Jun's second piece "Haiku of four different seasons"

Author’s Note:

I wrote 4 haikus related to the four seasons with photos.

It was the first time I wrote a Haiku in English. It was difficult to express my feelings in short sentences or words, but it was really fun.

I felt I like writing a haiku in English more than in Japanese.

 

I want to thank Mark and my classmates, Ryoko, Nozomi, and Saaya, for giving me some comments and advice to rewrite more clearly what I want to express. Thank you very much!

This is my second piece↓
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dz_19elOm1U5xqjtDlvoKBN4j8V64lFAoFg6Wu0D7YM/edit

Saya's Second Piece "TSUNAGU: Who Do You Want to Meet Again?"

I wrote a book review for the second piece. This book is written by my favorite author. I had been recommended her other books by my mother and had borrowed many books by her, and she lent this book to me, too. When she lent it, she said “I’m sure this book will be trigger for you to recall a person.”
As she said, it reminded me of my grandmother. I cried when I finished the book. As I wrote in the review, I want to meet my grandma, because I really loved her.

But I have no idea whether someone will come to see me after my death. Even though I have many friends, family, and many people around me, I’m not sure they will want to see me again. So I want to live to be the one whom someone hope to see again. I don’t think I must have many people who think so, but I hope only one person thinks so. Then, I imagine, I will probably be able to say “my life was so happy” when I die.

I saw the movie yesterday, and I wrote a reaction to the movie in my blog, too.

While I was writing the piece,Mariko and Mark gave me some advices. Mariko gave me suggestion to add some explanation about the story, and Mark said that I could add my personal answer for the question (who I want to meet). So thank you Mariko and Mark!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XPkoK4DuMgnH9eUOazg4YXRrsOQQv1StWR-UQ9Qy_3Y/edit

Preparing for the Final Class on 11/12 Monday

Hi everyone,

We have two more classes and here is the plan.

11/7 Wed
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After my explanation about how to finish up the course, this will be our final free working day. Please find partners to do peer collaboration for brainstorming, revising, editing.

11/12
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In this final class, each writer will share a little writing (favorite sentence or line), and/or also share a little about what you learned about writing or about yourself as a writer during this course.

Please prepare for that by finishing your 2nd or 3rd piece, and doing the final fixed blogging topic on the syllabus.

I'll also ask for your cooperation with a final anonymous online survey on this course, which can be done by email after the final class.

Finishing Up
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This class never finishes, in the sense that I hope your writing will continue as a long-long endeavor. Also, you are free to publish anything on this website and your blog any time you like, even after the course finishes.

The most important thing, as Kathleen mentioned, is that you keep writing down your thoughts and experiences day to day, and have a sensitive awareness to human life.

I hope you will do that.

If you are curious about your grade (as I often was when I was a student), just send me an email after the final class 11/12. I will be grading based on effort and engagement in three areas: 1) participation, 2) blogging, and 3) the process of publishing.

If you are worried about failing, please send me an email IMMEDIATELY and I will let you know if you still have a chance to do a minimum within the next 5 days. Those who have been frequently absent should definitely contact me. It may be too late already, but we may be able to come to an agreement if you have been doing some of the blogging and publishing work.

Mariko's second piece

Author's Note: It is a mysterious poem.

Every day I watched dream while I was slept. In this poem, I express a dream. Therefore, this poem is very mysterious. I do not understand this poem actually. So, if you read this poem, you do not think about this poem deeply. Please imagine freely. I think that all creation such as novels, dramas, poems and something like that do not have one interpretation. So, if you have an interpretation to this poem, this interpretation is right for you.

Thank you for Yumi, Saya and Mark!!

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1-y6M-bK4VDi9GzY87g1TPe0PthbxfSY7u82X9J3M1eM

Nozomi's Second Piece "Midnight City" (Poem)

This is my second piece.
I wrote four poems each paired up by a picture.
The background picture is where I originally got the inspiration of the poem for, so please take the poem and the picture together as a piece.
I would like to thank Mark and Ryoko for discussing with me about my piece.

Yumi's second piece

Author’s note

I wrote extremely short story like a poem.

This is about solitude.

I sometimes write these things in Japanese.

Choosing suit words in English was difficult.

Thank you for Megumi, Shoto, Mark.

 

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NBXvDX9Kn9isH8IV8xV-AdUYrd3Q0nLorNMhbefmdh4/edit#slide=id.p13

Thanks from Kathleen in response to your comments

Hi everyone, Kathleen had technical difficulty posting a comment, so I am posting this here on her behalf. Mark ------- Dear YOU Students, Thank you all for your thoughtful and very kind remarks. I tried to send you a response but I'm afraid it didn't work. However, I've been thinking about the things you wrote. It's amazing to me that you're so interested in writing in general and in writing particularly about yourselves in the world. It's never easy, but from my point of view there's nothing more important because writing reminds us of what is human in ourselves, what is human in everyone. Thank you making me feel so welcome in your class. I hope you'll be able to continue writing - in whatever way you like - your entire lives. Kathleen