JM Written: Personification Poem

I wrote this thinking about the sea when I watched this great animated film entitled "The Song of the Sea".

The Sleeping Sea

by: JMM

Today

the Sea was tired and worn

Remembering how quick her youth was spent

Her waves dying as the years drifted by

She walks through this journey of life

A life of endings and new beginnings

For she was made young again as new life gushed forth within her

Healing old wounds, renewing her waves

Now she dances and dreams of an eternal slumber

Of a day when she is finally

Still.

Review: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Collection

I first read this when my dad recommended it from his personal collection. At first I thought of it as silly, useless, and not funny. At least that was before I actually read the books. It was my introduction to the Art of Comedy. Reading it once is enough, enough for you to remember every detail. Now, here is my review:

Calvin and Hobbes, an amusing and unique comic strip, originally released in April, 1987. The author Bill Watterson, typically writes about a child (Calvin) who has a stuffed tiger which he named Hobbes. Hobbes is the so-called, "brains" of the two. Hobbes and Calvin have a bond immeasurable, although Hobbes is imaginary, the way that Bill Watterson describes Hobbes is incomparable, in such a way that you think Hobbes is real.

The two explore the world at their own pace. They explore the woods and play a game which they call Calvinball, a game which they created and designed. The story is about a normal child called Calvin , told with just a "hint" of comedy. It is an iconic classic that will be remembered forever.

Recommended age: 8+
Book Rating: Phenomenal

Hello, World! This is my "Hairy Truth".

This is me. Hi.

I joined the inaugural 2020 NYC Microfiction Contest and this was my humble submission. In the first round, I was assigned the "comedy" genre, required to use the phrase "looking through garbage", and include the word "artificial". Other than the 100-word limit, I was free to write what I wanted.

This was what I submitted.

The Hairy Truth

A short time ago, in a country far far away, there lived a man and a dog during disastrous times of homework, school, and the most dread thing of all: grammar. One day, John and Chewie went out for a walk. Suddenly, Chewie scented something, something artificial! He leaped forward looking through the garbage and finding a mirror. As he approached it, he forgot all about that artificial something because here was a naked truth: Chewie wasn't wearing pants! All this time, he thought he was the man but being named second in the story made him the dog! Oh! The humanity!

I received some really helpful comments from the writers who reviewed my work and I hope to improve on my writing as I continue. At first it was a mind-boggling task. A task I had never done before. So of course I thought the best course of action was to sleep on it. Confused? Here is the system behind it: when you sleep, your body and mind work themselves to the absolute limit. And during that time period your sub-conscious mind kicks in. Fundamentally, how a subconscious mind works, depends on what your final thoughts were before you drifted off into sleep. And so in the morning, of course, I had completely NO idea. It was only later in the day when my mind started to function the way it should. I then improved on my ideas and eventually came up with the "most fantastic" idea ever to be thought of in the history of mankind. Which is basically about a man and a dog, journeying out in to the wilderness of a walk, and finding a truth never before revealed: Chewie realizes he is not human, but a dog. That was a basic overview of what happened, the rest of it is me attempting to discover the best way to write it.