Posted in Poetry on Jul 29th, 2008
Please forgive my long absence (if ya even noticed!) as I’ve not purposely neglected the Block… I’ve just been busy busy busy! Whilst feverishly sorting through things preparing for my upcoming move, though, I ran across this poem from April of 2005. I figured I’d share it, especially since poetry isn’t a realm [...]
Posted in Introductions, Poetry on Jul 1st, 2008
…and I’m slightly obnoxious.
Yah, I’m Jess. I’m 22 years old and live in Los Angeles with my boyfriend, Derek. He’s dead sexy. We’ve been together for about five months now. I own Lianhua.nu, which is sadly falling by the wayside because of my new job and classes and general lack of time. [...]
Posted in Poetry on Jun 23rd, 2008
Very often I have little phrases like these dancing through my head. I never know how to punctuate a poem. Here is my sorry attempt:
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I thought I thought,
But I didn’t think.
I knew I knew,
But I didn’t know.
I know what I thought;
I thought I knew.
Posted in Introductions, Poetry on Jun 22nd, 2008
I knew I would eventually have to introduce myself, but I was putting it off. There’s no task I find more difficult than writing about myself. I have to choose which insanity to include and which to exclude. Let’s face it:
If it weren’t for writing, I’d be a serial killer.
Hello! My name is Elyse West. [...]
Posted in Introductions, Poetry on Jun 21st, 2008
My name is Caitlin. I own and blog at thatgirlcaitlin.net.
I am a 24 year old living in Long Island, NY, about an hour from New York City. I am a recent college graduate with a dual major in mathematics and computer science. I aspire to take my education further at some point, but for now [...]
