alone-not lonely

I like to walk on lonely streets at night.
And talk. And walk. And talk again.
With someone whom I know wouldn’t bite
me when we converse, both insane.

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Reader-Response Theory Notes:
The poem seems to talk about insanity and a twisted explanation of being alone but not lonely. In the first part of a poem, we can see that there is a common rhyming scheme of ABAB. However after that part, the poem suddenly transforms into an odd series of remarks that suggests the state of insanity. The reader is somehow placed in a situation where the shift of the form gives way for the impact of the poem.

orb

I would buy
a small black box, tied
with a red ribbon, tight
and secure. And inside

instead of a shining
little engagement ring to
bind you to
me, I will

place a round orb
neatly placed in the
center like a mother
of pearl in her shell.

I no longer need
to be devoured by the
image of

your body,
your face,
your smile.

So take the shiny
wet and slimy
eye

that
you may
see me.

Psycho-Analytic Criticism Notes:
It is obvious in the poem that the orientation of the speaker is somewhat unorthodox. His reaction of being unseen by the person whom we suppose he admired the most is a suggestion of his being eccentric. His literal answer for him to be seen is the resolution emphasized in the poem.

of pigs and coins

Why can’t it be square or triangle?
I remember Bonifacio and the tamaraw
in the octagon before, I liked it
better than today’s little round tokens.

Round and round the circles they
roll as they reached the ground
when they fall, from my the pig
coin bank upside-down, stabbed

by a little butter-knife on the
little hole where the round little
coins seem to come out more than

come in, some dull some shiny.
I wish they were not round and
smooth so the stern faces of dead
heroes who fought to be in the coins

will have reason to frown in the dark
bowels of the smiling butchered pig.

Marxism Notes:
The speaker of the poem is a child which explains the focus on the childish details of the coins and the piggy-bank. However, the child has given his opinion of the matter of poverty as he declares that he wish that the coins are not of round shape. This suggests his resentment to the idea of cycle of money. He’d rather that the coins were simply kept hidden in the piggy-bank.

the kiss

Bottle on the
table, half-filled
with water.

Thirsty Amy
approaches the
bottle.

Her lips touch
the opening and
she drinks.

Jim shows up
smiles. She has
kissed him through

The bottle of
clear mineral
water.

Structuralism Notes:
The structure of this poem is somehow derived from the example of John Donne’s metaphysical poem The Flea. In this case, the conceit is actually the bottle of water in the table that both Amy and Jim partook of. Despite the differences of the form, there are still structural similarities like the male’s will to dominate the female and the phallic symbol which is the bottle also suggest meaning to the poem.

not travelling

Here’s another one of my most favorite poems by master ee cummings. I remember my classmate Aaron presenting this poem in front of our class for our American Literature Class. I have to hand it to him. Even our professor, Dr. Genevieve Jorolan-Quintero remarked that the way he performed it was so good that it felt that it was the poet cummings himself was reciting his poem to us. A big hand for Aaron!  

somewhere i have never travelled

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me,i and
my life will shut very beautifully,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands

ee cummings

of shops and carts

If ever I do have my chance to sell some of my products, which I hope would be lots and lots of books instead of my stamp and coin collections, I would definitely be in need of the best shopping cart software there is. It’s like the newest and hippest way for merchants to sell their products online.

It works the same as the simple contraption it’s named after: the shopping cart. And a lot of people has been giving their opinion about the shopping cart software saying that it’s quite efficient and convenient for their business transactions. It’s a real great tool for business both large and small.

Learn more about this shopping cart software and try to grab the opportunity of using this new innovation to your advantage! It’s time to learn new things like this ecommerce software to improve ourselves in the fast pace of technology. Let’s open our eyes now.

live tv

Blogging has stepped up a notch as this new site hosts what people around the world like best: Live TV!

If you’re the video-streaming kind of person, try minimizing all windows and start checking out a live show from Blog TV. It’s new! For me, at least. It’s a the site where all you need is your computer and a webcam and you’re good to go to showcase your talents through live show.

The site’s design is more or less like that of YouTube. It’s got easy-access shortcuts to any video you’d want to join in. There are many varieties of videos to choose from. Everywhere you’ll see a live broadcast. And when I say live, I mean live. You can actually chat with those on the other side of the camera.

See for yourselves.