My final four favorite animated poems are Tornado Child, Nights on Planet Earth, Weighing In, and Lake Echo, Dear.
My final two were Tornado Child and Nights on Planet Earth. I liked the repetition of the line "I am a tornado child" and the darkness and intensity of that poem. In "Nights on Planet Earth" I like the descriptive words for the aspects of nature because they are thought provoking and interesting.
The final poem that won the bracket challenge was Tornado Child because I like the story it tells and the deep feelings it shows.
Tornado Child by Kwame Dawes
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
3 Minute Fiction: Friendly Skies
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134795550/friendly-skies
I like this story about a flight attendant who meets a pilot on a loud and uncomfortable airplane ride. The two share some meaningless conversation and misunderstand each other and go their separate ways at the end. I liked the way I could picture the characters even though there was hardly any description of each of them. I pictured the flight attendant with her bloodshot eyes and a wrinkly uniform because she is going through a hard time in her life. I pictured the pilot to be an attractive man in his blue and silver uniform that didn't match the pilots of that plane ride. In this 3-minute short story, a lot was said about each of the characters and I found myself wanting them to be able to talk to one another and I was frustrated with the chaos of the complaining people on the plane because it prohibited the two passengers from carrying on a simple conversation that could have been something more.
I like this story about a flight attendant who meets a pilot on a loud and uncomfortable airplane ride. The two share some meaningless conversation and misunderstand each other and go their separate ways at the end. I liked the way I could picture the characters even though there was hardly any description of each of them. I pictured the flight attendant with her bloodshot eyes and a wrinkly uniform because she is going through a hard time in her life. I pictured the pilot to be an attractive man in his blue and silver uniform that didn't match the pilots of that plane ride. In this 3-minute short story, a lot was said about each of the characters and I found myself wanting them to be able to talk to one another and I was frustrated with the chaos of the complaining people on the plane because it prohibited the two passengers from carrying on a simple conversation that could have been something more.
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