Friday, October 31, 2014

Celeb Poetry? What I've Learned...

CELEBRITY JEWELS
 
Our Celebrity Poet Today is....Iggy.
 
The next one is a surprise...
let's see if we can find some advice in this one.
 
 
Iggy Azalea: 'You basic bitch, get out my face.'
 
There's a lot of not so special people out there, especially lots of un-fancy people out there. Don't tolerate it, and its ok to be angry about it. Basic people are the worst. And at least people with bad habits are more interesting. Basic bitches shouldn't even be near fancier people.
 
Iggy Azalea: 'Fuck you bitches, you ugly bitches. You stupid bitches, you dummy bitches. You dusty bitches, don't touch me bitches. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.'
 
It's ok to be a germaphobe, because 'bitches' be dusty, and there are a lot of them. You don't want them touching you because then you'll be dusty. And they are so stupid, that they're also dummies too; they'll insult your intelligence. Also, you're going to meet a lot of these types of women.
 
Iggy Azalea: 'My world, rhyme vicious. White girl, team full of bad bitches.'
 
In her world, you have to rhyme to be vicious. Maybe use a little bad, offensive language to show people you're tough. Also, in Iggy's world, everything rhymes. It's alright to actually spit when you rhyme and rap because you're being doubly vicious. And, it's good to have other 'bad bitches' surrounding you to help with catfights. Iggy is an equal opportunity employer, you just have to find bad bitches to take orders and protect you. Also, having bad bitches around you, ensures that men will be near your group and the basic girls will disappear.






A segment of poems dedicated to celebrities coming soon...

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

How to Write a Book Entirely from Notes



Well, I'm in the process of editing my book. (Yay!)

It's a parody of the various, repetitive elements in the Young Adult genre that have gotten ridiculously popular.

Anyway, I've gone through a lot of  frustration and stress in completing said project, and have learned a lot on this writing journey.

And it still isn't complete since I intend to write more books and stories.

One important tip I will impart on you dear reader is taking notes.

It seems simple enough, but those simple notes can be a powerful tool to finish your novel a whole lot faster.

Not many utilize the note to its greatest potential, at least that was the case for me. I had a few notes here and there, but I didn't see how it could make the writing process even easier to tackle, which can be pretty difficult at times.

I really wish I would've adopted this method sooner.

 
The things you'll need and the procedure:
 
Get a journal strictly for note-taking.
 
This journal will be entirely dedicated to notes and pieces of dialogue that might be of use later; you should roughly order the notes in how they will appear in your story, and their importance. So, try to put the most important notes for the plot first, and the less important notes can be designated for smaller scenes.
 
The notes in your journal will give you a quick sketch of how you'll craft your scenes and dialogue later, making it easier to do.
Sometimes when you're writing, at least for efficiency purposes, you want to quickly write the story down so you can edit it for the final draft; this can't easily be done if you're writing whole dialogues and description from the start, which will take longer without the guiding principle of notes since this can lead to getting stuck or having Writer's Block.
 
Once you have organized and quick notes about your characters, scenes, and the dialogue that would fit the characters and scenes the best, to ad nauseam, your chances of experiencing Writer's Block are reduced. Notes are the best way in simplifying the complexity of our fictional worlds and finding good ways to describe it.
 
Here is a good example of the method:
 
NOTE JOURNAL: NOTE #1 (IMPORTANT PLOT NOTE)-Emily hates her Mother-When she suddenly goes missing under nefarious circumstances, Emily takes the opportunity to replace her mother as the matriarch of their home.
 
WRITING JOURNAL, ENTRY#1: CHAPTER 1-'Mommy goes bye bye if you don't give us 50,000 in cash.' For a few minutes, Emily just stared at the note. No tears. No yelling. No worry. Emily's eyes spanned their living room and the adjacent kitchen not even a foot away, and a slow smile spread across her face. The tears that didn't come when reading the letter, came up upon realizing that the whole place was now hers. The best inheritance present ever, and all of it gotten by petty thieves and amateur kidnappers. The number 50,000 dollars disturbed her mind. They could've asked for more; whatever the amount, she wasn't willing to pay it. 
 
When you have digestible bites of information to work with, it's easy to expand on it, instead of writing dialogue and description and not knowing what to really do with them until the editing process occurs. With notes, it's easy to map your novel out, chunk by chunk.
 


