupines and potato salad, & StrawberryCake
Group 4: Anonymous Blogger, Gobl1nmast4r, & Ursa Major
Group 5: Bob Smith, JB24, & QB1991
Group 6: Butterfly, k of the milky way, & Scrappy Coco
Group 7: catastrophebyassociation, laranail188, & Sgirl
Group 8: Darken Rahl, Mindfreak, & Shiny-sama
Group 9: Dually x3, Montag, & smiley

A Couple of Things about the Blog

Hello Creative Writers!

If you're having trouble reading text on my blog because it is invisible or only half-visible, try clicking on the text and highlight the missing portions. They should appear. I don't know why my blog does this nor why highlighting works, but hey, let's go with it. Hooray for technology!

On another note, I had to remove a RUUD (spelled incorrectly on purpose) comment from my blog. Not only was it insulting to people in the class, but this person chose to be so anonymous he or she did not even sign in with a user name, but simply "anonymous." I won't tolerate unconstructively mean writing on the blogs, especially when someone is too cowardly to say who he or she is. This is NOT an invitation to rewrite the comment with your user name. You know who you are. That said, please enjoy this week's blog assignment (next post down), and here is a picture of a unicorn (they're real, you know):

#4 Where Can I Get One of Those?

After such a long hiatus from the blogs, are you ready to go shopping? For your new post, write an advertisement or sales pitch for an impossible product or service. Remember to come up with something theoretically possible--or something in the early stages of actually happening-- and try to sell it to your fellow bloggers. Think along the lines of flying cars, personal time machine tours, or memory erasure (like in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

Be sure to include the following:

• Minimum 12 sentences
• Name of product/service
• Description of product/service
• Available choices for product/service
• Price
• A picture would be great! So would links!

For your blog comments, let the seller know whether you would or would not purchase the product or service as advertised. If you would buy it, explain what you like about the product or service and what you would do with it. If you would not buy it, explain why not, and what changes would have to be made in order to purchase it. Write at least 5 sentences.

Here are the groups:

Block 1:
Group 1: Alpha Amber Wolf, Rock Fan, & Zoolander
Group 2: arbol44, runcarnyrun, & zzzxy
Group 3: Blogx, i like turtles :), & Sisu
Group 4: changeinapocket, iloveanime, & Some Dude
Group 5: Checkers, junior2010, & spark 32
Group 6: CoolKCato, Lady Blue, & Squarish Square
Group 7: Graffiti the World, Peace and Love, & This Blog Should Be Anonymous
Group 8: Hawk Eye 777, Potter, & tomorrowiswaiting
Group 9: Highway Star, Princess Sparkle, & wayzatacreative

Block 2:
Group 1: About21ninjas, one x, & StrawberryCake
Group 2: Alice, porcupines and potato salad, & Ursa Major
Group 3: alle, Gobl1nmast4r, & QB1991
Group 4: Anonymous Blogger, JB24, & Scrappy Coco
Group 5: Bob Smith, k of the milky way, & Sgirl
Group 6: Butterfly, laranail188, & Shiny-sama
Group 7: catastrophebyassociation, Mindfreak, & smiley
Group 8: Darken Rahl, Montag, & stargazer
Group 9: Dually x3, One Moment Can Change Everything, & Stinky Toes

Please Forgive Me