Author Archives: lefnat18

Other Poetry

1.

 

To you,

the kid’s crazy

like stars’ dazzling sentence

purple, and

flashing internally

the moon as punctuation(.)

 

2.

 

Bow,

Sensei

 

3.

 

Earthen lungs,

the ground breathes

and blows kisses to the dragon in the sky.

Bow to this,

Sensei

 

4.

 

Fog intangible,

tangle me until

my first taste of sight.

 

5.

 

The sun cast shadows

and I was one of them.

Not a shadow.

Not a sun.

 

I was the casting

 

the lengthening of evening,

the coaxing of the chord

that makes the knot

come

loose.

 

 

 

 

 

W – Week 7 Log

February 17th (Santa Barbara)

2 hours: reading

1 hour: homework/writing

2 hours: walking on the beach

1 hour: playing music

February 18th (Santa Brabara to Santa Cruz, CA)

5 hours: driving back to Santa Cruz

1 hour: reading

.5 hours: writing

February 19th (Santa Cruz, CA)

2 hours: reading

2 hours: writing/homework

2 hours: exploring Santa Cruz on foot, walking on the beach

February 20th (Santa Cruz to Davis, CA)

1 hour: bus to San Jose

3 hours: train to Davis

2 hours: reading

1 hour: writing

February 21st (Davis, CA)

2 hours: reading

2 hours: hiking at Putah Creek with my dog

2 hours: writing/homework

1 hour: family dinner

February 22nd (Davis, CA)

3 hours: hiking at lake berryessa with two of my friends and my dog

1 hour: reading

February 23rd (Davis, CA)

2 hours: reading
4 hours: sister’s birthday party
1 hour: family lunch
.5 hours: writing/homework

 

Totals

This week: 42 hours

Cumulative total: 146 hours

Reading List:

the little prince, on the road, the i ching, the poetics of reverie, the hobbit

W – Week 8 Log

February 24th (Davis to The Big Sur, CA)

4 hours: driving

3 hours: hiking 6 miles

1 hour: reading

1 hour: journaling/homework

February 25th (The Big Sur, CA)

3 hours: hiking 5 miles

2 hours: reading

.5 hours: writing

February 26th (The Big Sur, CA)

4 hours: hiking 7 miles

3 hours: reading

.5 hours: writing

February 27th (The Big Sur to Davis, CA)

2 hours: hiking three miles

4 hours: driving

1 hour: train

February 28th (Davis to Olympia, WA)

18 hours: train

2 hours: reading

2 hours: composing multimedia

2 hours: homework

March 1st (Evergreen)

1 hour: reading

1 hour: homework

March 2nd (Evergreen)

1 hour: reading
2 hours: homework

 

Totals

This week: 58 hours

Cumulative total: 204 hours

Reading List:

On the Road, the little prince, the poetics of Reverie, the i ching

W is for Winging It

W is for Winging It

My passion that I am choosing to pursue during our month on is a search for freedom, adventure, and self. And I plan to wing it. I will be hitch-hiking through Washington, Oregon, and California with the goal of reaching Santa Cruz before beginning my return to Olympia. The general path that I’m envisioning is one that goes East from Olympia, down Eastern Oregon and Northeastern California, and across California’s central valley to Santa Cruz and the central coast. On the way back up to Washington I plan to travel along the Pacific coast all the way up to the Olympic Peninsula before completing the home stretch to Olympia. This month-long trip will be a solo one and I’ll be living minimally off of what I bring in my pack and a small amount of cash for groceries and supplies when absolutely needed. My mode of transportation will be mostly a combination of rides from others and walking, although I am open to the idea of taking a bus or two in case something goes wrong. I plan to spend at least 4 days of this journey on a backpacking trip in a wilderness area so much of what I am bringing with me is camping gear (tent, water purifier, lightweight stove, etc). Part of my project will include an internal conversation with Jack Kerouac about his book On the Road and its relation to my experience of being on the road.

I want to feel freedom, to gain a new confidence in myself and what I am capable of. I want to connect further with society, nature, and who I am and to get closer to discovering my place in it all. I want to step out and wing it. I hope to draw from this experience a greater understanding of the world around me as well as the world within myself. All that I am sure of regarding the outcome of this journey is that I will be changed in some way, and that I will have grown.

ABCs and 123s – weekly log and field notes

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Bachelardian Reverie

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Poetry

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Poetry Observed

Fall Term Paper Abstract

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