Either I've changed my mind, or become indecisive. Let's put it up for a vote!
You may or may not have noticed, but I've posted another letter nine. Within this alternate Universe you will find Ange receiving some advise from a caterpillar and then growing and shrinking by eating his mushrooms and she learns the secret to how the little crocodile improves his shining tail. . . . just joking.
This alternate letter nine is actually Ange's next letter, the one I told you before I wasn't going to post yet, (the one I tried to postpone because I didn't think it fit in the manuscript right at this point in time.) Perhaps it does. I'd like your opinion about it. Terrwyn which one should we choose?
This Nine or the other one.
AH. What do we do? Which one do we pick? Hmmm. You're going to have to delete one when you want to post Letter Ten.
If you don't mind, can you also review the Alternate Number Nine letter, make your usual or unusual comments and any suggestions to improve it. If it isn't letter nine, then it will be pushed back to letter eleven.
I edited the letter somewhat. No big changes mind you, just grammar stuff, and cutting out unnecessary words like 'over', 'up', 'it matted little', 'out', 'so' 'at first', etc. Please feel free to cut out any redundant words you find. Chop chop them all away. I'll pay 25cents for each word you take out.
This letter is ridiculously long, my longest yet. It's less like a letter and more like a narrative in 1st person. Can you think of ways to shrink it down? Also I wonder what time of year it is in this letter. I may have to investigate, write down the timeline or something silly like that.
Showing posts with label Caterpillars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caterpillars. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
A poety extra-extra-extravaganza
Oh King of Caterpillars
might I have a word?
How do you wiggle your way
through every night and day?
Do you ever hang around upside down?
Or climb to the tallest branch,
to the tip top leaf?
When you are tired,
do you sleep on a mossy bed
with a leaf curling over your head?
might I have a word?
How do you wiggle your way
through every night and day?
Do you ever hang around upside down?
Or climb to the tallest branch,
to the tip top leaf?
When you are tired,
do you sleep on a mossy bed
with a leaf curling over your head?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Gooseyness award nominations continued!
I have decided I have dallied enough with my real world toil and labor , and it is now time for me to attend to those things I have neglected on the stove and stick my finger into this pot of Gooseyness and add some spice of my own.
First, I would like to bring Tolkien into the mix and suggest we read some of his essay " On Fairy Stories". I think we have an idea what we think Fairy Tales are. It's always nice to see what other's have to add. Here is a link to a brief explanation of the essay: http://www.tolkien-online.com/on-fairy-stories.html
Angelbird set out on a quest. A Quest to find the silliest and most utterly ridiculous piece of artistic tomfoolery known to man, woman, child, small animal, and Caterpillar. ( I have heard these are very wise insects and so I am including them in my list of knowing persons. The reader will notice that I have excluded dolls, fairies, nymphs, and smallish magical creatures in this list as trying to find something ridiculous to them is much harder than finding it for the above mentioned characters as I only known a handful of fairies and dolls...well dolls tend to change their minds so often that, when all is said and done, I am not sure I know them very well at all.)
To recap, I am recalling the guidelines through cut and paste that Angelbird so diligently set out:
A Gooseyness Award should be given to anyone or anything who is silly, scatterbrained, or acts in utterly ridiculous manner.
The nominee can be a movie, a book, a character, a picture, a song, etc.
The nominee should be highly entertaining, worth sharing with others.
Fairy-Tale related is a bonus.
After you nominate someone(something)you need to share a description about why they deserve a Gooseyness Award.
If the other person isn't familiar with the nominee, then they should try to read, watch, etc in order to decide yay or nay.
My nominations for the Gooseyness award are as follows:
The Sore Feet Song. I think this song is an excellent contender for the coveted prize of Gooseyness because it is a pretender song-- deceptively serious sounding, the ridiculous lyrics mock the whimsical melody. The irony makes the song ridiculously entertaining.
The next nominee, I think, is a little bit more in line with the fairy tale scheme of things. It's what I would fondly dub " THE ULTIMATE RETELLING OF SNOW WHITE ( and other such tales):
A coming of age tale for a young woman, using all the elements of a fairy tale and playing with the tools of the trade ( magic mirrors are excellent ways to travel through worlds, and magic bean that grants you a surplus of wishes to name a couple), 10th kingdom blossoms in the art of the ridiculous while still telling a very engaging story.
