Poem of The Month: Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me. 
-Maya Angelou

This is F*cking Blasphemy!

Read the text below to see what this idot had to say.

 

"Overall, I like Lord of the Rings. However, I do feel that Tolkien kind of rips off Harry Potter in many ways. There are several parallels, such as elves, dwarfs, wizards, goblins, trolls, magic (especially invisibility), etc. Sauron is referred to as “Dark Lord” just like Voldemort is. There is also the elder white-haired bearded wizard who serves as a mentor, Gandalf, who is reminiscent of Dumbledore. Some of the character names are similar, such as Wormtongue as opposed to Wormtail, too. There is even a gigantic spider (Shelob) at the end of “The Two Towers” that reminds one of Aragog from Chamber of Secrets. I even noticed that the plots of both series begin with the protagonists’ birthday. Now I see that Tolkien, this unoriginal bastard, is coming out with The Hobbit in December. This would be fine, but why didn’t he just write this book first to begin with? I still like Lord of the Rings, though–don’t get me wrong–but I wonder if Tolkien has ever said in interviews whether he borrowed elements from Harry Potter. I’ll be watching the extended DVDs later this week and I think he’s featured on the commentary track, so I look forward to that."

-Brian 007, IMDB User

Dear Alexandra Adernetto,

This is the author of the Halo trilogy

I am writing you this so-called letter—you know [eye roll] the one you’re never going to see, because I can’t understand for the life of me why you would focus your writing on a protagonist (Bethany) so vile? She was tolerable in the first volume because she’s never been to earth, but dammit Alexandra, where is the character development? Bethany is not even remotely likeable and the bond she shares with Xavier is unauthentic. Now if you happen to be reading this, then you’re probably asking why that is? For one, Bethany never makes a decision unless it’s related to Xavier, and when she does common sense goes out the fucking window! When the people around her who care about her try to help or give advice, Bethany, makes a big fuss over it, but doesn’t have too much to say when someone has to sacrifice something so greatly on the account of her foolishness. And you think Bethany is more human than humans? Oh please, give me a break. Next time you write a book can you please live up to your name sake of being a NYT bestselling author. Please and thanks.

Sincerely

 TYBC 

Heaven

Release Date: August 21, 2012
Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Series: Halo
Volume: Three 
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Book Subjects:
Good vs. Evil
Family
Selfishness
Death
Sacrifice
The Stupidity of (fictionalized) Love
Overall: 1/5

Book Summary:
Bethany, an angel sent to Earth, and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier, have been to Hell and back. But now their love will be put to its highest test yet, as they defy Heavenly law and marry. They don’t tell Beth’s archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, but the angels know soon enough, and punishment comes in a terrifying form: the Sevens, who are rogue angels bent on keeping Beth and Xavier apart, destroying Gabriel and Ivy, and darkening angelic power in the heavens.
The only way Bethany and can elude the Sevens is to hide in the open, and blend in with other mortals their own age. Gabriel and Ivy set them up at college, where they can’t reveal their relationship, and where there is still danger around each corner. Will Bethany be called back to Heaven – forever – and face leaving the love of her life?

My Review:  
I don’t think there’s enough profanity in the English language to describe how much I LOATHE this book. The protagonist (Bethany) in all retrospect is the angelic equivalent of Bella Swan from Stephanie Meyers Twilight Saga, and quite frankly I don’t know which is worse. I was under the false impression that Bethany would grow as the series progress, but it didn’t. This book is one of those classic cases of having a luring summary and pretty cover design. Nothing more, like, literally. Why did I read this knowing prior that I wasn’t going to like it? I wanted to get an insight on how detailed description is used, which happens to be the only thing the author is good at. Maybe I would have like the novel if it was written in third person were it showed different point of views from the main and supporting characters, I just couldn’t be “Team Bethany” because she’s a tiring character I became frustrated with, a character I couldn’t emotionally invest like I wanted to. Man, I thought Molly was annoying. I tried to analyze the story to find its deep root meanings which were the notions of “love concurs all” but nothing more than that.

Why I Can't Stand Romance Novels!

Hello Viewers,

I won't take up too much of your time but as you can see the post is titled "Why I Can't Stand Romance Novels!" Now you're probably wondering why—unless you could less but anyway the reason why I don't care for romance novels is because they're unauthentic and cheesy.

Thank you for giving me your time to listen to my raving rant.

A Girl Named Mister

Release Date: August 6, 2010
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Zondervan
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Drama
Book Subjects:
Teen Pregnancies
Faith/Religion
Self-Realization
Two Narratives
Overall: 3/5
 
My Review:  

I know I haven’t been blogging as much as I used to but to be honest, for once it’s nice reading a book for fun.  I’ve been getting real serious about my grammatical punctuations for about a year or two now. At first it was no big deal to me but, I realized as a writer those are just one of the key necessities to becoming one. Quite frankly, it’s time consuming because I want it to be perfect. I just wished I had learned this stuff back in high school huh there are still quite a few posts that needs to be edited.

Mary “Mister” Rudine is your average fifteen year old high school student who loves volley ball, and hanging out with her best-friend Sethany who goes by Seth. After being late, Mister, rushes to her next class but all of a sudden she bumps into a guy who sends her books flying everywhere, and the reader learns later in the story that this guy goes by the name of Trey.  Predictably speaking, they start talking and soon Mister feels like she’s found the right guy for her—only she didn’t realize that with being Trey’s girlfriend sex would have to be involved.
So of course she complies with the idea even though it goes against her values. Then after realizing that he isn’t “boyfriend material” she breaks things off with Trey seeing him for who he really was; apiece of shit who feeds every pretty girl a line just to have her. Following the break-up Mister (along with Seth) notices some changes within her body and shift of mood, it doesn’t take her long to figure out that she’s pregnant, even though she doesn’t come to terms with it in the early chapters. The only thing that fives her solace is reading Mary, Mary, a fictionalized verse-novel covering Mary’s events before she gives birth to Jesus.

Was the book bad, no, but it was predictable. I know the author wanted the reader to see the central’s characters’ point of view but it’s so typical having a teenage father not involved with the child’s life.

This isn’t always the case, and I’m a hypocrite to writing this because I wrote my own fictionalized verse-novel featuring a teen mom whose father wasn’t in the picture. But it would have been nice to see something different for a change.

 

Democracy

Democracy will not come

Today, this year

Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right
As the other fellow has
To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.

I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you.
-Langston Hughes