Ronald Edition #1: Magic Camera

What can your magic camera see?

Will it show you Carl in space?
Or Liza's epic battle?
Emily's magic camera says your eyes were full of stars.
Take a photo of Sawyer's chickens
As they run beneath Annabel's swing.
Or capture a moment at a dance not usually photographed (Sarah's nose kiss.)
(and here's Sav's)


(and when you're done with that, tell me what poem below says about me and my cats)
(this poem too)


The Cats

They walk through my house on litter box feet--
on my pillow
on the kitchen counter
across the dining room table.

They leave their hair everywhere.
Sometimes even in my food.

They stand behind corners of walls and
swipe at legs and feet as they go by.

They hiss at the dog.
She only wants to play.

They nuzzle but then bite visitors' heads and
think package ribbons and knitting yarn
are their toys alone.

They yowl in the house at night
chasing pom poms and drowning them
in the water bowl.

They throw up.
They always throw up.
And yowl until you feed them again.

They poop in the house.
In a box.

And then sometimes,
I'll come into a room to find Phoebe
wiggling on the carpet with her tummy to the sky.
She purrs as she wiggles,
looking innocent and sweet
inviting me to rub her belly.

And I do.

But sometimes it's a trap.
Leaving my hand with little tiny scratches by menacing cat claws.

SLCC Blog Carnival #5: Your human themes for this semester

Our big question for this year is this: How do you read the world to write your future?

Hopefully your research this semester will help you start to figure that out.

How do you write a future full of happiness? What role might control play in such a life? But everything changes, right? How will you ever hold on to your youth? Maybe if you stick together you can do it, despite the difference you will encounter in our crazy world. And then there's money, and the greed that comes with it. Plagued by fear and uncertainty, we'll all wander around, sometimes aimlessly. So look for the love and let it be your guide. Find your passion, collect your experience, question your opinions, and let it all be an adventure, life.

Read your world (and all the texts you get your hands on this semester) with the lens of your theme guiding your thoughts. See what you can find that will enable you to write your own future.

Tristan: happiness
Dana: control
Fenno: control
Addie: change
John: change
Riley: youth
Matt: together
Ian: difference
Kyla: greed
Joey: greed
Colman: greed
Erik: money
Anna: fear
Ben: fear
Ryan: fear
Madelyn: fear
Daelin: uncertainty
Eddie: love
Cecily: passion
Jane: experience
Mike: opinion
Nick: adventure
Emma: equality
Owen: ???????
Mallory: unsatisfied