May 2010
2 posts
Story Found
Tandem Story
This assignment was actually turned in by two of my English students:
Rebecca … and Gary … English 44A, SMU Creative Writing Professor Miller In-class Assignment for Wednesday: One of you will then write the first paragraph of a short story. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story. The first person will then add a third...
January 2010
1 post
November 2009
1 post
September 2009
6 posts
Epitaphs
Barbara Howard
I was Young and restless,
Loved fun and all other
Even my brother, Gilbert.
To whom I would tell all
Even my dislike of Anna Osle.
Her soot- stained clothes,
Her stench of fish,
Her hair always putrid.
How I could not stand the sight of her.
Yet as I lay looking,
Unable to be seen,
Over all engraved crosses,
I see Gilbert and Anna
Together since I left.
Why would he...
Lapsus Linguae
Marcus: Who invented the light bulb?
Javier: Franklin Benjamin!
Javier: OMG is that a screen-touch?
Defendant, defending his own case: Did you get a good look at my face when I stole your purse?
(he went to jail)
letter of excuse for being absent: My child could not got to school because I took him to the doctor to get shot.
August 2009
22 posts
July 2009
9 posts
WW2 short history →
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If you tried to fail and succeeded, which one have you done?
June 2009
13 posts
Friends
how can we be so cruel? How is it possible that we treat our fellow beings like this? we use them for companionship, food, clothing and entertainment. the better off are the ones used as our “friends” even though we sometimes abandon them after theyve given us their all. A man once said that “dogs were the first to ally themselves with us in the midst of that chaotic...