a poem as a place
that I can situate myself in
somewhere between abstraction
and soul, where thoughts and
meanings are created and misused
over and over again.
Thank you for reading my writing! I hope you will return in the future!
-Alina
What to Expect: Book Reviews and Reflections
I plan on writing up some reviews/reflections on a few of the following books this month. I have yet to choose which ones from this list of what I am currently reading.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry by Robert Pinsky
Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf
Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture by Per Faxneld
I am really leaning towards a reflection of Wuthering Heights for sure and a review of Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry.
-Alina
Free Hand #93 (Occupying Space)
I occupy a space
quiet and disconnected
observing the clouds against
the changing colors of the sky
as the sun dips down
into the hills. I reach out
in hopes that there is
another space for me
somewhere else.
Thank you for reading my writing! I hope you will return in the future!
-Alina
University of Utah Student Dead After Carjacking
Today classes are canceled at the University of Utah due to the death of student ChenWei Guo last night during a carjacking in the Red Butte Canyon.
The suspect, Austin J. Boutain, is still at large and police are searching.
The University of Utah’s President released a message in response to the event. More information is provided by The Salt Lake Tribune in the following article, http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/10/31/shots-fired-near-university-of-utah/ as well as The Daily Utah Chronicle http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2017/10/30/shooting-red-butte-canyon-puts-u-housing-lockdown/
This a tragic day for the Salt Lake City community and the University of Utah. Support for students is provided in counseling centers all over the UofU. Everyone is impacted by this senseless act of violence. My deepest condolences to the family and friends of ChenWei Guo.
-Alina
UPDATE: Austin J. Boutain was found and taken into custody yesterday.
Free Hand #92 (the crack in the wall)
The crack in the wall, it begins to tear
and crumbles over the years. Th pain fades
and chips off in large chunks, littering the floor.
Continual decay.
Thank you for reading my work! I hope you will return in the future!
-Alina