http://blank-verse.com Blank verse is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. In English, the meter most commonly used with blank verse has been iambic pentameter. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:55:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan, contain North Korea and Iran, and solidify ties with onetime Russian allies.From tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and even warships, the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/09/14/gun-runners/ The walls of our windows are shut to the threatening world without and within. The sign on the street corner reads "criminal beware neighborhood watch in effect." The white wooden walls of our garages provide a window of opportunity for us to enter our moving metal wall. As we back out of our drywall house, we stare through ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/08/24/new-poem-draft-2/ Today, at the end of the first day of my nineteenth year of life, I am embarking on a project that can be best described as adding drops to a bathtub of memories, one drop a day. Everyday, I will be taking one photo of personal significance of either myself ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/08/03/a-photo-a-day/ Look at your eyes So full of so little hope Father always said we see ourselves in our dogs I see your tender eyelids Now closed. A small pool of saliva slowly forms I see the fan's subtle breeze Rustling your light hair And suddenly I wonder How still life is. http://blank-verse.com/2008/07/30/untitled-2/ I am fiddling around with some themes for my next poems. (Wow has it been 11 days since my last post? Unbelievable.) It seems like the only time I actually write is when I am unhappy with the state of things. Case in point: today I got chewed out at ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/06/20/ideas/ Well, now that I am finally getting into the groove of a summertime job, I'm going to be writing - consistently. This journal and my creative talents have been neglected for too long. Truly, life feels so empty without words to represent it. I hope you enjoy my return to ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/06/09/working-title-objects/ in America. http://blank-verse.com/2008/06/03/i-believe/ Horray for the end of another semester, new experiences and memories, and of course, a new portfolio. There are three pieces in this one, and none of them are in any intended meter. (If that's what you're looking for you might be disappointed.) Check them out and let me know what ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/05/11/portfolio-two/ Today I dreamt of a huge airlift of helicopters evacuating the children of the Texas polygamists. Then I dreamt of an confident Chinese Olympic qualifier losing to his female counterpart. Then I dreamt of waking up in the midst of thunder in a very small and decripet room. Only one of ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/04/20/dreams/ My personal outline of the views expressed in the first two chapters of On Liberty: 1.      Exercise of Opinion (liberty of the press) a.       “the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth produced by its collision with error” b.      “all silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility” c.       “few think it ... http://blank-verse.com/2008/03/30/genius-according-to-js-mill/