Creative Writing is a very special process. It is the one process that begs us to dig as deeply down into our personal thinking life as we can, seeking and searching as we go, in order to feel, hear, see, and smell whatever awaits us there.
Professor Agran encourages us to glean courageously what we can from the tapestries of our own personal lives and to say it plain.
English 604-- Creative Writing: Poetry, Fiction, & Creative Nonfiction is a cumulative effort for the students in Professor Agran's summer class but we seem to be having fun at the same time.
We read a lot. We write much. We share every written thought we scribble with one another. Writing is a risky business but we are dedicated to the learning process, aspiring to become more...more articulate, more prolific, but we are also learning to become more patient with ourselves in this delicate balance.
Alicia Otis is a student in my Granite State College Creative Writing class. She is a highly motivated writer who enjoys the writing process as much as I. The following poem is written by Alicia as an assignment, but I think also as an enjoyable event in her young, free-spirited life:
For many people, the beach represents life lived in one way or another. The ocean is a source of solace for me after long arduous homework assignments from the three different courses I am taking this summer to complete my Bachelor's Degree in Language Arts at Granite State College.
Alicia's young free spirit is a reminder to me that I must stop and take a break, regroup, and begin anew.
By June of next summer I will be a Granite State graduate as I walk along the shores of my own precious North Beach. I miss her today but it will be worth every moment of study when I am holding my degree from Granite State College in my hot little hands one year from now. Revisiting.
So, thank you Alicia for gently reminding me of those past though not forgotten carefree beach days in my own utopic paradise!
Professor Agran encourages us to glean courageously what we can from the tapestries of our own personal lives and to say it plain.
English 604-- Creative Writing: Poetry, Fiction, & Creative Nonfiction is a cumulative effort for the students in Professor Agran's summer class but we seem to be having fun at the same time.
We read a lot. We write much. We share every written thought we scribble with one another. Writing is a risky business but we are dedicated to the learning process, aspiring to become more...more articulate, more prolific, but we are also learning to become more patient with ourselves in this delicate balance.
Alicia Otis is a student in my Granite State College Creative Writing class. She is a highly motivated writer who enjoys the writing process as much as I. The following poem is written by Alicia as an assignment, but I think also as an enjoyable event in her young, free-spirited life:
Paradise
I'm heading down a New Hampshire lane,
To my favorite beach in Maine.
Where big white waves bring in the tide,
And the horizon looks a mile wide.
I've got my flip flops, bathing suit,
And a tank full of gas,
I'm Carefree, but I have no cash.
Tourists crowd the sidewalk,
Buying lime green taffy makes them smile.
We park the car and start our long walk,
Sun tan lotion and beach chairs,
On every inch of sand,
This is my world of no cares,
Among the thin and tanned.
By Alicia Otis
To my favorite beach in Maine.
Where big white waves bring in the tide,
And the horizon looks a mile wide.
I've got my flip flops, bathing suit,
And a tank full of gas,
I'm Carefree, but I have no cash.
Tourists crowd the sidewalk,
Buying lime green taffy makes them smile.
We park the car and start our long walk,
Sun tan lotion and beach chairs,
On every inch of sand,
This is my world of no cares,
Among the thin and tanned.
By Alicia Otis
For many people, the beach represents life lived in one way or another. The ocean is a source of solace for me after long arduous homework assignments from the three different courses I am taking this summer to complete my Bachelor's Degree in Language Arts at Granite State College.
Alicia's young free spirit is a reminder to me that I must stop and take a break, regroup, and begin anew.
By June of next summer I will be a Granite State graduate as I walk along the shores of my own precious North Beach. I miss her today but it will be worth every moment of study when I am holding my degree from Granite State College in my hot little hands one year from now. Revisiting.
So, thank you Alicia for gently reminding me of those past though not forgotten carefree beach days in my own utopic paradise!
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