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Tonight I entered a Poetry Slam at my University, and although I didn't win, it was a good experience.
Mostly because I normally get so nervous when doing these things, particularly in public.

I did come back richer by two bottles of wine, and although I don't drink, I am sure I can find some use for them.
The poems I read are the recent ones posted here, and my favourite by Michael Ondaatje- The Time Around Scars.

It was also nice to hear live poetry, which I was surprised to hear that it was mostly things people had written themselves.
I also cannot complain that it was nice and quiet in the union for once.

I hope they do more, and that in future there is a bigger and better turnout, particularly from the writing students!

When the rest of the world is dead
Unruly thoughts keep me awake
Alone in the prison of my bed
My eyes begin to twitch and ache

Unruly thoughts keep me awake
The motions of the day in flight
My eyes begin to twitch and ache
To ease the pain I arise and write

The motions of the day in flight
When the rest of the world is dead
To ease the pain I arise and write
Alone in the prison of my bed

Yay, thanks to temaris I finally have an account.
In theory I'm going to use this mostly for scans_daily posting and commenting, but I figure I can repost my Blogger stuff as well.

I have had a good and very successful day. Firstly a good scriptwriting class. My outline and premise had some decent feedback; it's onto the script and pitch now. Instead of a lunch break I participated in a flash mob with the Performing Arts students making a giant game of human Snake. In the afternoon I had a Poetry/Prose class, where I gave a presentation on narrative voice in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, and looked at the forms of the sonnet, triolet and pantoum. As I didn't feel upto writing a sonnet just yet I opted for a triolet and pantoum, which were received well.

Good times. Whee.