I am very fond of my third nomination as my fiancé introduced it to me. It was a childhood favorite of his and I think, a delightfully captivating story with lighthearted moments. I experienced the animated medium instead of the book medium. Apparently, the animated version was an Oscar nominee!!!!! But the book and illustrations are also captivating in the simplicity. And you are dying to know, aren't you?
http://www.thesnowman.co.uk/home.htm
Raymond Briggs also has a nice website and you can experience the spirit of the book and some of the fabulous music from the animated version. I have included the link for your viewing pleasure.
The final nomination includes two characters from the very quirky book by Martin Millar entitled The Good Fairies of New York: Heather and Morag, two Scottish punk rock band fairies who, after a night of too much Whiskey, wake up to throw up in the apartment of an antisocial, overweight, unpleasant, slob, located in..... New York City. Yes. New York City. Not...Scotland.
What happens there can only end in the bizarre and happy as the fairies try to work good deeds which, inevitably lead to more trouble than good.
A Quirky read. The language is more fun to read than the story. But Heather and Morag take the cake as characters, and certainly are scatterbrained and silly enough for the award. I can't spoil the end, but how much more silly can you be as punk rock band scottish fairies........
I don't know.
Unless you are a punk, rock band...cowboy.
First, I would like to bring Tolkien into the mix and suggest we read some of his essay " On Fairy Stories". I think we have an idea what we think Fairy Tales are. It's always nice to see what other's have to add. Here is a link to a brief explanation of the essay: http://www.tolkien-online.com/on-fairy-stories.html
Angelbird set out on a quest. A Quest to find the silliest and most utterly ridiculous piece of artistic tomfoolery known to man, woman, child, small animal, and Caterpillar. ( I have heard these are very wise insects and so I am including them in my list of knowing persons. The reader will notice that I have excluded dolls, fairies, nymphs, and smallish magical creatures in this list as trying to find something ridiculous to them is much harder than finding it for the above mentioned characters as I only known a handful of fairies and dolls...well dolls tend to change their minds so often that, when all is said and done, I am not sure I know them very well at all.)
To recap, I am recalling the guidelines through cut and paste that Angelbird so diligently set out:
A Gooseyness Award should be given to anyone or anything who is silly, scatterbrained, or acts in utterly ridiculous manner.
The nominee can be a movie, a book, a character, a picture, a song, etc.
The nominee should be highly entertaining, worth sharing with others.
Fairy-Tale related is a bonus.
After you nominate someone(something)you need to share a description about why they deserve a Gooseyness Award.
If the other person isn't familiar with the nominee, then they should try to read, watch, etc in order to decide yay or nay.
My nominations for the Gooseyness award are as follows:
The Sore Feet Song. I think this song is an excellent contender for the coveted prize of Gooseyness because it is a pretender song-- deceptively serious sounding, the ridiculous lyrics mock the whimsical melody. The irony makes the song ridiculously entertaining.
The next nominee, I think, is a little bit more in line with the fairy tale scheme of things. It's what I would fondly dub " THE ULTIMATE RETELLING OF SNOW WHITE ( and other such tales):
A coming of age tale for a young woman, using all the elements of a fairy tale and playing with the tools of the trade ( magic mirrors are excellent ways to travel through worlds, and magic bean that grants you a surplus of wishes to name a couple), 10th kingdom blossoms in the art of the ridiculous while still telling a very engaging story.
I am very fond of my third nomination as my fiancé introduced it to me. It was a childhood favorite of his and I think, a delightfully captivating story with lighthearted moments. I experienced the animated medium instead of the book medium. Apparently, the animated version was an Oscar nominee!!!!! But the book and illustrations are also captivating in the simplicity. And you are dying to know, aren't you?
http://www.thesnowman.co.uk/home.htm
Raymond Briggs also has a nice website and you can experience the spirit of the book and some of the fabulous music from the animated version. I have included the link for your viewing pleasure.
The final nomination includes two characters from the very quirky book by Martin Millar entitled The Good Fairies of New York: Heather and Morag, two Scottish punk rock band fairies who, after a night of too much Whiskey, wake up to throw up in the apartment of an antisocial, overweight, unpleasant, slob, located in..... New York City. Yes. New York City. Not...Scotland.
What happens there can only end in the bizarre and happy as the fairies try to work good deeds which, inevitably lead to more trouble than good.
A Quirky read. The language is more fun to read than the story. But Heather and Morag take the cake as characters, and certainly are scatterbrained and silly enough for the award. I can't spoil the end, but how much more silly can you be as punk rock band scottish fairies........
I don't know.
Unless you are a punk, rock band...cowboy.
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