Plasma notes

This is poem I tossed off for a creative writing assignment, but I liked the way it came out, so I decided to share it. There's no real themes or messages here; it's just a funny little poem about plasma. Enjoy!

Normandy Poem notes

Okay, this one I started working on shortly after I got back from France while I was in Austria, then it just sort of sat there for awhile until I finished it up today. Basically this is an attempt to express some feelings I had while visiting the cemetery at Omaha Beach. I don't think I need to add much more to that.

My first experiment with Anapestic Tetrameter, which, if all goes well, I'll be obliged to use quite a bit in the future.

The Last Artist notes

Okay, this is the first poem I'm posting here; I wrote it while I was in Austria, mostly while waiting for class to start. It's intended as a tribute to my favorite artist, William Adolphe Bouguereau. It seemed to me that here was a classical artist of the renaissance or baroque school (although I don't know enough about differing art styles to specifically label him) who lived after his time had passed; the impressionists, post-impressionists, cubists, and 'they-just-don't-seem-to-care' artists were taking over and he was the last great one of his breed. It's written in the Ballad format (which I find to be the easiest and most fun to write in).

Just a side note: I don't want people to think that I hate impressionists and the like; I don't. I generally enjoy Van Gogh, Monet, and their ilk, and I find Dali's stuff to be fascinating in a nightmarish kind of way. The thing is, for me, they're generally curiosities and 'one-shot' fads; their fine on their own, but I'm disturbed by their techniques taking over the art world completely. I much prefer the more 'traditional' artists like, well, Bouguereau.