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Writing: a means of expression^
Poetry & short stories
- Why do oeople fed tbo dutre to
exprcu tbemdvcs throng*) « riling?
As sophon ore Xeaditk CcAb «platecd.
- Wi tins P°**y ssbfics my
need to have a lasting accomplisb*
out. li'^vec 7ne nnahiaf coocmc
that I IMVC dwiw to look back on."
Today there art msny people who
write poetry oc ihortswrics caber for
publication or (of their own penoctJ
enjoyment sad satisfaction. Bo:
when: [a history do the origins of
thue fonm nf « rinea tapnssiOD lie?
ftxtry has beat ased throoghou;
history by pcopk. wishing to express
themselves in • amww beyond the
ordinary uses of language.
Although one specific origin of
poetry on not be traced, it is thought
to nave bdonso! to ritual in early
agrinlmnl sodetki. parttcuUily in
ths form vf raatkal spdlft recitod to
costire a good naivot.
Poco/has evohol in tmry various
forms ranging trotu the nursery
rhyme* of Mother Goose to the epic
poems of Home, loetry today is
used tu Qtprcts a niie range of ideas
or crooctom but bi the past it was tued
primarily for religious purposes.
The origins of the ihort story are
quite different from, and yet (or easier
to trace than the orf j*os of poetry.
Prior to the nineteenth century,
short stories were not generally regarded
as a distinct literary form.
Despite this (act. shcrt fiction b nearly
as old as Unpnge itself in that it
stems from some of the oldest forms
of brief narratives: moralizing fairy
talcs, that myths, historical legends,
tad many more.
By Jason Mlati
Q.-sffiti. The dictionary define*, it
as inscrptions or drawings made on
• nxk or wall. At Lowell, we call it
the next best thing to wallpaper.
There b oo doubt that graffiti b
taking on a new and unique role in
society today, as b evidenced by the
increasing prevalence of graffiti on
campus. Lowell's benches, windows,
rcstrooms. athletic facilities and
dassrooms are displaying more socbl
r>ieuagcs now than ever before.
What's the meaning behind it all?
AsiUtaat principal Gloria
BogdanoCTs three years la the Sin
frucfero Unified School District
have provided her with mmy dors.
but not all the answers.
.^tj.iTiti seems to be more
prcrtlca In the big cities where there
are a Bomber of triuoc gjwiptV* she
rrs'-tt^ "I guess to some degree it's
a popoter group form of expression
became it can be somewhat artistic
but might abb hare > %ocial
masage."
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y e enrtowtm often t*r.**
a message of love, half, or fri nd*
ship, aid irfteo direct! Itself tow aM
-socjesy or (be govcraroent. Still,
oowever, tnrtft rcmautt a DWDbcx of
ahenadve forms, as LrwrcUtadeoti
observed last year fo'"ou-gtria*
vtyiai columns' written by ftnrv on
Some of the first written short stories
were those of the Bary*.unians and
the Canaanite* inscribed in cuneiform
on clay during the second rnilknniuTn
B.C. At the same time, short Egyptian
narratives were beta* composed
on papyrus.
the Old Testament also bokh some
of the oldest and most famous short
stories In the world.
The early Greeks added a new di*
raulon to short story writing by
nuking pfpiilir moralizing injure*
stories, many of which were later col*
lected as "Aesop's Fables." The c rly
Greek rtrmanccs also frequently
lock shape as a series of ebon tales.
At the time ui the Middle Ages.
there was an iacreatcd interest in iN;
short story, tt (hen experienced a *cnv
poruy decline in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries became of the
cniergeace of the novel.
The popularity of the short narrative
was regained in tfce nineteenth
cenrary with the birth of the modem
short stury.
As 9 writing style, the short story
b coroantly changing In addition to
the many obvious stylistic differ*
enccs. this b one of the major differ*
enccs between poetry and the short
story. Although there are many types
of poetry, as a style of writing, poetry
has many more iet way* than the
short story.
