"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring a two-pence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever noticing it." - C. S. Lewis
You were a wise man, Mr. Lewis. This is my standard.
So this is where you get to learn about me. Well, you might as well know that I am a seventeen-year-old girl named Anna, and I'm fairly normal aside from the fact that I like Russian literature and have a deep distaste for romance. I don't generally consider myself a poet because most of what I write is horribly forced, but for some reason, I keep writing poetry. I'd like to say it's because I'm inspired, but in truth, sometimes I'm just too impatient to spend a few weeks writing a story when I could write a poem in thirty minutes. I hope to grow out of that particular inclination. Anyway, I always enjoy hearing what others think, even if it's criticism, so don't be shy. The most you can do is break my heart and confidence--nothing too important.
You were a wise man, Mr. Lewis. This is my standard.
So this is where you get to learn about me. Well, you might as well know that I am a seventeen-year-old girl named Anna, and I'm fairly normal aside from the fact that I like Russian literature and have a deep distaste for romance. I don't generally consider myself a poet because most of what I write is horribly forced, but for some reason, I keep writing poetry. I'd like to say it's because I'm inspired, but in truth, sometimes I'm just too impatient to spend a few weeks writing a story when I could write a poem in thirty minutes. I hope to grow out of that particular inclination. Anyway, I always enjoy hearing what others think, even if it's criticism, so don't be shy. The most you can do is break my heart and confidence--nothing too important.
- Last seen on Jan 17 8:22 PM. Member since December 17, 2006.
- I'm a jade dragon poet for 260 comments.
- I am a 17 year old girl from Indiana (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing.
- Visit my homepage at www.freewebs.com/orual/
- I have 260 comments, 2 contests, 2 poems, 2 stories
My Poetry
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33 lines, December 25, 2008
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Now listen carefully. The sound you don't hear is
My Stories
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1073 lines, 3 comments, February 4, 2008. In 600-2000 words, Fiction, Humor, Writing about writing, Young adult
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debilynn : Stopping by to say Hello! on April 13, 2007
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insearchofsweetness : Regarding your poetry on March 14, 2007You have quite a way of looking at things and explaining them in ways that I think most people sit around grasping at a single word to begin to describe. And you can do it such an entertaining way in that you can take the edge off so that it is not too uncomfortably serious, and yet have seriousness to it at the same time. I love it!
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insearchofsweetness : Regarding your poetry on March 14, 2007You have quite a way of looking at things and explaining them in ways that I think most people sit around grasping at a single word to begin to describe. And you can do it such an entertaining way in that you can take the edge off so that it is not too uncomfortably serious, and yet have seriousness to it at the same time. I love it!
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MikeLondon : Have you gained your face? on February 21, 2007The whole reason why I went into your profile was, after going into your nameless contest, I saw your name and instantly recognized it. I saw a poem about Psyche, that's wholly appropriate. Went to your main page and saw the opening lines by that Belfast scholar, critic, athiest-turned-Christian I so admire, good old Jack. Most folks have read Narnia, but I've read all his fiction and a lot of his non-fiction, and I happen to agree with him on one point -- Till We Have Faces is his best work. Read it a few times, but I was young, and the ending got really deep on me (felt like I was out in a deep pool and coudln't touch the bottom). I need to reread it again.
Just curious if you have gained your face, in Lewis's sense.
Glad to know there are people out there who know more about Lewis's fiction than just Narnia or even that Tolkien-styled philologist Elwin Ransom.
God bless.
"How can the gods meet us face to face till we have faces?"
