What can I say other than that I am bored out of my mind right now and feel like trying this sort of venting...can't hurt, right?
First of all, I got the idea for the title of my blog from the Bee Gees' song, "Words" (love that song!) where he sings, "Speak in everlasting words and dedicate them all to me.....Don't ever let me find you down cuz that would bring a tear to me" and ... "Words are all I have to take your heart away."
Anyway, this blog will be used for favorite poems and verses to songs as well as my own personal insights in relation to them. I would be happy to hear of other's favorites, too.
I found a compilation of poetry that I had done in highschool while going through stuff in my closet. I had kept it all these years because I received a perfect A+ on it! (I was so proud) The assignment involved finding poems we liked, a picture to go with each, a table of contents, and a personal take on each poem chosen. I am dating myself, but this was back when things had to be typed on a typewriter and so, if mistakes were made, one had to start over...unless one was fortunate to have correcting tape, which I UNfortunately did not. Anyway, I decided to see what poems I had chosen and my insights on them. Wow!!! I have to say, for a ninth or tenth grader, I impressed myself all these years later! I have had to read stuff from ninth or tenth graders nowadays and am, first-of-all, overwhelmed with the grammar and spelling errors, even though they have spell and grammar checks on their "word processors," and then it's as if no one cares to do a good job at school work anymore. Typically, I can tell when a student writes only as much as he/she has to just to "get by." There is no pride...it has been replaced with laziness...and encouraged by parents and teachers alike who are not willing to expect more from them! Did you know that even in college, essays are being accepted by professors that are in text abbreviations?! Give me a break....I seriously worry about our future if these are our future leaders! Students today are hooked up to things in their ears while texting away on their cell phones...oblivious to the whole wide world surrounding them...clueless, as if having the most songs stored on their ipods and having the longest cell phone bill is going to make them somebody. What's bad is this whole technology thing has spread to the adult generation, too. That commercial out there with everyone walking around like zombies, just staring down at their cell phones is so true. No one is able to communicate one-on-one anymore! And when they do...it's interrupted with a cell call or a text that HAS to be gotten.
Well, I guess I'm guilty of falling into the technology pit to some degree myself, since here I am plugging away on my computer instead of cleaning house or doing something else productive. Hey! At least now I can "word process" what I think instead of typing away at a typewriter!
