mystery stories-sharon krinsky

all of these stories evoke feeling and images. they are pretty descriptive, and very short. which for me makes my imagination run a little because my mind is not satisfied with the shortness of the stories. some parts of the stories make me ask why? like in the red coats, why did they wear 2 red coats? why 2 coats in general? was it cold? snowy?
the indian man is just really short, like a fragment of a longer story. it didnt seem to say much and just made me wonder what else could be or is going on.
i suppose thats the reason they are called the mystery stories.

survivors-kim addonixio

this is an interesting story, because this happens often when one person is sick and on their death bed. their significant other always seems to say, "take me instead". it makes sense i suppose that one person would be willing to take the place of the other. then there is the case of survivor's remorse after the significant other is gone, feeling that it should be them who was the one to go. having to deal with the family and everything that comes with a loved one dying is difficult, especially in a situation like the one in the story, where the family didnt approve of their lifestyle. then having to do something with all of their stuff. i think it puts in mind a difficulty that almost everyone has faced and puts another view on it.

More Ed Roberson

after talking more about City Eclogue in class the other day. discovered that there is a lot of poems that reel me in. although not having visited many big cities other than Detroit, most of his city references tend to go over my head.

Short story

The bar is dimly lit with, sports and alcoholic advertisements on the walls. Not the cleanest bar, one of those some would call “a hole in the wall”. The smell of booze and fried foods in the air, it is kind of loud with people talking over the music. Patrick walks in; he is kind of a regular going to this bar about 2 or 3 times a month. He sits at his regular table and orders himself a Labatt blue, his beer of choice. While sitting and enjoying his beer after a long week, one patron who is there about every night approaches him, Patrick cannot stand this fellow. The man is very drunk and ends up spilling Patrick’s beer all over him. He had to go home and change his clothes, deciding to stay home ending his night early.

Ed Roberson

after reading the city eclogue by mr. roberson i enjoyed how he is more modern than the last packet of poems were. some of his stuff was difficult to understand, but for the most part i could actually get through his poems and kind of enjoyed them, more than i thought i would. the selections we talked about in class were much more interesting after going over them and everyone saying what they thought what he was trying to get across or ment by what he said.
 the destroying of cities and buildings making them into rubble. all of them captured my imagination and i could see some of the things that he was talking about. i look for that ability when reading.
it would have been cool if i could have found the book and been able to read more of his poems, but you do what you can with what you have.