May 6th
4 hours Reading Poetry and the of the Senses (Susan Stewart) and A Dirty Smell of Mangoes (Ernesto de Souza Pochito
2 hour Writing and Editing olfactory poems
May 7th
4.5 hours Creating poems
2 hours reading assorted Proustian texts
May 8th
3 hours Writing/Journaling on smell and memory
3 hours Reading and researching “Proustian” work
Many 9th
2.5 hours Editing, formatting, revising poems from earlier in the week.
1.5 hours Journaling/creating poems around scent
2.5 hours Reading de Souza Pochito
May 10th
2 hours Reading de Souza Pochito
2.5 hours Creating poems, editing poems
1 hour Editing Cento poem from class week 5 (Tuesday), piecing together bits for a Cento from My Poets
May 11th
2.5 hours sifting through pictures from childhood and writing down scents associated with memories
3 hours Reading online articles about Marcel Proust, researching Proust
May 12th
2 hours Writing/Editing poems
2 hours Journaling for my Midnight Chapter
1.5 hours Reading Proustian texts
1.5 hours Reading (re-reading) Susan Stewart
Totals
This week: 40 hours
Cumulative total: 40 hours
Reading List:
Poetry and the Fate of the Senses
Remembrance of things past
A dirty smell of mangoes
Proust was a Neuroscientist