rant rant rant poeta rant rant
im suddenly missing the simplicities of pidgin on paper, as i read through poeta. i really dont have too much to say about everything, but here i am clack-clacking away at my keyboard, in full effort to not once again neglect our friendly blog. sometimes i wonder if anyone reads my blogs - i mean my presentation in class is nothing short of a witless wonder, so once again if you find yourself wasting time clicking on what "frankfish" has to say....thanks.
i think im irritated with poeta...i think im irritated with poetry as of late. It just seems like all the poems i read in college reek of this newly popular almost cliched negativity. I'm starting to wonder if complaining will someday become worn out just like the old love poems that seemed to be so popular back in the day. what will poets have to write about if they cant talk about the moon or how the politics irritate them like a terrible rash that just wont go away.
i dont know maybe im mixed on the matter, perhaps im just grumpy because i worked late last night and im up this morning finding myself perplexed by the words on the paper...but i cant help but feel that this format is beginning to exhaust itself fast.
Despite the fact that im ranting about anything and everything @ the moment...i suppose this book serves the purpose that is intended were all here to learn about how writing reflects and almost (sometimes) births change in society. This book writes about the time it exists, with its references to war, and the mistreatment of natives. It seems as though many things i read in college have some form of political undertone...but is that what shapes an era? its politics and those that complain about it? im slowly coming to realize that this seems to run rampant in many minds. an era is shaped by politicians in suits, togas, whatever. i dont even know where im going with this. i should end on something interesting so a reader wont die of brain implosion.
hows this (it pertains to filipinos)
did you know the .45 caliber hand gun was invented and utilized against filipino villagers? Conquerors needed a bullet with stronger stopping power because the crazy filipinos kept getting up and charging even with injuries due to previous firearms (i learned this from the history channel)
i think im irritated with poeta...i think im irritated with poetry as of late. It just seems like all the poems i read in college reek of this newly popular almost cliched negativity. I'm starting to wonder if complaining will someday become worn out just like the old love poems that seemed to be so popular back in the day. what will poets have to write about if they cant talk about the moon or how the politics irritate them like a terrible rash that just wont go away.
i dont know maybe im mixed on the matter, perhaps im just grumpy because i worked late last night and im up this morning finding myself perplexed by the words on the paper...but i cant help but feel that this format is beginning to exhaust itself fast.
Despite the fact that im ranting about anything and everything @ the moment...i suppose this book serves the purpose that is intended were all here to learn about how writing reflects and almost (sometimes) births change in society. This book writes about the time it exists, with its references to war, and the mistreatment of natives. It seems as though many things i read in college have some form of political undertone...but is that what shapes an era? its politics and those that complain about it? im slowly coming to realize that this seems to run rampant in many minds. an era is shaped by politicians in suits, togas, whatever. i dont even know where im going with this. i should end on something interesting so a reader wont die of brain implosion.
hows this (it pertains to filipinos)
did you know the .45 caliber hand gun was invented and utilized against filipino villagers? Conquerors needed a bullet with stronger stopping power because the crazy filipinos kept getting up and charging even with injuries due to previous firearms (i learned this from the history channel)
posted by frank cabacungan at 1:00 PM
1 Comments:
I love the history channel. Where else would we learn crap like this? :-) I think I'll check and see what's on it right now!
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