Saturday, August 23, 2014

12 Signs that You And Your Partner Are Star-Crossed Lovers

 
For comical purposes

“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet    

    Your parents can't stand your partner.

    You guys have different zodiac signs (ha ha!).
    Different hobbies, say you're a ballerina and he's a street dancer. Vice versa.
    If you're human and your partner is a vampire, or some other beast that only needs love to transform back into a human, or something human-like.
    Something negative and completely out of your control happens every time you guys meet. For example, people you know and those you don't know break out fighting around you two. Also heavy rains, etc.
    Both of your families can't stand each other.
    One of your friends falls in love with your partner, then chaos and a possible love triangle ensues, making it harder to decide who should be with who.
    You guys don't see each other often because your schedules never really permit it.
    You're rich, she's poor. Vice versa.
    Your job feels more important than your partner's.
    Society looks at your relationship with shock, because it's not 'traditional.'
    You have skeletons in your closet and secrets that threaten to tear the relationship apart.

If you've checked at least 7 of these, you guys might be star-crossed lovers, but if you work at it you could still make it work.

Friday, August 22, 2014

A song from me to you-My Propaganda Song (Chiraq remix)

 
This is a song I did, hope you enjoy. More to come in music and poems. 
 


My music name is Logics.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Getting a Little Fancy: Fancy Tip

 
 
What's more fancy than French?

They do begin with the same letter.

I don't know much of the language, but I do know something neat about the culture: a piece of their poetry..

Rondelet.

Rondelet means round, and its a quaint poem that I think could be bragged about if people know how to do it right.

I'm going to show you one of my rondelets so you can get an idea of how to do it, which I will explain in more detail a bit later.

 
Here is my Rondelet:
 
She lacks in grace
As she dabs along misty eyes
She lacks in grace
Make-up and laces lost her face
Relied on Television lies
Plastic mask one of the first buys
She lacks in grace

The Rondelet has seven lines altogether. The repeating lines, 'She lacks in grace' are called refrains. The refrain is a constant thought throughout the poem that hits the point home and ties all the information together in the other lines. The refrains are 4 syllables and repeat three times in the poem, in the first line, third line, and the last line, which is the seventh line.
  
All the other, non-repeating lines, are 8 syllables long.
You have to follow the rhyme scheme for it to be authentic though. Just look at the rhymes (purple and blue-colored) at the end of each line, and see if you can find the pattern. Enjoy!
 
 
Rondelet Rules Shown:
 
She (1 syllable) lacks (1) in (1) grace (1)= 4 syllables
 
As (1) she (1) dabs (1) along (2) misty (2) eyes (1)= 8 syllables
 
She lacks in grace= repeating line, 4 syllables
 
Make-up (2) and (1) laces (2) lost (1) her (1) face (1)= Another 8 syllables
 
Relied (2) on (1) Television (4) lies (1)=Another 8 syllables
 
Plastic (2) mask (1) one (1) of (1) the (1) first (1) buys (1)
 
She lacks in grace=repeating line, 4 syllable
 
 
 



Nikki's Anaconda and Butt Obsession Salute



Songs can be poetry too. Why wouldn't they be? They both share verse, rhymes, some clever word play, and they make the ordinary, as a most beloved teacher once told me, into something extraordinary, funny and insightful.

Also, a song is just a poem accompanied by music.

Because there are so many topics people can discuss daily, its great when a poet/artist can approach a new idea or maybe something old, and make it unique and relatable to us. They end up putting their own creative spin on it, adding new insight and perspective. For example, there are many poems that talk about the beauty of tall, 'wise' trees. Wise is just another word for old when it comes to a tree, but it also means that the tree has been around so many years and seen so many things, that its historical and beautiful in its old and steady strength.

But I'm here to say that Nikki Minaj's song Anaconda, is a question mark to me.

It makes me scratch my head and shake it, because the song is another level of vanity.

It's a song literally dedicated to her butt.

Can anyone truly relate to this?

Or be inspired by this?

It could've been an empowering message for women to accept who they are and their bodies, if it weren't for this very exclusive line.....

'Yeah, he love this fat ass, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yeah! This one is for my b****es with a fat ass in the f**king club
I said, where my fat ass big b****es in the club?
F**k the skinny b****es! f**k the skinny b****es in the club!'


Also, I thought poetry and song was supposed to spiritually lift you. I don't see that happening with this one. If anything, I think it might make someone self-conscious, especially if they don't have big butts....

'My anaconda don't want none
Unless you got buns, hun'