WINTER BREAK

For this winter break I will be pretty busy. I will have wrestling practice to attend and plan on working out a lot. I also have to practice guitar for worship team at church. I hope to hang out with my friends a lot and possibly have another Dr. Pepper night. This Saturday, there is a Christmas caroling thing at the mall for my church. A bunch of us will just go there for a couple hours and sing Christmas songs and hopefully reach out to some people. Also, next Wednesday is the church Christmas party. We will be eating food and giving presents to people. Wrestling should be during the weekdays and from 9-12. So it kinda sucks that I have to wake up earlier than I do for school during the break. Basically I hope to be pretty busy this break with fun activities and with my friends.

Poetry Out Loud

My poem is Flood: Years of Solitude, by Dionisio D. Martínez. I believe it is about the poet losing someone close to him and he has to live the rest of his life in solitude(hence the name) and is very alone in everything he does. I can connect to this poem because I have lost someone very close to me this year. And it sucks because every second is spent thinking about that person and nothing anyone can do will cheer you up, because all you want to do is be with that person.
I will intend to recite this poem with a serious nature. This is not one of those happy ryhming poems with a musical beat to it. It is a serious poem about loss and lonelyness. I will match up the very nature of this poem with my facial and body expressions. Not moving and having a monotone voice is a good fit with this poem.

Poetry Out Loud

Part One:
1. Grief
2. God's Grandeur
3. Tree, Immortal Sails
4. The Star, Flood: Years of Solitude

Part Two:
Out of the five poems I read, my favorite is Immortal Sails because it reminds me of pirates and living for the moment. I actually did not read a poem that I did not like. If I had to choose one of those poems to study, I would pick Flood: Years of Solitude because it is a sad poem that seems to have more meaning behind the words. I can personally connect with this poem because it is talking about someone who is by themselves and lonely and I have been there.

Part Three:
The two criteria that will be easiest for me would be the physical appearance and the voice and articulation because it is pretty easy to just talk loud enough for people to hear (you should anyways) and to stand still in front of the class. The two criteria that will be hardest for me is going to be the dramatic appropriateness and the level of difficulty because I chose a pretty easy poem I think and I am not an actor and cannot look excited in front of a crowd.

Part Four:
Stanley Andrew Jackson, Gregory Corso- This was a successful performance because Gregory used a lot of dramatic appropriateness and the level of difficulty was high I thought. He also recited it perfectly and boldly
Kareem Sayegh, The Moth-Man- This was a successful performance because Kareem had really good articulation and a clear voice. He also was very dramatic with his hands.

Part Five:
After doing all of this I am not excited for poetry out loud. It brought back bad memories of doing it in the past. The competition doesn't really matter to me. I just want a good grade. Although it would be sweet to get some extra credit. I am going to memorize Flood: Years of Solitude. I chose it because it was short, simple, and I could relate.