Poetry...

Good day everyone! How are you all doing today?? Have you been having a good week? Anyone feeling fluish??? No?? Okay, well, I am not going to blog about the Swine Flu today. I am tired of hearing about it, actually. Unless we are all going to crawl into a hole until it blows over, I am going to continue to live on!!

This month (unbenounced to me) was Poetry Month. In honor of that, I thought I would do a little bit about poetry. I love poetry and have a poetry blog site (I will mention later). Unfortunately, I have not had very much time to write lately. I am hoping to change up some of my routines in order to fix that problem.

Anyway, here are the questions that I am supposed to answer. I hope you enjoy and feel free to express your opinions too!

Take from:

Do you have a favorite poet?
I have a few: Chritina Rosseti, John Donne, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Shakespeare and my favorite John Milton.

What is your favorite poem?
Paradise Lost or Rime of the Ancient Mariner

What poetic form/s do you like the best?
Any... I have no preference.

Will you carry a poem in your pocket today?
Perhaps I will find one to carry. That would be fun to do. I think I will...

What poem?
I am not sure. I will find a short one that I like.

With whom will you share it?
With my husband, kids, my mom, my Guides

Do you write poetry?
Yes I do. I have since elementary school where I won a writing contest and got to go to a writing conference and my poem was read to a whole bunch of authors at a luncheon.

Have you participated in Poetry Month?
No....

Did you write at least one poem per day?
No I haven't because I did not know about it.


How about writing a poem today?
I will post on on my poetry blog site. Please click here: http://write-room.blogspot.com/2009/04/wonderously-small.html

Manic Monday: Summer Job, Bad dates...

Snowing again. When will it be Spring? I hope soon. I am tired of this weather.

Emma did not sleep well last night and then she had a huge temper tantrum in the middle of the mall. (Lying on the floor, kicking, screaming, crying...You get the picture!) It is lovely having a two year old again... NOT!!

Here's a little something fun in my rought day!!

What's the best summer job you ever had?
One summer I worked for the company that Jonathan works for, when we lived in Edmonton. I was in charge of putting their new catalogue together. I learned a ton of things about computers, programs and publishing. It was great, albeit slightly bad for my eyes!!

Tell me about the worst date you ever went on.
That would be the date I went on with my first boyfriend to Calaway Park. He decided to tell me that they were moving away to Edmonton while we were on the top of the Ferris Wheel. (How romantic!!) That was very sad because it was my first boyfriend.

Or there was the time that I went to a Rod Stewart concert with my horrible boyfriend in grade 12. We sat on the floor and Rod proceeded to kick and throw out soccer balls during the concert. One of them my boyfriend caught and said, "I'm going to give this to my mom..." Yeah...He was a keeper... NOT!!

Do you think the age for a driver's license should be raised (currently 16 here in the U.S.)?
I think it should be raised, even in Canada. I doubt it ever would be. We do have graduated licensing here in Alberta now, but it still would be better if teens couldn't drive...

A Saturday Blogthingy: My Personality

This one is pretty much dead on. I like to think of myself as compassionate, but I am way too rational for that!! And yes, I do tend to speak my mind, which tends to get me into trouble.

Your Personality Is Rational

You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas. You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy! Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people. In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally. You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought. Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals. In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent. At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia. With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well. As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly. On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.

The Three Question Personality Test

We are off to swimming lessons in an hour or so. I get to swim with Emma and Aidan is repeating the same course he did last time. He is like Jonathan and does not really like to swim so much. Emma is my fish! As long as he has some skills so that he can swim without drowning. That's all I ask for. No pressure to be the next Olympic Swimmer.

Friday Fill-ins!!

1. Apparently there's some sort of _____ rule that says Calgarians must have snow until June.

2. Is wishing for a warm and _____ sunny day.

3. 2009 _____ has been less stressful than 2008 so far.

4. God said let there be light and _____ that was it.

5.For too long I've been _____ saying I am writing and not doing it. I am going to change that this weekend.

6. I am not obsessed with _____Fringe; I am not!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _____ hanging out with my husband after the kids go to bed (I love that time), tomorrow my plans include _____ swimming lessons and working in Promiseland at church and Sunday, I want to _____get up early and do some writing, and make a nice supper for my parents and watch The Amazing Race (go Margie and Luke!)!