From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V1 #48 Reply-To: eda-thoughts@smoe.org Sender: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk eda-thoughts-digest Monday, June 8 1998 Volume 01 : Number 048 Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: for your approval... [JonBoy911@aol.com] ET: Re: the writing process ["Seth D. Fulmer" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 02:30:34 EDT From: JonBoy911@aol.com Subject: ET: for your approval... I wrote this tonight. I was reading the journals at Borders and myself and 2 others were discussing tenses, and how we dwell on the past, or focus on the future, while we are being hit by a truck in the present. This is draft 2, and isn't finished, but we can pretend. :) Dwelling on the Future 6/6/98 One day I will be upon my bed filled with sadness and death, Upon this far away mattress I will run my right fingers through my curly hair for a final time, And then I will close my eyes and grin, For the past will no longer dwell, as the future vanishes from sight. I will be in an exstatic state as I glance back, then up. Then I will say, "No matter what, I did the right thing." Then for one last time I will laugh, And for one last time I will love, And the day will end, and a new one will begin, And a new child will be born. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I still think it is pretty rough, and I smoothed a few edges as I typed it, but I am still not TOTALLY happy with it. Well, tell me what you think. ;) Love Me, Jon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 20:18:56 -0400 From: "Seth D. Fulmer" Subject: ET: Re: the writing process At 04:03 PM 6/6/98 -0700, you wrote: >> How do you write your poetry? Well, I try not to go a day without writing down my thoughts, feelings, etc...even if it's just trivial stuff like: "Well, I dunno...this girl today winked at me...She's kinda cute, but I'm not sure if I should go with it or just take it with a grain of thought...Also, I'm failing all my classes, and to top it all off, my parents are on my back" That's not true, but that's the sort of stuff I write...whatever's on my mind. Sometimes, it comes out as poetry...and sometimes I might be walking along to, from, or in the middle of class and start thinking about some topic(usually love, hate, or a combination of them both). A lot of times, I'll start with a line that works and I need to write my emotions down, so I use the line as a starting point... Like the other day I went to bed in a massive state of mania(it's the opposite of depression...like excitement, happiness) and woke up the next morning with an extreme depression. I had to go to the lab to do an assignment but the lab was closed, so I just sat there outside. Then, I thought of this line and worked from it...here's the poem that I came up with in like 10-15 minutes(probably shows too in the skill): "In Torture, Pain, and Sweet Suffering" by Seth D. Fulmer The love of my life has gone to shit Oh why oh why must fate be like this? In solitude I come to fate's front door It denies me entrance and tells me to grow My willpower's ended; life must now end In Hell, the promises we keep are dead For demons whose masters' promises they keep are quickly banished from hell post haste To be in Hell, you must have betrayed, or lied or cheated or stolen or maimed an innocent, poor soul like me for instance That bastard of a whore was really quite slick But that's really understandable; I gave her my heart What can one do but crush it to hell She hates when I speak; It's a chill through her bones I love when she moves, her motion like Mozart She'd stab me in the back if I gave her the chance She's done it right once; Why not do it again? Oh why must I keep coming back for more punishment I really am worse than a child But maybe Fate likes to see me this way In torture, pain, and sweet suffering Seth Fulmer A.K.A. "The Angel that thinks too much" mailto:usfulmer@mcs.drexel.edu Cool Quote of the Day/week/timeperiod of your choice: "And I'm sorry I didn't always have a match That could start a fire big enough for your heart to catch." - Jewel Kilcher ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V1 #48 *********************************