Day Twenty-Three / 10.08.10

Just a reminder, your Personal Moral Narrative Final Draft is due Monday. Moral Story Prompt

Today we started with a discussion of the rules. We clarified a few things that needed clarification. We then wrote on a quote by Deepak Chopra: “All great changes are preceded by chaos.”

After that, we finished defining a knowledgeable English-person. We then read an article on music by Steve Almond. It is here. Next, we read a prosety poem (poetry + prose) by David Shumate. It is below.

Shooting the Horse

I unlatch the stall door, step inside, and stroke the silky neck

of the old mare like a lover about to leave. I take an ear in

hand, fold it over, and run my fingers across her muzzle. I

coax her head up so I can blow into those nostrils. All part of

the routine we taught each other long ago. I turn a half turn,

pull a pistol from my coat, raise it to that long brow with the

white blaze and place it between her sleepy eyes. I clear my

throat. A sound much louder than it should be. I squeeze the

trigger and the horse's feet fly out from under her as gravity

gives way to a force even more austere, which we have named

mercy.

Finally, we wrote poems about Dusty...