Also, where they are many different
rype* of poetry such as the epic,
limerick, nursery rhyme, and sonnet,
there a e no specific classifications of
short stories.
The people at Lowell who write
poetry and thort uorin arc %cry dedicated
to their work.
Graffiti
"It has unistic aspects but it can
also be really a social way of cortv
munica'ing," she continued.
"Groupi that aren't being listened to.
might tend to cxpreu ihcnuclvn that
way."
Ones Bojdanoff like graffiti? "It's
very prctry." the admitted. "But it's
not appropriate after I have worked
>ery hard to g*t pointers here, after
I've tried to clean and bcauttf) the
school. I juil *iih we could channel
it in a different way."
What about the other side of tbc
story? What about tbr graffiti crtists
One active graffiti artist on earnpos
informed The £*t*/U that he views
graffiti as simply uttber form of artistic
self-expression.
"It's just a way for writers to express
th-irouUool c-oiifc, wbcte k\
not just words. Ur a form of art»-.
well."
"If you've got a good Inokitg
piecr." the stuocot said, "it's
something people look up tn. You can
say. That's me, I did that,' and it's
almost tike a sums synbol.*'
Bogdanof f is looking for a w*y to
. curb the "problem" mat graffiti
poses oa campus, yet b financially
enable to do mccfa. "Yea can only
,.ufb.t! tc tepoln! tic b^iutmras so
many times tefore tbc nuncy runs
CO."
Shared Cobh, "I lie to wiite pod*
ry whenever 1 |U a chtnec. But I cannot
jtni say 'Okay, now it a' :.< to
writy poetry.* I have to fed it inside
or me and thea. when I feel I am
ready, 1 will vrite it"
The people who write poetry do so
for far more f.*rona) reawns than
those who write short stories.
As Ktucr Vicki Sullivan toted.
"My best poetry comes wit of really
stfocig craotiooi. I led tfwt it helps
me grt cry fceliogs out into the oocj
aid herps me to o-ii w-*h the problem
rationally."
Many poets feel that their work b
so personal 'Jut they do not waitf to
rove it fttblishcd.
"When I write paetry it b usually
either for tm xlf or for one other person.
It wouHI be loo ln*t*nonal to
bave it publbbed." renuirked juniur
Kim Griffith.
"There U also the frar that nut
everyone would apprricate C e wotk
thai b so much a part of you," added
Cobb.
For thote who do enjoy sharing
their poetry or stories wfch others,
there b 7V M>md, LUMCH**, tocrar)
magazine. According to Vicki Sullivan,
The Mjrud chairptscn, it b
"... at-eryfoutrvcpartofLawcil."
The members of The Myriad submit
their v.ork ami the poems or
stories are read akxind and ditorwl
at the meetings.
Ttrtieg to totktj'i tine.
Ve Uc* ifcrrsji Ae ewrjdiy awtcoxtt of cifloa.
Sarcdy iccag the crcwy nan-' passing M br
As we sre «rsjr»5d b ow cuo&nble. Bmbiaf tfcata
of trier.
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TACK a a enrage
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tn«*f i* aJto.' o cat man.
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Tbrj fetar bo BaoonbVs austo ot ,T*uJ
Tm dani|ed to ow *ork tpia.
.KM «c unto wfcy *t brake mj
Ai «e tit ia tae cdorVu nid tet i* IdL
Journalism
"You get tome really positive
feedback from iSc ducuuiom of ) t
izing tne story, and prccinting the purtaat role of journalists b "... to
mest aitical tacts before the krs itn- provide people with ioformation.
to portant ones. A trchrucally flawleu with general uifom»iioa about not
cogue in a form of an which they newt story can simply be cut to any only what'* gobg o=. b their Immed-
fed K a "more persoail" form of length—even down to the one-para* iate axmrawiry. but what** gotufoo
f J
graph Vtsd-and retain its lofornu* t on this pUact ... (jou*nattsm) is
After all. bow many tiara can we tiveness and coherence.
essential-it's tfcc first line r» tn/or-
repair the batnrooms?
Competition between major news* maiion tor muu people."
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