This was written as a class assignment to take a non-literary piece of writing as a point of inspiration for a piece of creative writing. I used the beer menu from my local brew pub!  he was half gentleman, not beast an ever charming sentinel marked by his military bearing she found him to have an awake mind full of blue-eyed soul … Continue reading Surrender to Decay

This was written as a class assignment where we needed to take a non-literary piece of writing as a point of inspiration for a piece of creative writing. I used the beer menu from my local brew pub! I had a lot of fun with it.   he was half gentleman, not beast an ever charming sentinel marked … Continue reading Surrender to Decay

  He was half gentleman, not beast an ever charming sentinel marked by his military bearing She found him to have an awake mind full of blue-eyed soul relentlessly dry sense of humor She was sanguine in his presence reminiscent of aromatic cedar spice gently sturdy traditional complex earthy She declared him lord invader of her precious heart   She was imminently crushable satsuma orange wildflower honey a dizzying array … Continue reading Surrender to Decay

This is was one of my favorite Creative Writing Class Assignments last Spring.  The idea was to write a poem incorporating language from another "non-literary" text.  I used a beer menu.  Hope you enjoy. He was half gentleman, not beast an ever charming sentinel marked by his military bearing She found him to have an awake mind full of blue eyed soul … Continue reading Surrender to Decay

The week's Creative Writing Class Assignment: write a text using language from a pre-existing documents. You can add your own language, erase the language in the original text—do whatever you want. It might be more interesting if you choose a document/text that is "unliterary" in nature—a legal document, a law/decree, advertisement copy, etc. Consider this … Continue reading Surrender to Decay #RomanticTuesday