Every Waking Moment

The feeling of waking up from the coziness of the covers with no desire to leave for fear of the unavoidable goose bumps the morning air brings causes a person to dart for the heater, to feel the warmth while the coldness slowly fades away. This crisp feeling the cold brings makes the warmth that much more of a fulfilling sensation. The season that allows a person to no longer feel inconvenienced with their wardrobe but to have the satisfaction of the simple comfort of a knit sweater. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee lingers all over the house causing immediate alert of the upcoming day. Just when the dread of the day ahead begins to sink in, the surprise outside is breathtaking: the frost aligns on the windows, the white fluffy snow lays,…

People can either enjoy life taking it slow, while others can be can completely indifferent to all it’s beauty, and thus taking life for granted. In the poem “Spring” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, it is communicated that spring is deceiving and it is shown that there is no point to life. “The Waking” by Theodore Roethke is more about going with the flow and appreciating life as is. The poems are similar because they both approach death and what is to come. Whereas, the two poems are different in…

The poem, “The Thought Fox”, by Ted Hughes examines the process of writing before and after the words are printed. Hughes explores this concept with images of a forest and a fox, or rather, as an idea rattling around a desolate brain, until finally, it comes about in its own business free of criticism and onto the page. The poem also examines the moments before and after these images, which Hughes writes as cyclical bookends underlining the loneliness of writing. The piece begins and ends with a…

A Walk Through Roethke’s Work “The Waking” by Theodore Roethke is very diverse. Instead of the poem referring to someone waking from sleeping, it refers to someone waking from several realizations about life. The poem is written in first person, therefore, the author is also the speaker. The setting of the poem could take place within a person’s figurative heart or mind. Roethke’s purpose was to show how we become more open-minded through the practice of metaphorically sleeping and waking.…

sat across from me and with a maniacal grin began to weave one of his long twisted stories. As always, the tale was mostly lies but I listened, half-stoned, with rapt attention. Well-crafted bullshit is worth 100 truths. The vodka, having circled around a couple of times, was nearly gone and I cracked the top of a warm beer well on my way to velvet oblivion. Pat, having concluded his story with typical flair, was now working his drunken charm on my ex, Cathy. It seemed like I was supposed to…

“His voice seemed about to crack and the grandmother 's head cleared for an instant. She saw the man 's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, "Why you 're one of my babies. You 're one of my own children!" She reaches out and touches him on the shoulder. Grace enters abruptly when the grandmother reaches out to the Misfit. Petit says that the "gesture which somehow made contact with mystery" occurs when the grandmother sees "that she is responsible for the…

Everyone has that moment in life where you either grow up or drown in the waters of life. Never did I think I would have to grow up so fast, but at the same time I don’t think anyone does. The biggest part of my life would start in South Beloit illinois, tho up to this point I think I moved about three or four times. There were many reasons why I moved weather it was for more money or just a better place to live. Moving was never fun, but I was very young, so it never really affected me…

puts reality into perspective. Violence shows us who we are, because we least expect it. Nobody knows how they will react when something happens. We either embrace the situation and fight it head on or we freeze and let it happen. Flannery O’Conner’s stories show us that our true defining moments happen when something like violence is presented to us. Her stories and characters truly define what it is like to be human and how everything can change in the blink of an eye.…

"Adina, you are only asking me to come with you out of sympathy", but in that moment I realized my true motivations, and she was wrong. It was my freshman year and I had all the worries and uncertainties of most new students in a new school: doing well in my classes, making friends, finding my place in my grade and in my school. There happen to be many restaurants right down the street, and after spring break freshmen are allowed to leave the building to get lunch. Everyone, including myself,…

Foster, you scared me,” you gasp out, closing your eyes for a second to calm your racing heart. “Sorry sweetie, are you alright?” she questions, watching your face closely, you can tell she already knows that you aren't. "Not really," you mutter as you open your car door and climb out, "Are Noah and Audrey here?" you ask, looking up at her. "Noah is here, Audrey ran for snacks, she'll be back soon I imagine," she answers as the two of you head to the front door and inside. "I didn't know you…