{"id":698,"date":"2016-10-19T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/?p=698"},"modified":"2016-10-19T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T20:04:58","slug":"ugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/2016\/10\/19\/ugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugh."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve tried so many different lines<\/p>\n<p>and written words on top of words down on this sheet.<\/p>\n<p>But i\u2019m about to have a break down<\/p>\n<p>if this Wednesday evening shakedown<\/p>\n<p>causes other class\u2019 work to be incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It says, \u201chaving a blast\u201d<\/p>\n<p>but alike examples are all escaping<\/p>\n<p>and this newly-prepared poem<\/p>\n<p>looks like a bottom-feeder\u2019s scrapings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How can I use \u201cbone dry\u201d<\/p>\n<p>in a sensible sounding sentence?<\/p>\n<p>I tried to do this as a poem<\/p>\n<p>and now all i feel is repentance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is a measuring cup a gerund and noun?<\/p>\n<p>How can I make a sequence<\/p>\n<p>of smoothly electric adjectives<\/p>\n<p>balancing clarity and infrequence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is this poem better<\/p>\n<p>than the poems of my peers?<\/p>\n<p>I learned that \u201cthe election politics<\/p>\n<p>are annoying for people\u201d this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whats that have to do with this?<\/p>\n<p>I still haven&#8217;t figured that out.<\/p>\n<p>But wikipedia said, so it must be true!<\/p>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t nominalize \u201cargue\u201d<\/p>\n<p>or whine or cry or pout.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you know who is actually<\/p>\n<p>a better poet than I?<\/p>\n<p>Realistically everyone<\/p>\n<p>but i like it<\/p>\n<p>and furthermore, I try.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Poems are often fun<\/p>\n<p>when you don&#8217;t have to sift through information.<\/p>\n<p>But if i don&#8217;t post something soon<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019ll kick me out<\/p>\n<p>for my insubordination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m almost done this poem<\/p>\n<p>though it may not make much sense.<\/p>\n<p>So Kendrick let me sleep in class<\/p>\n<p>know I\u2019ve tried my best<\/p>\n<p>in my defence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wish someone<\/p>\n<p>would do all this work<\/p>\n<p>and just give me the A<\/p>\n<p>but teaching people to fish is better<\/p>\n<p>then buying them a McFillet &lt;\u2014(sarcasm)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I guess i\u2019ll sit here moping<\/p>\n<p>while crying out, \u201cwhy me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Screw the last two lines<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t feel like doing<\/p>\n<p>a metaphor or simile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve tried so many different lines and written words on top of words down on this sheet. But i\u2019m about to have a break down if this Wednesday evening shakedown causes other class\u2019 work to be incomplete. &nbsp; It says, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/2016\/10\/19\/ugh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43683,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}